Fix typos in comments, doc strings, error messages, and tests

Typos reported by
https://fossies.org/linux/test/pandoc-master.tar.gz/codespell.html

See: #6738

changelog.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
   * Fix MANUAL.txt CSL JSON conversion examples.
 
-  * Fix spelling errors in chengelog, MANUAL.txt, `doc/org.md` (#6738).
+  * Fix spelling errors in changelog, MANUAL.txt, `doc/org.md` (#6738).
 
 
 ## pandoc 2.11 (2020-10-11)
@@ -3369,7 +3369,7 @@
   * Man/Ms writers: Don't escape `-` as `\-`. The `\-` gets rendered
     in HTML and PDF as a unicode minus sign.
 
-  * Ms writer: Ensure we have a newline after .EN in disply math (#5251).
+  * Ms writer: Ensure we have a newline after .EN in display math (#5251).
 
   * RST writer: Don't wrap simple table header lines (#5128).
 
@@ -9016,11 +9016,11 @@
     +   Allow alignments to be specified in Markdown grid tables. For
         example,
 
-            +-------+---------------+--------------------+
+            +-------|---------------|--------------------+
             | Right    | Left                 | Centered |
             +=========:+:=================+:=============:+
             | Bananas | $1.34         | built-in wrapper |
-            +-------+---------------+--------------------+
+            +-------|---------------|--------------------+
 
     +   Allow Small Caps elements to be created using bracketed spans (as
         they already can be using HTML-syntax spans) (#3191, Kolen Cheung).

src/Text/Pandoc/Citeproc.hs

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ getRefsFromBib locale idpred t = do
   case formatFromExtension fp of
     Just f -> getRefs locale f idpred (Just fp) raw
     Nothing -> throwError $ PandocAppError $
-                 "Could not deterine bibliography format for " <> t
+                 "Could not determine bibliography format for " <> t
 
 getRefs :: PandocMonad m
         => Locale
@@ -532,6 +532,3 @@ removeFinalPeriod ils =
   case lastMay ils of
     Just (Str ".") -> initSafe ils
     _              -> ils
-
-
-

src/Text/Pandoc/Class/PandocMonad.hs

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ makeCanonical = Posix.joinPath . transformPathParts . splitDirectories
         go (_:as) ".." = as
         go as     x    = x : as
 
--- | Trys to run an action on a file: for each directory given, a
+-- | Tries to run an action on a file: for each directory given, a
 -- filepath is created from the given filename, and the action is run on
 -- that filepath. Returns the result of the first successful execution
 -- of the action, or throws a @PandocResourceNotFound@ exception if the

src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
    Stability   : alpha
    Portability : portable
 
-This module provides a standard way to deal with possible errors encounted
-during parsing.
+This module provides a standard way to deal with possible errors
+encountered during parsing.
 
 -}
 module Text.Pandoc.Error (

src/Text/Pandoc/Lua/Marshaling/MediaBag.hs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ instance Peekable MediaItems where
   peek = peekMediaItems
 
 -- | Push an iterator triple to be used with Lua's @for@ loop construct.
--- Each iterator invokation returns a tripple consisting of an item's
+-- Each iterator invocation returns a triple containing the item's
 -- filename, MIME type, and content.
 pushIterator :: MediaBag -> Lua NumResults
 pushIterator mb = do

src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Creole.hs

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ inlineNowiki = B.code <$> (start >> manyTillChar (noneOf "\n\r") end)
     end = try $ string "}}}" >> lookAhead (noneOf "}")
 
 placeholder :: PandocMonad m => CRLParser m B.Inlines
--- The semantics of the placeholder is basicallly implementation
+-- The semantics of the placeholder is basically implementation
 -- dependent, so there is no way to DTRT for all cases.
 -- So for now we just drop them.
 placeholder = B.text <$> try (string "<<<" >> manyTill anyChar (string ">>>")

src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Odt/Generic/Utils.hs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import Data.Maybe
 -- > foldr (.) id
 -- where '(.)' are 'id' are the ones from "Control.Category"
 -- and 'foldr' is the one from "Data.Foldable".
--- The noun-form was chosen to be consistend with 'sum', 'product' etc
+-- The noun-form was chosen to be consistent with 'sum', 'product' etc
 -- based on the discussion at
 -- <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/haskell-cafe/VkOZM1zaHOI>
 -- (that I was not part of)

src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Blocks.hs

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ verseBlock blockType = try $ do
      return (trimInlinesF $ pure nbspIndent <> line)
 
 -- | Read a code block and the associated results block if present.  Which of
--- boths blocks is included in the output is determined using the "exports"
+-- the blocks is included in the output is determined using the "exports"
 -- argument in the block header.
 codeBlock :: PandocMonad m => BlockAttributes -> Text -> OrgParser m (F Blocks)
 codeBlock blockAttrs blockType = do

test/command/biblatex-thesis.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 % pandoc -f biblatex -t markdown -s
 @comment{excerpted from http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/examples/biblatex-examples.bib
 
-TODO: Uppercase letters follwing hyphens need to be converted to lowercase, too (e.g., "r" in "High-Resolution". -- Same for citeproc when doing title-case conversion!)
+TODO: Uppercase letters following hyphens need to be converted to lowercase, too (e.g., "r" in "High-Resolution". -- Same for citeproc when doing title-case conversion!)
 }
 
 @thesis{geer,

test/command/yaml-metadata-blocks.md

@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ scientific: 3.7e-5
 bool: true
 more: False
 nothing: null
-emtpy: []
+empty: []
 nested:
   int: 8
   float: 2.5
   bool: true
   more: False
   nothing: null
-  emtpy: []
+  empty: []
   scientific: 3.7e-5
 ---
 ^D
-Pandoc (Meta {unMeta = fromList [("bool",MetaBool True),("emtpy",MetaList []),("float",MetaInlines [Str "1.5"]),("int",MetaInlines [Str "7"]),("more",MetaBool False),("nested",MetaMap (fromList [("bool",MetaBool True),("emtpy",MetaList []),("float",MetaInlines [Str "2.5"]),("int",MetaInlines [Str "8"]),("more",MetaBool False),("nothing",MetaInlines [Str "null"]),("scientific",MetaInlines [Str "3.7e-5"])])),("nothing",MetaInlines [Str "null"]),("scientific",MetaInlines [Str "3.7e-5"])]})
+Pandoc (Meta {unMeta = fromList [("bool",MetaBool True),("empty",MetaList []),("float",MetaInlines [Str "1.5"]),("int",MetaInlines [Str "7"]),("more",MetaBool False),("nested",MetaMap (fromList [("bool",MetaBool True),("empty",MetaList []),("float",MetaInlines [Str "2.5"]),("int",MetaInlines [Str "8"]),("more",MetaBool False),("nothing",MetaInlines [Str "null"]),("scientific",MetaInlines [Str "3.7e-5"])])),("nothing",MetaInlines [Str "null"]),("scientific",MetaInlines [Str "3.7e-5"])]})
 []
 ```
 ```

test/epub/features.native

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   ,Para [Str "The",Space,Str "test",Space,Str "passes",Space,Str "if",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "rendering",Space,Str "looks",Space,Str "like",Space,Str "."]]
  ,Div ("content-mathml-001.xhtml#mathml-025",["section","ctest"],[])
   [Header 2 ("",[],[]) [Span ("",["nature"],[]) [Str "[REQUIRED]"],SoftBreak,Span ("",["test-id"],[]) [Str "mathml-025"],Str "Testing",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "mtable",Space,Str "with",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "colspan",Space,Str "and",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "rowspan",Space,Str "attributes,",Space,Str "Hebrew",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "Script",Space,Str "fonts"]
-  ,Para [Str "Tests",Space,Str "whether",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "mtable",Space,Str "with",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "colspan",Space,Str "and",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "mspace",Space,Str "attributes",Space,Str "(colum",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "row",Space,Str "spanning)",Space,Str "are",Space,Str "supported;",Space,Str "uses",Space,Str "Hebrew",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "Script",Space,Str "alphabets."]
+  ,Para [Str "Tests",Space,Str "whether",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "mtable",Space,Str "with",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "colspan",Space,Str "and",Space,Code ("",[],[]) "mspace",Space,Str "attributes",Space,Str "(column",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "row",Space,Str "spanning)",Space,Str "are",Space,Str "supported;",Space,Str "uses",Space,Str "Hebrew",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "Script",Space,Str "alphabets."]
   ,Plain [Math DisplayMath "\\begin{matrix}\n & {\\operatorname{cov}\\left( \\mathcal{L} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{non}\\left( \\mathcal{K} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{cof}\\left( \\mathcal{K} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{cof}\\left( \\mathcal{L} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & 2^{\\aleph_{0}} \\\\\n & \\uparrow & & \\uparrow & & \\uparrow & & \\uparrow & & \\\\\n & {\\mathfrak{b}} & \\longrightarrow & {\\mathfrak{d}} & & & & & & \\\\\n & \\uparrow & & \\uparrow & & & & & & \\\\\n\\aleph_{1} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{add}\\left( \\mathcal{L} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{add}\\left( \\mathcal{K} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{cov}\\left( \\mathcal{K} \\right)} & \\longrightarrow & {\\operatorname{non}\\left( \\mathcal{L} \\right)} & \\\\\n\\end{matrix}"]
   ,Para [Str "The",Space,Str "test",Space,Str "passes",Space,Str "if",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "rendering",Space,Str "looks",Space,Str "like",Space,Link ("",[],[]) [Str "Cicho\324's",Space,Str "Diagram"] ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicho%C5%84's_diagram",""),Str ":",Space,Str "."]]
  ,Div ("content-mathml-001.xhtml#mathml-026",["section","ctest"],[])

test/tables/planets.html4

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr class="odd">
-<th align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="4">Terrestial planets</th>
+<th align="center" colspan="2" rowspan="4">Terrestrial planets</th>
 <th>Mercury</th>
 <td align="right">0.330</td>
 <td align="right">4,879</td>

test/tables/planets.html5

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr class="odd">
-<th style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" rowspan="4">Terrestial planets</th>
+<th style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" rowspan="4">Terrestrial planets</th>
 <th>Mercury</th>
 <td style="text-align: right;">0.330</td>
 <td style="text-align: right;">4,879</td>

test/tables/planets.native

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  [(TableBody ("",[],[]) (RowHeadColumns 3)
   []
   [Row ("",[],[])
-   [Cell ("",[],[]) AlignDefault (RowSpan 4) (ColSpan 2) [Plain [Str "Terrestial planets"]]
+   [Cell ("",[],[]) AlignDefault (RowSpan 4) (ColSpan 2) [Plain [Str "Terrestrial planets"]]
    ,Cell ("",[],[]) AlignDefault (RowSpan 1) (ColSpan 1) [Plain [Str "Mercury"]]
    ,Cell ("",[],[]) AlignDefault (RowSpan 1) (ColSpan 1) [Plain [Str "0.330"]]
    ,Cell ("",[],[]) AlignDefault (RowSpan 1) (ColSpan 1) [Plain [Str "4,879"]]

test/textile-reader.native

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Pandoc (Meta {unMeta = fromList []})
 ,Para [Emph [Strong [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "strong",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "em."]],LineBreak,Str "So",Space,Str "is",Space,Strong [Emph [Str "this"]],Space,Str "word",Space,Str "and",Space,Emph [Strong [Str "that",Space,Str "one"]],Str ".",LineBreak,Strikeout [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "strikeout",Space,Str "and",Space,Strong [Str "strong"]]]
 ,Para [Str "Superscripts:",Space,Str "a",Superscript [Str "bc"],Str "d",Space,Str "a",Space,Superscript [Strong [Str "hello"]],Space,Str "a",Superscript [Str "hello",Space,Str "there"],Str ".",LineBreak,Str "Subscripts:",Space,Subscript [Str "here"],Space,Str "H",Space,Subscript [Str "2"],Str "O,",Space,Str "H",Space,Subscript [Str "23"],Str "O,",Space,Str "H",Space,Subscript [Str "many",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "them"],Str "O."]
 ,Para [Str "Dashes",Space,Str ":",Space,Str "How",Space,Str "cool",Space,Str "\8212",Space,Str "automatic",Space,Str "dashes."]
-,Para [Str "Elipses",Space,Str ":",Space,Str "He",Space,Str "thought",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "thought",Space,Str "\8230",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "then",Space,Str "thought",Space,Str "some",Space,Str "more."]
+,Para [Str "Ellipses",Space,Str ":",Space,Str "He",Space,Str "thought",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "thought",Space,Str "\8230",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "then",Space,Str "thought",Space,Str "some",Space,Str "more."]
 ,Para [Str "Quotes",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "apostrophes",Space,Str ":",Space,Quoted DoubleQuote [Str "I\8217d",Space,Str "like",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "thank",Space,Str "you"],Space,Str "for",Space,Str "example."]
 ,Header 1 ("links",[],[]) [Str "Links"]
 ,Header 2 ("explicit",[],[]) [Str "Explicit"]

test/textile-reader.textile

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Subscripts: ~here~ H[ ~2~]O, H[ ~23~]O, H[ ~many of them~]O.
 
 Dashes : How cool -- automatic dashes.
 
-Elipses : He thought and thought ... and then thought some more.
+Ellipses : He thought and thought ... and then thought some more.
 
 Quotes and apostrophes : "I'd like to thank you" for example.