Fixed documentation snafus #575, #576, #577, #585

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@525 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

13 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/action_pack_assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/action_pack_assertions.rb
index 5ffc0f90a1..c26941cd6b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/action_pack_assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions/action_pack_assertions.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
         assert_block(msg) { !response.has_flash? }
       end
       
-      # ensure the flash is empty but existant
+      # ensure the flash is empty but existent
       def assert_flash_empty(message=nil)
         response = acquire_assertion_target
         msg = build_message(message, "the flash is not empty <?>", response.flash)
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index a11c86b107..cfcd46d985 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         @performed_redirect = true
       end
 
-      # Resets the session by clearsing out all the objects stored within and initializing a new session object.
+      # Resets the session by clearing out all the objects stored within and initializing a new session object.
       def reset_session #:doc:
         @request.reset_session
         @session = @request.session
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb
index cc5544241e..996b5af08d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
     # are treated the same. Content management systems -- including weblogs and wikis -- have many pages that are a great fit
     # for this approach, but account-based systems where people log in and manipulate their own data are often less likely candidates.
     #
-    # Specifying which actions to cach is done through the <tt>caches</tt> class method:
+    # Specifying which actions to cache is done through the <tt>caches</tt> class method:
     #
     #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
     #     caches_page :show, :new
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_ext.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_ext.rb
index 371ead695b..c8ebd57d26 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_ext.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_ext.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'cgi/session/pstore'
 require 'action_controller/cgi_ext/cgi_methods'
 
 # Wrapper around the CGIMethods that have been secluded to allow testing without 
-# an instatiated CGI object
+# an instantiated CGI object
 class CGI #:nodoc:
   class << self
     alias :escapeHTML_fail_on_nil :escapeHTML
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ class CGI #:nodoc:
     parameters['database_manager'] = CGI::Session::PStore
     CGI::Session.new(self, parameters)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb
index 0a45684f6b..b82aa5ee08 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/cookies.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module ActionController #:nodoc:
   # Cookies are read and written through ActionController#cookies. The cookies being read is what was received along with the request,
   # the cookies being written is what will be sent out will the response. Cookies are read by value (so you won't get the cookie object
-  # itself back -- just the value it holds). Examples for writting:
+  # itself back -- just the value it holds). Examples for writing:
   #
   #   cookies["user_name"] = "david" # => Will set a simple session cookie
   #   cookies["login"] = { :value => "XJ-122", :expires => Time.now + 360} # => Will set a cookie that expires in 1 hour
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
index 1bf9bb2217..83e3045859 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
     # == Around filters
     #
     # In addition to the individual before and after filters, it's also possible to specify that a single object should handle
-    # both the before and after call. That's especially usefuly when you need to keep state active between the before and after,
+    # both the before and after call. That's especially useful when you need to keep state active between the before and after,
     # such as the example of a benchmark filter below:
     # 
     #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/flash.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/flash.rb
index 220ed8c77a..b4e8d75bf6 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/flash.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/flash.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 module ActionController #:nodoc:
   # The flash provides a way to pass temporary objects between actions. Anything you place in the flash will be exposed
   # to the very next action and then cleared out. This is a great way of doing notices and alerts, such as a create action
-  # that sets <tt>flash["notice"] = "Succesfully created"</tt> before redirecting to a display action that can then expose 
+  # that sets <tt>flash["notice"] = "Successfully created"</tt> before redirecting to a display action that can then expose 
   # the flash to its template. Actually, that exposure is automatically done. Example:
   #
   #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
   #     def create
   #       # save post
-  #       flash["notice"] = "Succesfully created post"
+  #       flash["notice"] = "Successfully created post"
   #       redirect_to :action => "display", :params => { "id" => post.id }
   #     end
   #
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         end
       end    
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
index 82fd9569c3..aca3dbd797 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
     # <tt>app/views/layouts/weblog.rhtml</tt> or <tt>app/views/layouts/weblog.rxml</tt> exists then it will be automatically set as
     # the layout for your WeblogController. You can create a layout with the name <tt>application.rhtml</tt> or <tt>application.rxml</tt>
     # and this will be set as the default controller if there is no layout with the same name as the current controller and there is 
-    # no layout explicitly assigned with the +layout+ method. Setting a layout explicity will always override the automatic behaviour. 
+    # no layout explicitly assigned with the +layout+ method. Setting a layout explicitly will always override the automatic behaviour. 
     #
     # == Inheritance for layouts
     #
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
     # This will assign "weblog_standard" as the WeblogController's layout  except for the +rss+ action, which will not wrap a layout 
     # around the rendered view.
     #
-    # Both the +:only+ and +:except+ condition can accept an aribtrary number of method references, so +:except => [ :rss, :text_only ]+ 
+    # Both the +:only+ and +:except+ condition can accept an arbitrary number of method references, so +:except => [ :rss, :text_only ]+ 
     # is valid, as is # +:except => :rss+.
     #
     # == Using a different layout in the action render call
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb
index 94ec7d27af..3e2344c3cb 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module ActionController
       parts - parts.last(1 + tld_length)
     end
 
-    # Recieve the raw post data. 
+    # Receive the raw post data. 
     # This is useful for services such as REST, XMLRPC and SOAP 
     # which communicate over HTTP POST but don't use the traditional parameter format. 
     def raw_post
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb
index 9d7c3d95b2..eb7f614de0 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
         render_text "<html><body><h1>Application error (Rails)</h1></body></html>"
       end
 
-      # Overwrite to expand the meaning of a local request in order to show local rescues on other occurances than
+      # Overwrite to expand the meaning of a local request in order to show local rescues on other occurences than
       # the remote IP being 127.0.0.1. For example, this could include the IP of the developer machine when debugging
       # remotely.
       def local_request? #:doc:
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/scaffolding.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/scaffolding.rb
index 49b35b37df..9c1311efa3 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/scaffolding.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/scaffolding.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module ActionController
     #    def create
     #      @entry = Entry.new(@params["entry"])
     #      if @entry.save
-    #        flash["notice"] = "Entry was succesfully created"
+    #        flash["notice"] = "Entry was successfully created"
     #        redirect_to :action => "list"
     #      else
     #        render "entry/new"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module ActionController
     #      @entry.attributes = @params["entry"]
     #  
     #      if @entry.save
-    #        flash["notice"] = "Entry was succesfully updated"
+    #        flash["notice"] = "Entry was successfully updated"
     #        redirect_to :action => "show/" + @entry.id.to_s
     #      else
     #        render "entry/edit"
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ module ActionController
           def create#{suffix}
             @#{singular_name} = #{class_name}.new(@params["#{singular_name}"])
             if @#{singular_name}.save
-              flash["notice"] = "#{class_name} was succesfully created"
+              flash["notice"] = "#{class_name} was successfully created"
               redirect_to :action => "list#{suffix}"
             else
               render "#{singular_name}/new#{suffix}"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ module ActionController
             @#{singular_name}.attributes = @params["#{singular_name}"]
 
             if @#{singular_name}.save
-              flash["notice"] = "#{class_name} was succesfully updated"
+              flash["notice"] = "#{class_name} was successfully updated"
               redirect_to :action => "show#{suffix}/" + @#{singular_name}.id.to_s
             else
               render "#{singular_name}/edit#{suffix}"
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session/mem_cache_store.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session/mem_cache_store.rb
index 1073b408cc..6fc80d9e56 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session/mem_cache_store.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session/mem_cache_store.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ begin
         # characters; automatically generated session ids observe
         # this requirement.
         #
-        # +option+ is a hash of options for the initialiser.  The
+        # +option+ is a hash of options for the initializer.  The
         # following options are recognized:
         #
         # cache::  an instance of a MemCache client to use as the
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ begin
   end
 rescue LoadError
   # MemCache wasn't available so neither can the store be
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_rewriter.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_rewriter.rb
index dadae7c34b..ea82dffee9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_rewriter.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/url_rewriter.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module ActionController
-  # Rewrites urls for Base.redirect_to and Base.url_for in the controller.
+  # Rewrites URLs for Base.redirect_to and Base.url_for in the controller.
   class UrlRewriter #:nodoc:
     VALID_OPTIONS = [:action, :action_prefix, :action_suffix, :application_prefix, :module, :controller, :controller_prefix, :anchor, :params, :path_params, :id, :only_path, :overwrite_params, :host, :protocol ]