; Spelling and quoting fixes

7 files changed, 23 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 420c14a824b..21602ff954c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -57,37 +57,37 @@ affected by this, as SGI stopped supporting IRIX in December 2013.
 * Changes in Emacs 25.2
 
 ---
-** `find-library-name' will now fall back on looking at `load-history'
+** 'find-library-name' will now fall back on looking at 'load-history'
 to try to locate libraries that have been loaded with an explicit path
-outside `load-path'.
+outside 'load-path'.
 
 +++
-** Faces in `minibuffer-prompt-properties' no longer overwrite properties
-in the text in functions like `read-from-minibuffer', but instead are
+** Faces in 'minibuffer-prompt-properties' no longer overwrite properties
+in the text in functions like 'read-from-minibuffer', but instead are
 added to the end of the face list.  This allows users to say things
-like `(read-from-minibuffer (propertize "Enter something: " 'face 'bold))'.
+like '(read-from-minibuffer (propertize "Enter something: " 'face 'bold))'.
 
 +++
-** The new variable `extended-command-suggest-shorter' has been added
-to control whether to suggest shorter `M-x' commands or not.
+** The new variable 'extended-command-suggest-shorter' has been added
+to control whether to suggest shorter 'M-x' commands or not.
 
 ---
-** icomplete now respects `completion-ignored-extensions'.
+** icomplete now respects 'completion-ignored-extensions'.
 
 +++
-** Non-breaking hypens are now displayed with the `nobreak-hyphen'
-face instead of the `escape-glyph' face.
+** Non-breaking hyphens are now displayed with the 'nobreak-hyphen'
+face instead of the 'escape-glyph' face.
 
 ---
-** `C-x h' (`mark-whole-buffer') will now avoid marking the prompt
+** 'C-x h' ('mark-whole-buffer') will now avoid marking the prompt
 part of minibuffers.
 
 ---
-** `find-library' now takes a prefix argument to pop to a different
+** 'find-library' now takes a prefix argument to pop to a different
 window.
 
-** `find-library', `help-function-def' and `help-variable-def' now run
-`find-function-after-hook'.
+** 'find-library', 'help-function-def' and 'help-variable-def' now run
+'find-function-after-hook'.
 
 ---
 ** 'process-attributes' on Darwin systems now returns more information.
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ programmatically delete all cookies, or cookies from a specific
 domain.
 
 +++
-*** `url-retrieve-synchronously' now takes an optional timeout parameter.
+*** 'url-retrieve-synchronously' now takes an optional timeout parameter.
 
 ---
 *** The URL package now support HTTPS over proxies supporting CONNECT.
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ Windows NT and later you can now register any hotkey combination.  (On
 Windows 9X, the previous limitations, spelled out in the Emacs manual,
 still apply.)
 
-** `convert-standard-filename' no longer mirrors slashes on MS-Windows.
+** 'convert-standard-filename' no longer mirrors slashes on MS-Windows.
 Previously, on MS-Windows this function converted slash characters in
 file names into backslashes.  It no longer does that.
 
diff --git a/etc/compilation.txt b/etc/compilation.txt
index 4a1531265a0..4e4ba38b55b 100644
--- a/etc/compilation.txt
+++ b/etc/compilation.txt
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ CMake Warning at cmake/modules/UseUG.cmake:73 (find_package):
   development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.
 Call Stack (most recent call first):
   cmake/modules/DuneGridMacros.cmake:19 (include)
-  /home/joe/Projekte/EXA-DUNE/patches/dune-common/cmake/modules/DuneMacros.cmake:556 (include)
-  /home/joe/Projekte/EXA-DUNE/patches/dune-common/cmake/modules/DuneMacros.cmake:694 (dune_process_dependency_macros)
+  /home/joe/Project/EXA-DUNE/patches/dune-common/cmake/modules/DuneMacros.cmake:556 (include)
+  /home/joe/Project/EXA-DUNE/patches/dune-common/cmake/modules/DuneMacros.cmake:694 (dune_process_dependency_macros)
   CMakeLists.txt:22 (dune_project)
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog.17 b/lisp/ChangeLog.17
index 29081d3f3cd..2f1957ad0ca 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog.17
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog.17
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@
 2015-03-01  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
 	* net/shr.el (shr-insert): Remove soft hyphens.
-	(shr-insert): Also remove soft hypens from non-folded text.
+	(shr-insert): Also remove soft hyphens from non-folded text.
 
 2015-02-28  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index caeb7cafd12..7c9ec12c2e0 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ Returns list of symbols and documentation found."
    ((consp doc)
     (apropos-documentation-check-elc-file (car doc)))
    ((and doc
-         ;; Sanity check in case bad data has snuck into the
+         ;; Sanity check in case bad data sneaked into the
          ;; documentation slot.
          (stringp doc)
          (string-match apropos-all-words-regexp doc)
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index 1ab3de5f2fd..aedee8c7636 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ that text will be copied verbatim to `generated-autoload-file'.")
 (defconst generate-autoload-section-continuation ";;;;;; "
   "String to add on each continuation of the section header form.")
 
-;; In some ways it would be nicer to use a value that is recognisably
+;; In some ways it would be nicer to use a value that is recognizably
 ;; not a time-value, eg t, but that can cause issues if an older Emacs
 ;; that does not expect non-time-values loads the file.
 (defconst autoload--non-timestamp '(0 0 0 0)
diff --git a/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog.1 b/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog.1
index 7f29f598b64..7dde7437914 100644
--- a/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog.1
+++ b/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog.1
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 	arguments were put in a single string (closes SF #1122655).
 	(mh-edit-pick-expr): Use it.
 
-	* mh-unit.el (mh-unit): Since 21.4 snuck out but didn't contain
+	* mh-unit.el (mh-unit): Since 21.4 sneaked out but didn't contain
 	updated lm-verify, don't run lm-verify on versions before 21.5.
 	(mh-unit-test-pick-args-list): Added.
 
diff --git a/test/lisp/vc/vc-tests.el b/test/lisp/vc/vc-tests.el
index ac10ce2337a..8dc72cd7c81 100644
--- a/test/lisp/vc/vc-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/vc/vc-tests.el
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ For backends which don't support it, `vc-not-supported' is signalled."
     (vc-file-clearprops file)))
 
 (defmacro vc-test--run-maybe-unsupported-function (func &rest args)
-  "Run FUNC withs ARGS as arguments.
+  "Run FUNC with ARGS as arguments.
 Catch the `vc-not-supported' error."
   `(let (err)
     (condition-case err