14 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

M gnu/packages/admin.scm
M gnu/packages/base.scm
M gnu/packages/cpio.scm
M gnu/packages/databases.scm
M gnu/packages/ed.scm
M gnu/packages/games.scm
M gnu/packages/gawk.scm
M gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
M gnu/packages/gperf.scm
M gnu/packages/grub.scm
M gnu/packages/maths.scm
M gnu/packages/package-management.scm
M gnu/packages/pth.scm
M gnu/packages/rush.scm

@@ 997,10 997,10 @@ recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again.")
     (synopsis "Daemon to monitor directories for events such as file removal")
     (description
      "A daemon that monitors directories for events, such as creating,
-deleting or modifying files.  It can monitor different sets of directories for
+deleting or modifying files. It can monitor different sets of directories for
 different events.  When an event is detected, direvent calls a specified
 external program with information about the event, such as the location
-within the file system where it occurred.  Thus, \"direvent\" provides an easy
-way to react immediately if given files undergo changes, for example, to
+within the file system where it occurred.  Thus, \"direvent\" provides an
+easy way to react immediately if given files undergo changes, for example, to
 track changes in important system configuration files.")
     (license gpl3+)))

@@ 351,10 351,11 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
    (synopsis "Binary utilities: bfd gas gprof ld")
    (description
     "GNU Binutils is a collection of tools for working with binary files.
-Perhaps the most notable are \"ld\", a linker, and \"as\", an assembler. Other
-tools include programs to display binary profiling information, list the
-strings in a binary file, and utilities for working with archives.  The \"bfd\"
-library for working with executable and object formats is also included.")
+Perhaps the most notable are \"ld\", a linker, and \"as\", an assembler.
+Other tools include programs to display binary profiling information, list
+the strings in a binary file, and utilities for working with archives.  The
+\"bfd\" library for working with executable and object formats is also
+included.")
    (license gpl3+)
    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/")))
 

@@ 39,9 39,9 @@
     (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/")
     (synopsis "Manage cpio and tar file archives")
     (description
-     "GNU cpio copies files into or out of cpio or tar archives. Indeed,
+     "GNU cpio copies files into or out of cpio or tar archives.  Indeed,
 many formats are supported, including legacy formats.  The format is
-determined automatically by the program and is handled appropriately. 
+determined automatically by the program and is handled appropriately.
 Furthermore, the location of the archive is not important.  It can be another
 file on the drive, a tape, or data on a pipe.")
     (license gpl3+)))

@@ 204,8 204,8 @@ pictures, sounds, or video.")
      "GNU Recutils is a set of tools and libraries for creating and
 manipulating text-based, human-editable databases.  Despite being text-based,
 databases created with Recutils carry all of the expected features such as
-unique fields, primary keys, time stamps and more. Many different field types
-are supported, as is encryption.")
+unique fields, primary keys, time stamps and more.  Many different field
+types are supported, as is encryption.")
     (license gpl3+)
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/")))
 

@@ 50,6 50,6 @@
      "Ed is a line-oriented text editor: rather than offering an overview of
 a document, ed performs editing one line at a time.  It can be executed both
 interactively and via shell scripts.  Its method of command input allows
-complex tasks to be performed in an automated way. GNU ed offers several
+complex tasks to be performed in an automated way.  GNU ed offers several
 extensions over the standard utility.")
     (license gpl3+)))

@@ 100,7 100,7 @@ representation of the playing board.")
      "GNUbik is a puzzle game in which you must manipulate a cube to make
 each of its faces have a uniform color.  The game is customizable, allowing
 you to set the size of the cube (the default is 3x3) or to change the colors.
- You may even apply photos to the faces instead of colors.  The game is
+You may even apply photos to the faces instead of colors.  The game is
 scriptable with Guile.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 

@@ 79,6 79,6 @@
    (description
     "Gawk is the GNU implementation of Awk, a specialized programming
 language for the easy manipulation of formatted text, such as tables of data.
- Gawk features many extensions beyond the traditional implementation,
+Gawk features many extensions beyond the traditional implementation,
 including network access, sorting, and large libraries.")
    (license gpl3+)))

@@ 137,6 137,6 @@
     (synopsis "Entirely free browser derived from Mozilla Firefox")
     (description
      "IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser.  It is entirely free
-software, which does not recommend non-free plugins and addons. It also
+software, which does not recommend non-free plugins and addons.  It also
 features built-in privacy-protecting features.")
     (license license:mpl2.0))) ; and others, see toolkit/content/license.html

@@ 39,8 39,8 @@
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/")
     (synopsis "Perfect hash function generator")
     (description
-     "gperf is a perfect hash function generator.  For a given list of strings,
-it produces a hash function and hash table in C or C++ code. That the hash
-function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that look-ups can be
-made by single string comparisons.")
+     "gperf is a perfect hash function generator.  For a given list of
+strings, it produces a hash function and hash table in C or C++ code.  That
+the hash function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that
+look-ups can be made by single string comparisons.")
     (license gpl3+)))

@@ 101,7 101,7 @@
     (description
      "GRUB is a multiboot bootloader.  It is used for initially loading the
 kernel of an operating system and then transferring control to it. The kernel
-then goes on to load the rest of the operating system. As a multiboot
+then goes on to load the rest of the operating system.  As a multiboot
 bootloader, GRUB handles the presence of multiple operating systems installed
 on the same computer; upon booting the computer, the user is presented with a
 menu to select one of the installed operating systems.")

@@ 179,11 179,11 @@ LP/MIP solver is included in the package.")
     (synopsis "Statistical analysis")
     (description
      "GNU PSPP is a statistical analysis program.  It can perform
-descriptive statistics, T-tests, linear regression and non-parametric tests. 
-It features both a graphical interface as well as command-line input. PSPP is
-designed to interoperate with Gnumeric, LibreOffice and OpenOffice.  Data can
-be imported from spreadsheets, text files and database sources and it can be
-output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.")
+descriptive statistics, T-tests, linear regression and non-parametric tests.
+It features both a graphical interface as well as command-line input.  PSPP
+is designed to interoperate with Gnumeric, LibreOffice and OpenOffice.  Data
+can be imported from spreadsheets, text files and database sources and it can
+be output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public lapack

@@ 103,10 103,10 @@
     (synopsis "Functional package manager for installed software packages and versions")
     (description
      "GNU Guix is a functional package manager for the GNU system, and is
-also a distribution thereof.  It includes a virtual machine image. Besides
+also a distribution thereof.  It includes a virtual machine image.  Besides
 the usual package management features, it also supports transactional
-upgrades and roll-backs, per-user profiles, and much more. It is based on the
-Nix package manager.")
+upgrades and roll-backs, per-user profiles, and much more.  It is based on
+the Nix package manager.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public guix guix-0.7)

@@ 48,7 48,7 @@
     (description
      "GNU Pth is a portable library providing non-preemptive, priority-based
 scheduling for multiple execution threads.  Each thread has its own
-program-counter, run-time stack, signal mask and errno variable. Threads are
+program-counter, run-time stack, signal mask and errno variable.  Threads are
 scheduled in a cooperative way, rather than in the standard preemptive way,
 such that they are managed according to priority and events.  However, Pth
 also features emulation of POSIX.1c threads (\"pthreads\") for backwards

@@ 42,7 42,7 @@
     (synopsis "Restricted user (login) shell")
     (description
      "GNU Rush is a restricted user shell, for systems on which users are to
-be provided with only limited functionality or resources. Administrators set
+be provided with only limited functionality or resources.  Administrators set
 user rights via a configuration file which can be used to limit, for example,
 the commands that can be executed, CPU time, or virtual memory usage.")
     (license gpl3+)))