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diff --git a/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr b/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr index 1a65195e19b0..961d4ea68828 100644 --- a/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr +++ b/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ are: more like an "over the board" game. - KnightCap was developed to run on a parallel distributed memory - machine, although it also runs on normal unix boxes. + machine, although it also runs on normal Unix boxes. - KnightCap does not have an opening book---instead it keeps a file (brain.dat) of losing moves and inserts them in the hash table at the diff --git a/games/brickshooter/pkg-descr b/games/brickshooter/pkg-descr index 21322ebaa190..766e4687e102 100644 --- a/games/brickshooter/pkg-descr +++ b/games/brickshooter/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -brickshooter is a small puzzle game for linux, where you'll have +brickshooter is a small puzzle game for Linux, where you'll have to clear the central area from different colored bricks. Three or more same colored bricks that touch will vanish. You can shoot bricks into the playing field from the fringes. diff --git a/games/crafty/pkg-descr b/games/crafty/pkg-descr index 334c090f2c1a..1474f7cc9595 100644 --- a/games/crafty/pkg-descr +++ b/games/crafty/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Crafty is a rapidly developing chess engine with more and more features being added regularly. It can play, analyze, and even annotate games -for you. Crafty can utilize tablebases; these are available for freebsd +for you. Crafty can utilize tablebases; these are available for FreeBSD in the related ports. The files bitmaps.tgz and sound.tgz are available in your doc directory, diff --git a/games/darkplaces/pkg-descr b/games/darkplaces/pkg-descr index 9613f00c2b1a..920e3d23ccfc 100644 --- a/games/darkplaces/pkg-descr +++ b/games/darkplaces/pkg-descr @@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ sticking to the walls... Behind the scenes the code has changed a great deal, I was not content with the original QuakeC code, and I have greatly changed the engine while -maintaining compatibility with normal quake modifications. +maintaining compatibility with normal Quake modifications. WWW: http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/ diff --git a/games/jvgs/pkg-descr b/games/jvgs/pkg-descr index badf4528fe90..363c943b7a2e 100644 --- a/games/jvgs/pkg-descr +++ b/games/jvgs/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -JVGS is a free, minimalistic platform game that runs on windows, -mac, linux and most other obscure systems out there. Some elements +JVGS is a free, minimalistic platform game that runs on Windows, +OS X, Linux and most other obscure systems out there. Some elements are loosely based on xkcd. The Ghosts album by Nine Inch Nails was chosen as soundtrack. diff --git a/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr b/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr index c4948cdea546..09ca62ff1307 100644 --- a/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr +++ b/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the Ultimate Online Strategic Shooter: -an objective-driven, class-based first person shooter set in the quake universe. +an objective-driven, class-based first person shooter set in the Quake universe. WWW: http://www.enemyterritory.com/ diff --git a/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr b/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr index c4948cdea546..09ca62ff1307 100644 --- a/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr +++ b/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the Ultimate Online Strategic Shooter: -an objective-driven, class-based first person shooter set in the quake universe. +an objective-driven, class-based first person shooter set in the Quake universe. WWW: http://www.enemyterritory.com/ diff --git a/games/openglad/pkg-descr b/games/openglad/pkg-descr index 3d5cd34e28ab..426bb7c3c73b 100644 --- a/games/openglad/pkg-descr +++ b/games/openglad/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Openglad is a port of the open-sourced dos game known as +Openglad is a port of the open-sourced DOS game known as Gladiator (http://fsgames.com/glad/). It is a top-view gauntlet style RPG that features fast paced multiplayer action, several different classes, and a scenario editor. diff --git a/games/openra/pkg-descr b/games/openra/pkg-descr index 1aa2fc60c191..f78294c49a30 100644 --- a/games/openra/pkg-descr +++ b/games/openra/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ A reimplementation of the Command & Conquer: Red Alert game engine -using .NET/Mono, OpenGL, OpenAL and SDL. It includes reimagninations +using .NET/Mono, OpenGL, OpenAL and SDL. It includes reimaginations of Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn as well as Dune 2000. These combine the classic gameplay of the originals with modern improvements such as unit veterancy and the fog of war. diff --git a/games/sea-defender/pkg-descr b/games/sea-defender/pkg-descr index 3efefb042416..2185ccf94ace 100644 --- a/games/sea-defender/pkg-descr +++ b/games/sea-defender/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Simple missile command clone in 96k for linux/win/macosx +Simple missile command clone in 96k for Linux/Windows/OS X. WWW: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=54272 diff --git a/games/typespeed/pkg-descr b/games/typespeed/pkg-descr index afaf7124daa9..fe5558d15d91 100644 --- a/games/typespeed/pkg-descr +++ b/games/typespeed/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Typespeed gives your fingers' cps (total and correct), typoratio and some points to compare with your friends. -Typespeed's idea is ripped from ztspeed (a dos game made by Zorlim). Idea +Typespeed's idea is ripped from ztspeed (a DOS game made by Zorlim). Idea of the game should be clear to anyone, just type and type it fast, or be a lewser. diff --git a/games/wmquake/pkg-descr b/games/wmquake/pkg-descr index 3b41d69746b3..9c0d81881441 100644 --- a/games/wmquake/pkg-descr +++ b/games/wmquake/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Just what you always wanted. Hardcore quake fanatics can +Just what you always wanted. Hardcore Quake fanatics can now enjoy their favorite game in a 64x64 window! WWW: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/linux/timecop/ diff --git a/games/znibbles/pkg-descr b/games/znibbles/pkg-descr index 4af7c3dcb869..310fd94a5680 100644 --- a/games/znibbles/pkg-descr +++ b/games/znibbles/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on its own computer. There is theoretically an unlimited number of simultaneous players, it's more a matter of network speed. It has been tested with more than 10 -players and it was real fun :) ZNibbles is written for unix. It has been +players and it was real fun :) ZNibbles is written for Unix. It has been tested under Linux, SunOS, Solaris and Irix. The game can run either directly on top of X11, use the GTK+ toolkit (get it on the GTK+ site) or use the Motif toolkit (get a good Motif free implementation called diff --git a/graphics/cadubi/pkg-descr b/graphics/cadubi/pkg-descr index 4e54eccba23b..593631806cd2 100644 --- a/graphics/cadubi/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/cadubi/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ CADUBI is an application written in Perl that allows you to -draw text-based images that are viewable on typical unix-based +draw text-based images that are viewable on typical Unix-based consoles. Usually the applications that emulate these consoles support various text modes, such as background and foreground colors, bold, and inverse. This text art, commonly diff --git a/graphics/hdr_tools/pkg-descr b/graphics/hdr_tools/pkg-descr index 7f72c77d808f..0a881f1d6c27 100644 --- a/graphics/hdr_tools/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/hdr_tools/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ hdr_fix_ca, hdr_denoise, hdr_squish, hdr_adjust, and hdr_convert. Together, they can convert a set of bracketed photographs to HDR image (in EXR format), fix chromatic aberrations and CCD noise, perform tone mapping and some simple color manipulations, apply gamma correction and optionally -adjusts the exposure, crop, and finally convert the result into a "normal" +adjust the exposure, crop, and finally convert the result into a "normal" image (a JPG, for example). WWW: http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~cotter/projects/hdr_tools/ diff --git a/graphics/iccexamin/pkg-descr b/graphics/iccexamin/pkg-descr index b4060d394130..a62f0d89547d 100644 --- a/graphics/iccexamin/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/iccexamin/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ICC Examin is a small utility (unix name: iccexamin) for the purpose +ICC Examin is a small utility (Unix name: iccexamin) for the purpose of watching the internals of ICC profiles, measurement data (CGATS), colour samples (named colour profiles), gamut visualisations (vrml), video card gamma tables (Xorg/XFree86/osX). diff --git a/graphics/libwmf/pkg-descr b/graphics/libwmf/pkg-descr index 833dbd3dd825..13eeb93151f0 100644 --- a/graphics/libwmf/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libwmf/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -libwmf is a library for unix like machines that can convert wmf +libwmf is a library for Unix like machines that can convert wmf files into other formats, currently it supports a gd binding to convert to png, and an X one to draw direct to an X window or pixmap. diff --git a/graphics/xfractint/pkg-descr b/graphics/xfractint/pkg-descr index b96220443ea7..482a0f699dac 100644 --- a/graphics/xfractint/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xfractint/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ Xfractint - The Unix port of fractint. Fractint is an IBM PC program to generate fractals, and was written by the Stone Soup Group. -The unix port was done by Ken Shirriff and modified by Scott D. Boyd. +The Unix port was done by Ken Shirriff and modified by Scott D. Boyd. WWW: http://www.nahee.com/spanky/www/fractint/ diff --git a/graphics/xpx/pkg-descr b/graphics/xpx/pkg-descr index 92f9bdd34a7d..7d752e744c8d 100644 --- a/graphics/xpx/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xpx/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Xpx is a simple pixel editing tool to make datas for KISS, -run under X Winodw System on unix workstation. +run under X Winodw System on Unix workstation. KISS - KISekae Set system is a paper doll changing clothes program for NEC PC-9801, IBM-PC/AT compatible, MS-Windows, X Window System and other many computer systems. diff --git a/irc/dxirc/pkg-descr b/irc/dxirc/pkg-descr index 6155e9e5fba2..e377626a7d03 100644 --- a/irc/dxirc/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/dxirc/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dxirc is a simple IRC client for various os (linux, *bsd, windows), written +dxirc is a simple IRC client for various os (Linux, *BSD, Windows), written using the FOX toolkit. WWW: http://www.dxirc.org/ diff --git a/japanese/icanna/pkg-descr b/japanese/icanna/pkg-descr index f2ea1833aa3b..f3339fc11161 100644 --- a/japanese/icanna/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/icanna/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ icanna is a connector program between yc.el and Canna server -via unix domain socket. Since emacs21 or former version does -not support unix domain socket in elisp itself, icanna helps +via Unix domain socket. Since emacs21 or former version does +not support Unix domain socket in elisp itself, icanna helps the elisp application to interact with Canna server by relaying -data between standard input/output and unix domain socket. +data between standard input/output and Unix domain socket. WWW: http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~knak/yc.html diff --git a/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr b/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr index b6b01c8b22b5..917c04e2ec97 100644 --- a/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ understands ANSI color sequences. This version is 6.2.0, available from the X11R6 contrib tape. Also included is support for Xaw3d arrow-style scrollbars and neXtaw -NeX-style scrollbars. You can now hold down the arrow buttons to +NeXT-style scrollbars. You can now hold down the arrow buttons to scroll continuously. And also included kterm background-wallpaper patch. diff --git a/japanese/mtools/pkg-descr b/japanese/mtools/pkg-descr index 046585107808..49fdaaaa520d 100644 --- a/japanese/mtools/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/mtools/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Mtools is a collection of programs for reading, writing, and manipulating files on an DOS FAT filesystem (usually a diskette). Each one closely emulates its DOS analog: + _Mtool_ _DOS_command_ _Description_ mattrib ATTRIB change MSDOS file attribute flags mcd CD change MSDOS directory @@ -15,10 +16,12 @@ mread COPY low level read (copy) an MSDOS file to Unix mren REN/RENAME rename an existing MSDOS file mtype TYPE display contents of an MSDOS file mwrite COPY alias for mcopy, will be removed soon + Filenames may include a drive letter, a colon, subdirectory, and filename, with either '/' or '\' directory separator. To use the '\' separator or wildcards, escape the filenames with quotes. The regular expression "pattern matching" routines follow Unix-style rules: '*' matches all files. Archive, hidden, read-only and system attributes are ignored in pattern matching. SJIS Short File Name and Unicode Long File Name files, and 1232 kB floppies, are supported. + WWW: http://mtools.linux.lu/ diff --git a/java/jrosetta/pkg-descr b/java/jrosetta/pkg-descr index 94809944d2fc..49521a5c3952 100644 --- a/java/jrosetta/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jrosetta/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ as command history, completion and so on for instance for scripting language or command line. This project can be seen as the evolution of the components developed in JyConsole. For now, JRosetta provides only API and graphical components. A Jython implementation for the scripting engine should be -available during the first semester 2009. +available during the first semester 2009. Functionalities * Generic abstract API for script engine @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Platform compatibility * JRosetta has been developed in pure Java, but relies on a JVM 1.5. * No specific hardware is needed. -For further information, please contact us at the following adress : +For further information, please contact us at the following address: contact at artenum.com WWW: http://dev.artenum.com/projects/JRosetta diff --git a/lang/adacontrol/pkg-descr b/lang/adacontrol/pkg-descr index 0050e67e2de0..2169749b80cd 100644 --- a/lang/adacontrol/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/adacontrol/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ constructs in Ada programs. Its first goal is to control proper usage of style or programming rules, but it can also be used as a powerful tool to search for use (or non-use) of various forms of programming styles or design patterns. Searched elements range from very simple, like the occurrence of -certaine entities, declarations, or statements, to very sophisticated, like +certain entities, declarations, or statements, to very sophisticated, like verifying that certain programming patterns are being obeyed.. Which elements or constructs are searched is defined by a set of rules; the diff --git a/lang/linux-f10-libg2c/pkg-descr b/lang/linux-f10-libg2c/pkg-descr index f75dbea552b8..319d891cc005 100644 --- a/lang/linux-f10-libg2c/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/linux-f10-libg2c/pkg-descr @@ -1 +1 @@ -A port for linux Fortran 77 compatibility runtime. +A port for Linux Fortran 77 compatibility runtime. diff --git a/lang/seed7/pkg-descr b/lang/seed7/pkg-descr index 28b17eca09e1..69af7cc52cbc 100644 --- a/lang/seed7/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/seed7/pkg-descr @@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Major features include: - statically typed, - interpreted or compiled, - portable, -- runs under linux/unix/windows. +- runs under Linux/Unix/Windows. WWW: http://seed7.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/lang/siod/pkg-descr b/lang/siod/pkg-descr index 28c63fbef3af..7fde4e750053 100644 --- a/lang/siod/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/siod/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ SIOD is a small-footprint implementation of the Scheme programming -language that is provided with some database, unix programming and cgi +language that is provided with some database, Unix programming and cgi scripting extensions. WWW: http://people.delphiforums.com/gjc/siod.html diff --git a/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr b/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr index 57114a98221e..f804720953c8 100644 --- a/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ it includes a whole heap of features: * fully bootstrapped * luaesque virtual machine with garbage collection written in C it's "stackless" sans any "stackless" features - * cross-platform :) it runs under windows / linux / macosx + * cross-platform :) it runs under Windows / Linux / OS X * a fairly decent subset of python o classes and single inheritance o functions with variable or keyword arguments diff --git a/mail/bsfilter/pkg-descr b/mail/bsfilter/pkg-descr index cff29ef19ec0..058d493512df 100644 --- a/mail/bsfilter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/bsfilter/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bsfilter is a spam filter using Bayesian(statistical) algorithm. - support mails written in English and Japanese language - written in Ruby - support 3 methods for access --- traditional unix-style filter. study and judge local files or pipe +-- traditional Unix-style filter. study and judge local files or pipe -- IMAP. study and judge mails in an IMAP server. IMAP over SSL supported -- POP proxy. run between POP server and MUA. POP over SSL supported - distributed under GPL diff --git a/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr b/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr index 037352afec47..a69dc8898c7f 100644 --- a/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Sentinel is a sendmail milter API implementation. This package might -be usefull for unix system administrators who is using freeware +be usefull for Unix system administrators who is using freeware Sendmail. May be it's one more milter, but on the other side it's flexible enough to satisfy more or less subtle requirements for mail filtering. diff --git a/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr b/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr index bfe974dface5..624024d39069 100644 --- a/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Python makes it is easy to automate things, including to create crude Commands are communicated to gnuplot through a pipe and data either through the same pipe (as "inline" data) or through temporary files. It has been -written and tested on a unix computer. +written and tested on a Unix computer. This package has an object-oriented design that allows the user flexibility to set plot options and to run multiple gnuplot sessions simultaneously. If you diff --git a/misc/bb/pkg-descr b/misc/bb/pkg-descr index e055b6f5a1e4..56f0a4499299 100644 --- a/misc/bb/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/bb/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ BB is an high quality audio-visual demonstration for your text terminal. It is portable demo, so you can run it on plenty of operating systems and DOS. -Supports: dos (VGA + MDA), stdio, curses, slang, X11, gpm, linux-console +Supports: DOS (VGA + MDA), stdio, curses, slang, X11, gpm, linux-console Sound: OSS, Sun audio, SGI, DEC Aplha, AIX, HP-UX, DOS (GUS CLASSIC, GUS CLASSIC, GUS MAX, GUS ACE, GUS PNP, SB, ESS, PC-buzzer diff --git a/misc/diction/pkg-descr b/misc/diction/pkg-descr index bae77ba09dc3..1afd2e576081 100644 --- a/misc/diction/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/diction/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is the GNU diction and style, free implementations of old standard -unix commands. For some reason, many modern systems lack them. Diction +Unix commands. For some reason, many modern systems lack them. Diction prints wordy and commonly misused phrases. Style analyses surface characteristics of a document, e.g. sentence length and various readability measures. diff --git a/misc/ini_file_manager/pkg-descr b/misc/ini_file_manager/pkg-descr index d1824cad62c8..27f6ff6537b6 100644 --- a/misc/ini_file_manager/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/ini_file_manager/pkg-descr @@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ the following: a_string = efgh For more examples in this format, just search files with the .ini extension -on a windows-based computer. +on a Windows-based computer. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ini-files/ diff --git a/misc/metromap/pkg-descr b/misc/metromap/pkg-descr index 7fd22e637e0e..2a37141cf2c1 100644 --- a/misc/metromap/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/metromap/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Metromap is a simple pygtk+2 program for finding paths in metro(subway) maps. -Maps for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, London and Berlin are included. +Metromap is a simple pygtk+2 program for finding paths in metro (subway) maps. +Maps for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, London, and Berlin are included. WWW: http://metromap.antex.ru/ diff --git a/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr b/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr index dd81e10025d5..4a6a015e5ae9 100644 --- a/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ restriction on commercial use, just don't take my name off of it). The current version is fairly portable. Orville write was written for use on M-Net and Grex, both public access -unix systems in Ann Arbor. As such, many of the features are designed to +Unix systems in Ann Arbor. As such, many of the features are designed to support a system featuring a delicate mix of novice users and hostile pranksters, plus a lot of people who just want to talk. It's user interface is pretty much identical to the normal write program, but it diff --git a/misc/seq2/pkg-descr b/misc/seq2/pkg-descr index 141675512526..48fbe8e9bea3 100644 --- a/misc/seq2/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/seq2/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -seq2 is a clone of the unix program called "seq" with +seq2 is a clone of the Unix program called "seq" with some additional options, such as specifying a delay after each number, or specifying your own text to prepend each number. Features like for, while, and executing programs diff --git a/misc/since/pkg-descr b/misc/since/pkg-descr index 6299b5fb94ad..cdfbf6f095cf 100644 --- a/misc/since/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/since/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -since is a unix utility similar to tail. Unlike tail, since only shows the +since is a Unix utility similar to tail. Unlike tail, since only shows the lines appended since the last time. It is useful to monitor growing log files. diff --git a/misc/whichman/pkg-descr b/misc/whichman/pkg-descr index f12c462ad943..81acd45c8025 100644 --- a/misc/whichman/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/whichman/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Approximate matching searching utilities to search for manpages and files. This package holds THREE little search utilities: * whichman -- search utility for man pages and it works - much like the well known unix command "where". + much like the well known Unix command "where". * ftff -- a fault tolerant file finder diff --git a/multimedia/vdr-plugin-remote/pkg-descr b/multimedia/vdr-plugin-remote/pkg-descr index ffa594ea486e..95aa9ee4c542 100644 --- a/multimedia/vdr-plugin-remote/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/vdr-plugin-remote/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Remote-plugin This plugin extends the remote control capabilities of vdr. The following remote control devices are supported: -(a) linux input device driver ('/dev/input/eventX', X=0,1,2,...) +(a) Linux input device driver ('/dev/input/eventX', X=0,1,2,...) (currently not supported on FreeBSD) (b) keyboard (tty driver): /dev/console, /dev/ttyX diff --git a/multimedia/xtheater/pkg-descr b/multimedia/xtheater/pkg-descr index dcdd995b2fb1..30e7d182cef4 100644 --- a/multimedia/xtheater/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/xtheater/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Xtheater is a Media Player for linux capable of playing MPEG video and audio +Xtheater is a Media Player for Linux capable of playing MPEG video and audio files, network streams, and VCDs, as well as AVI and ASF files. It tries to keep things simple and straightforward to provide the simplest, most stable behavior as possilbe, while at the same time offering a nice featureset. diff --git a/net-im/p5-Net-NetSend/pkg-descr b/net-im/p5-Net-NetSend/pkg-descr index 32618701e064..017d66d5c2fe 100644 --- a/net-im/p5-Net-NetSend/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/p5-Net-NetSend/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This module implements a client interface to the Windows Messenger Service, -enabling a perl5 application to talk to windows machines. -This is a pure Perl implementation -that approximates the "net send" command on Windows. +enabling a perl5 application to talk to Windows machines. +This is a pure Perl implementation that approximates the "net send" +command on Windows. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-NetSend/ diff --git a/net-im/psi/pkg-descr b/net-im/psi/pkg-descr index eeab855a4d63..38272ac1435a 100644 --- a/net-im/psi/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/psi/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Psi is a client for the Jabber system. Written in C++ and based on the Qt library, there are versions available for Linux, FreeBSD (and other -flavors of unix/X11), Microsoft Windows, and Apple MacOS X. +flavors of Unix/X11), Microsoft Windows, and Apple MacOS X. It does not require KDE to run. diff --git a/net-mgmt/ipaudit/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/ipaudit/pkg-descr index bae0b6200471..2d3ef06c4065 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/ipaudit/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/ipaudit/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Ipaudit provides that ability. Ipaudit listens to a network device in promiscuous mode, and records of every 'connection', each conversation between two ip addresses. A unique connection is determined by the ip addresses of the two machines, the protocol used -between them and the port numbers (if they are communicating via udp or tcp). +between them and the port numbers (if they are communicating via UDP or TCP). It uses a hash table to keep track of the number of bytes and packets in both directions. When ipaudit receives a signal SIGTERM (kill) or SIGINT (kill -2, diff --git a/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr index efdbe8e99c81..f5c4aa5e39d5 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Various tools relating to the Simple Network Management Protocol including: An SNMP library tools to request or set information from SNMP agents tools to generate and handle SNMP traps - a version of the unix 'netstat' command using SNMP + a version of the Unix 'netstat' command using SNMP a graphical Perl/Tk/SNMP based mib browser WWW: http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/rotorouter/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/rotorouter/pkg-descr index 27b266351db7..898d6b8ae818 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/rotorouter/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/rotorouter/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -A program for faking the standard unix udp-based traceroute. +A program for faking the standard Unix UDP-based traceroute. WWW: http://www.ussrback.com/UNIX/loggers/fakeroute.c diff --git a/net-p2p/btpd/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/btpd/pkg-descr index 6f1d33c1945c..8e1edf06e8f9 100644 --- a/net-p2p/btpd/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/btpd/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ BTPD is a bittorrent client consisting of a daemon and client commands, which can be used to read and/or manipulate the daemon state. The daemon is capable of running several torrents simultaneously and only uses one -tcp port. It's fairly low on resource usage and should be perfect for +TCP port. It's fairly low on resource usage and should be perfect for file distribution sites. Efficient downloads and ease of use makes this client a good choice for the casual user as well. diff --git a/net-p2p/liberator/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/liberator/pkg-descr index 48c50a5c4d32..3454603e6607 100644 --- a/net-p2p/liberator/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/liberator/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Liberator is the unix guru's command line interface to the FreeNet +Liberator is the Unix guru's command line interface to the FreeNet network, inserting and requesting easily and efficiently. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/liberator/ diff --git a/net/Sockets/pkg-descr b/net/Sockets/pkg-descr index 8d1270c8e876..cc162cd5a051 100644 --- a/net/Sockets/pkg-descr +++ b/net/Sockets/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ [ excerpt from developer's web site ] -This is C++ class library wrapping the berkeley -sockets C API, and therefore works on most unixes and also win32. +This is C++ class library wrapping the Berkeley +sockets C API, and therefore works on most Unixes and also Win32. Features include, but are not limited to, SSL support, IPv6 support, -tcp and udp sockets, encrypted tcp, http protocol, highly customizable +TCP and UDP sockets, encrypted TCP, HTTP protocol, highly customizable error handling. The source code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL, but is also available under an alternative license. diff --git a/net/balance/pkg-descr b/net/balance/pkg-descr index 2d0d1fab3b65..8bd9d6523afa 100644 --- a/net/balance/pkg-descr +++ b/net/balance/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Balance is a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load +Balance is a simple but powerful generic TCP proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms. Its behaviour can be controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax. diff --git a/net/belle-sip/pkg-descr b/net/belle-sip/pkg-descr index d6794f1fe41c..71b8f9354c29 100644 --- a/net/belle-sip/pkg-descr +++ b/net/belle-sip/pkg-descr @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ oriented API. * SIP transaction state machines with lastest corrections (RFC6026) * automatic management of request refreshes with network disconnection resiliency thanks to the "refresher" object -* supported platforms: Linux, Mac OSX, windows XP+, iOS, Android, +* supported platforms: Linux, Mac OSX, Windows XP+, iOS, Android, Blackberry 10 WWW: https://www.linphone.org/technical-corner/belle-sip.html diff --git a/net/boclient/pkg-descr b/net/boclient/pkg-descr index f8bfe65c251c..0e9f84c92c8a 100644 --- a/net/boclient/pkg-descr +++ b/net/boclient/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is a unix version of the client program for Back Orifice. This program +This is a Unix version of the client program for Back Orifice. This program when installed on the victim machine hides itself. It can be used to remotely administer a Windows 95/98 machine. diff --git a/net/bounce/pkg-descr b/net/bounce/pkg-descr index fd6044660ed7..448daacb5afa 100644 --- a/net/bounce/pkg-descr +++ b/net/bounce/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A little program to bounce tcp connections to another machine/port. +A little program to bounce TCP connections to another machine/port. By default it listens on port 1523. WWW: http://www.iagora.com/~espel/hacks.html diff --git a/net/dosdetector/pkg-descr b/net/dosdetector/pkg-descr index b0cff0dd3f0b..2da074a5a9d1 100644 --- a/net/dosdetector/pkg-descr +++ b/net/dosdetector/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ DoSDetector analyzes and detects suspicious IP traffic and alerts about it. -It can detect worm traffic, SYN flood, icmp flood, udp flood attacks and more. +It can detect worm traffic, SYN flood, ICMP flood, UDP flood attacks and more. It's configurable via a rule set; when an IP exceeds the score limit, DoSDetector prints a warning. diff --git a/net/gwhois/pkg-descr b/net/gwhois/pkg-descr index e4ec788fce1e..7098df277084 100644 --- a/net/gwhois/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gwhois/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ are unfortunately the only query type supported by many bad nics. gwhois can also be used as a whois server. You can call it from the inetd and make it accessable via a normal standard whois client. This -allows for example using a windows client and still make use of the +allows for example using a Windows client and still make use of the enhanced features of gwhois. WWW: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gwhois/ diff --git a/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr b/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr index dbef619f2019..a84fe1af863c 100644 --- a/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. -The interface is inspired to the ping(8) unix command, but hping isn't +The interface is inspired to the ping(8) Unix command, but hping isn't only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files between a covered channel, and many other features. diff --git a/net/hping/pkg-descr b/net/hping/pkg-descr index 7e4270dfd5a9..0471910ed668 100644 --- a/net/hping/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hping/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. -The interface is inspired to the ping(8) unix command, but hping isn't +The interface is inspired to the ping(8) Unix command, but hping isn't only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files between a covered channel, and many other features. diff --git a/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr b/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr index 30a43142e4dc..12c9897b87cd 100644 --- a/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr +++ b/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ICMPINFO: - icmpinfo is a tool for looking at the icmp messages received on + icmpinfo is a tool for looking at the ICMP messages received on the running host. The source code comes from an heavily modified BSD ping source. @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ICMPINFO: USAGE: icmpinfo o Gives info about weird packets only [mainly icmp_unreachable]. -icmpinfo -v o Gives info about all icmp packets [that includes your own +icmpinfo -v o Gives info about all ICMP packets [that includes your own traceroutes...] except pings (icmp_echo_reply). icmpinfo -vv o To see pings too. icmpinfo -vvv o Will add an ascci/hexa dump of the packet. diff --git a/net/linux-c6-tcp_wrappers-libs/pkg-descr b/net/linux-c6-tcp_wrappers-libs/pkg-descr index eac66853ae62..8de874f86631 100644 --- a/net/linux-c6-tcp_wrappers-libs/pkg-descr +++ b/net/linux-c6-tcp_wrappers-libs/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -tcp wrappers library +TCP wrappers library. WWW: http://www.centos.org diff --git a/net/linux-f10-nss_ldap/pkg-descr b/net/linux-f10-nss_ldap/pkg-descr index 692209472daf..27c5196fdc02 100644 --- a/net/linux-f10-nss_ldap/pkg-descr +++ b/net/linux-f10-nss_ldap/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This a port of the nss_ldap libraries for linux. +This a port of the nss_ldap libraries for Linux. You'll probably need this if your system users in a LDAP -directory are complaining their linux programs won't run, +directory are complaining their Linux programs won't run, and errors on the console say "getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id". diff --git a/net/nbd-server/pkg-descr b/net/nbd-server/pkg-descr index 6346a502df8d..2f2f3b1a1d19 100644 --- a/net/nbd-server/pkg-descr +++ b/net/nbd-server/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is a server for the linux network block device (nbd). It allows linux to +This is a server for the Linux network block device (nbd). It allows Linux to use a partition or a file over the network as a regular block device. WWW: http://nbd.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/netscript/pkg-descr b/net/netscript/pkg-descr index 663a7623386d..6d92ad41736d 100644 --- a/net/netscript/pkg-descr +++ b/net/netscript/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ __ _ __ _ __ ___| /_ ___ ___ _ __(_)_ __ | /_ (portable/multi-platform) lightwei- -| '_ \./ _ \ __/ __)/ __| '__| | '_ \| __) ght tcp socket scripting. intende- +| '_ \./ _ \ __/ __)/ __| '__| | '_ \| __) ght TCP socket scripting. Intende- | | | | ._/ |_(__ \ (__| | | | |_) ) |_ d for (non-)experienced persons to |_| |_|\___|\__|___/\___|_| |_| .__/ \__) be able to use to automate situati- [TCP socket scripting program] |_| [1.6.0] ons, built on a word-to-word rules- diff --git a/net/netwib/pkg-descr b/net/netwib/pkg-descr index d9cd9d7a3a30..cad8c97d4aa3 100644 --- a/net/netwib/pkg-descr +++ b/net/netwib/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Netwib is a network library providing : - network features : + address conversion - + udp/tcp clients/servers + + UDP/TCP clients/servers + packet encoding/decoding/displaying + spoofing + sniffing diff --git a/net/p5-Net-DHCP-Watch/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-DHCP-Watch/pkg-descr index d4454953fa93..4815f6d8919f 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-DHCP-Watch/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-DHCP-Watch/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Net::DHCP::Watch is a module to help monitor remote DHCP servers. -It opens an udp socket to send and receive responses to and from +It opens an UDP socket to send and receive responses to and from a DHCP server. It stores the last connection status information. This module can help to write some simple code to implement a diff --git a/net/pen/pkg-descr b/net/pen/pkg-descr index d0ae1e8696ac..222d98bd4f69 100644 --- a/net/pen/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pen/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This is pen, a load balancer for udp and tcp based protocols such as -dns, http or smtp. It allows several servers to appear as one to the +This is pen, a load balancer for UDP and TCP based protocols such as +DNS, HTTP or SMTP. It allows several servers to appear as one to the outside and automatically detects servers that are down and distributes clients among the available servers. This gives high availability and scalable performance. diff --git a/net/proxychains/pkg-descr b/net/proxychains/pkg-descr index a8b949c6adc5..3d2755d4bd3e 100644 --- a/net/proxychains/pkg-descr +++ b/net/proxychains/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This program forces any tcp connection made by any given tcp client +This program forces any TCP connection made by any given TCP client to follow through proxy (or proxy chain). It is a kind of proxifier. It acts like sockscap / permeo / eborder driver (intercepts TCP calls). diff --git a/net/py-s3cmd/pkg-descr b/net/py-s3cmd/pkg-descr index de00098eee2d..2e924bebc7ce 100644 --- a/net/py-s3cmd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-s3cmd/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -s3cmd - unix-like tools to manipulate stored files from the command line. +s3cmd - Unix-like tools to manipulate stored files from the command line. WWW: http://s3tools.org/s3cmd diff --git a/net/pythondirector/pkg-descr b/net/pythondirector/pkg-descr index 5023da89ce85..60b3bfa783a1 100644 --- a/net/pythondirector/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pythondirector/pkg-descr @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Features: leastconns+roundrobin) - If a server fails to answer, it's removed from the pool - the client that failed to connect gets transparently failed over to a new host. -- xml based configuration file (see a sample) -- seperate management thread that periodically re-adds failed hosts if they've +- XML based configuration file (see a sample) +- separate management thread that periodically re-adds failed hosts if they've come back up. - optional builtin webserver for admin (sample of the running screen) - webserver has methods suitable for both interactive and automated systems diff --git a/net/queso/pkg-descr b/net/queso/pkg-descr index 79cd4ba9002a..a5df04d31b6a 100644 --- a/net/queso/pkg-descr +++ b/net/queso/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ former QueSO home page <URL:http://www.apostols.org/projectz/queso/>: -How we can determine the remote OS using simple tcp packets? Well, +How we can determine the remote OS using simple TCP packets? Well, it's easy, they're packets that don't make any sense, so the RFCs don't clearly state what to answer in these kind of situations. Facing this ambiguous, each TCP/IP stack takes a different approach diff --git a/net/redir/pkg-descr b/net/redir/pkg-descr index 4f08cabd2209..660acef68b61 100644 --- a/net/redir/pkg-descr +++ b/net/redir/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Redir is a port redirector. It can run under inetd or standalone. Redir -also supports tcp wrappers. +also supports TCP wrappers. WWW: http://sammy.net/~sammy/hacks/ diff --git a/net/rp-pppoe/pkg-descr b/net/rp-pppoe/pkg-descr index 9a6115bd2230..24ab89c6d520 100644 --- a/net/rp-pppoe/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rp-pppoe/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) is a protocol used by many ADSL service providers. Roaring Penguin's PPPoE software -is a reliable program for connecting unix systems to PPPoE service +is a reliable program for connecting Unix systems to PPPoE service providers without requiring any kernel patches. Note that this port has had little testing (it works on 5-CURRENT diff --git a/net/simpleproxy/pkg-descr b/net/simpleproxy/pkg-descr index d8d9e778ba38..e611bf24af92 100644 --- a/net/simpleproxy/pkg-descr +++ b/net/simpleproxy/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Simpleproxy program acts as simple tcp proxy. It listens for local +Simpleproxy program acts as simple TCP proxy. It listens for local socket, and any connection to this port will be forwarded to another socket at remote host. diff --git a/net/skstream/pkg-descr b/net/skstream/pkg-descr index 5c24448d77c8..e5994e5fbeca 100644 --- a/net/skstream/pkg-descr +++ b/net/skstream/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ debugged. It was first discovered for WorldForge when it was used in UClient and has since been packaged up as its own library for use on other WorldForge projects. The code was originally written by Rafael Guterres Jeffman who is not involved with the project but we have extensively rewritten it, and added -new features such as IPv6 support and unix domain sockets. It now maintained +new features such as IPv6 support and Unix domain sockets. It now maintained for WorldForge by Al Riddoch and others. WWW: http://www.worldforge.org/dev/eng/libraries/skstream/ diff --git a/net/stund/pkg-descr b/net/stund/pkg-descr index 11835446b05a..eeb922747e77 100644 --- a/net/stund/pkg-descr +++ b/net/stund/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The STUN (Simple Traversal of UDP through NATs (Network Address Translation)) server is an implementation of the STUN protocol that enables STUN functionality in SIP-based systems. The STUN server tar ball also include a client API to enable STUN functionality in SIP endpoints. In addition there -is a command line UNIX client and a graphical windows client that check what +is a command line UNIX client and a graphical Windows client that check what type of NAT the user is using. STUN is an application-layer protocol that can determine the public IP and diff --git a/net/tclsoap/pkg-descr b/net/tclsoap/pkg-descr index c64afed9478b..5e2420482de4 100644 --- a/net/tclsoap/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tclsoap/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ tclsoap provides support for building clients and servers for the SOAP remote procedure call protocol from Tcl. SOAP is an XML based RPC mechanism which provides cross-platform -cross language compatability. +cross language compatibility. WWW: http://tclsoap.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/tcpcat/pkg-descr b/net/tcpcat/pkg-descr index 4a11e5965bec..2d60977ac572 100644 --- a/net/tcpcat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tcpcat/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ From the tcpcat README: -Tcpcat is a simple program that is like `cat' but it works over tcp streams +Tcpcat is a simple program that is like `cat' but it works over TCP streams to allow you to cat from one host to another. The host common way to use this program whould be something like this: diff --git a/net/tcpick/pkg-descr b/net/tcpick/pkg-descr index f27f74606ede..62da87497b0c 100644 --- a/net/tcpick/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tcpick/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ tcpick is a textmode sniffer libpcap-based that can track, reassemble and -reorder tcp streams. Tcpick is able to save the captured flows in different +reorder TCP streams. Tcpick is able to save the captured flows in different files or displays them in the terminal, and so it is useful to sniff files that are transmitted via ftp or http. diff --git a/net/tcpproxy/pkg-descr b/net/tcpproxy/pkg-descr index 438ea8116b70..2f5660daccb0 100644 --- a/net/tcpproxy/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tcpproxy/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -tcpproxy is a simple tcp connection proxy which combines the features of +tcpproxy is a simple TCP connection proxy which combines the features of rinetd and 6tunnel. tcpproxy supports IPv4 and IPv6 and also supports connections from IPv6 to IPv4 endpoints and vice versa. diff --git a/net/usbredir/pkg-descr b/net/usbredir/pkg-descr index 983deba88062..d2a73ab3e3b0 100644 --- a/net/usbredir/pkg-descr +++ b/net/usbredir/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -usbredir is a protocol for redirection USB traffic from a single USB device, -to a different (virtual) machine then the one to which the USB device is +usbredir is a protocol for redirecting USB traffic from a single USB device, +to a different (virtual) machine than the one to which the USB device is attached. See usb-redirection-protocol.txt for the description / definition of this protocol. diff --git a/ports-mgmt/porttree/pkg-descr b/ports-mgmt/porttree/pkg-descr index 41b71cc0a889..71447767d504 100644 --- a/ports-mgmt/porttree/pkg-descr +++ b/ports-mgmt/porttree/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -For a given port determine its dependences using any combination of the +For a given port determine its dependencies using any combination of the - FETCH_DEPENDS - EXTRACT_DEPENDS - PATCH_DEPENDS diff --git a/print/rprint/pkg-descr b/print/rprint/pkg-descr index 19856a195631..0bb770976f01 100644 --- a/print/rprint/pkg-descr +++ b/print/rprint/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The rprint utility establishes a bidirectional raw tcp connection +The rprint utility establishes a bidirectional raw TCP connection to a network printer, usually on port 9100. In case of PostScript(TM) printers, rprint may be directed to query the printer for accounting and printer status information. |