--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-19  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws: Add new words to Octave
+	private dictionary.
+
 2011-01-19  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
 
 	* doc/interpreter/diagperm.txi, doc/interpreter/dynamic.txi,

--- a/doc/interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws
+++ b/doc/interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws
@@ -1,337 +1,71 @@
 personal_ws-1.1 en 1
+Abramowitz
+accumarray
+acknowledgements
+Acknowledgements
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@@ -533,28 +397,49 @@
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@@ -664,10 +623,14 @@
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+POSIX
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+PostScript
+Pothen
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+Prepend
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@@ -678,44 +641,84 @@
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+Pseudospectra
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+QRUPDATE
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@@ -723,14 +726,19 @@
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@@ -740,14 +748,23 @@
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@@ -760,38 +777,63 @@
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@@ -800,16 +842,24 @@
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@@ -827,9 +879,13 @@
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@@ -837,49 +893,73 @@
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--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2011-01-19  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+
+	* general/curl.m, general/divergence.m, io/strread.m,
+	miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m, plot/bar.m, plot/errorbar.m, plot/hist.m,
+	plot/mesh.m, plot/surf.m, polynomial/polyaffine.m: Correct spelling
+	in docstrings.
+
 2011-01-19  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* help/help.m: New option --list.  Bug #31905.

--- a/scripts/general/curl.m
+++ b/scripts/general/curl.m
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 ## for two-dimensional input.  For three-dimensional input the scalar
 ## rotation is calculated at each grid point in direction of the vector field
 ## at that point.
-## @seealso{divergence, gradient, del2}
+## @seealso{divergence, gradient, del2, cross, dot}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>
@@ -154,4 +154,4 @@
 %! [cz,av] = curl(X/2,Y/2,2*(X-Y),Y);
 %! assert(all(cz(:)==4));
 %! assert(all(av(:)==2));
-%! assert(size_equal(X,Y,cz,av));
\ No newline at end of file
+%! assert(size_equal(X,Y,cz,av));

--- a/scripts/general/divergence.m
+++ b/scripts/general/divergence.m
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{fx}, @var{fy}, @var{fz})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{fx}, @var{fy})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{fx}, @var{fy})
-## Calculate divegence of vector field given by the arrays @var{fx},
+## Calculate divergence of a vector field given by the arrays @var{fx},
 ## @var{fy}, and @var{fz} or @var{fx}, @var{fy} respectively. 
 ## @tex
 ## $$
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ## The coordinates of the vector field can be given by the arguments @var{x},
 ## @var{y}, @var{z} or @var{x}, @var{y} respectively. 
 ##
-## @seealso{curl, gradient, del2}
+## @seealso{curl, gradient, del2, cross, dot}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>

--- a/scripts/io/strread.m
+++ b/scripts/io/strread.m
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 ## [@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c}] = strread (@var{str}, "%s %s %f");
 ## @end example
 ##
-## The behaviour of @code{strread} can be changed via property-value
+## The behavior of @code{strread} can be changed via property-value
 ## pairs.  The following properties are recognized:
 ##
 ## @table @code

--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 ## Generate dependency files (.d) for C and C++ source files.
 ##
 ## @item -R DIR
-## Add the runtime path to the link command.
+## Add the run-time path to the link command.
 ##
 ## @item -Wl,@dots{}
 ## Pass flags though the linker like "-Wl,-rpath=@dots{}".

--- a/scripts/plot/bar.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/bar.m
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 ##
 ## The optional input handle @var{h} allows an axis handle to be passed.
 ##
-## The bargraph's appearance may be modified by specifying property/value
+## The bar graph's appearance may be modified by specifying property/value
 ## pairs.  The following example modifies the face and edge colors.
 ##
 ## @example

--- a/scripts/plot/errorbar.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/errorbar.m
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 ##
 ## If the @var{fmt} argument is supplied, it is interpreted as in
 ## normal plots.  In addition, @var{fmt} may include an errorbar style
-## which must preceed the line and marker format.  The following plot
+## which must precede the line and marker format.  The following plot
 ## styles are supported by errorbar:
 ##
 ## @table @samp

--- a/scripts/plot/hist.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/hist.m
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 ## the bins, with the width of the bins determined from the adjacent 
 ## values in the vector.
 ##
-## If scaler, the second argument, @var{nbins}, defines the number of bins.
+## If scalar, the second argument, @var{nbins}, defines the number of bins.
 ##
-## If third argument is provided, the histogram is normalized such that
+## If a third argument is provided, the histogram is normalized such that
 ## the sum of the bars is equal to @var{norm}.
 ##
 ## Extreme values are lumped in the first and last bins.

--- a/scripts/plot/mesh.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/mesh.m
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ## correspond to different @var{x} values and rows of @var{z} correspond
 ## to different @var{y} values.
 ##
-## The color of the mesh is derirved from the @code{colormap}
+## The color of the mesh is derived from the @code{colormap}
 ## and the value of @var{z}.  Optionally the color of the mesh can be
 ## specified independent of @var{z}, by adding a fourth matrix, @var{c}.
 ## @seealso{colormap, contour, meshgrid, surf}

--- a/scripts/plot/surf.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/surf.m
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ## correspond to different @var{x} values and rows of @var{z} correspond
 ## to different @var{y} values.
 ##
-## The color of the surface is derirved from the @code{colormap} and
+## The color of the surface is derived from the @code{colormap} and
 ## the value of @var{z}.  Optionally the color of the surface can be
 ## specified independent of @var{z}, by adding a fourth matrix, @var{c}.
 ## @seealso{colormap, contour, meshgrid, mesh}

--- a/scripts/polynomial/polyaffine.m
+++ b/scripts/polynomial/polyaffine.m
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} polyaffine (@var{f}, @var{mu})
 ## Return the coefficients of the polynomial vector @var{f} after an affine
-## tranformation.  If @var{f} is the vector representing the polynomial f(x),
+## transformation.  If @var{f} is the vector representing the polynomial f(x),
 ## then @code{@var{g} = polyaffine (@var{f}, @var{mu})} is the vector
 ## representing:
 ##

--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-19  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* src/data.cc, src/input.cc, src/utils.cc: spellcheck docstrings.
+
 2011-01-19  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
 
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/dlmread.cc, DLD-FUNCTIONS/filter.cc,

--- a/src/data.cc
+++ b/src/data.cc
@@ -5023,7 +5023,7 @@
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {} mtimes (@var{x}, @var{y})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} mtimes (@var{x1}, @var{x2}, @dots{})\n\
-Return the matrix multiplicaton product of inputs.\n\
+Return the matrix multiplication product of inputs.\n\
 This function is equivalent to @w{@code{x * y}}.\n\
 If more arguments are given, the multiplication is applied\n\
 cumulatively from left to right:\n\
@@ -5032,7 +5032,7 @@
   (@dots{}((x1 * x2) * x3) * @dots{})\n\
 @end example\n\
 \n\
-At least one argument is requred.\n\
+At least one argument is required.\n\
 @seealso{times}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {

--- a/src/input.cc
+++ b/src/input.cc
@@ -1379,14 +1379,14 @@
 character string.  @xref{Strings}.\n\
 \n\
 You can also use ANSI escape sequences if your terminal supports them.\n\
-This can be useful for colouring the prompt.  For example,\n\
+This can be useful for coloring the prompt.  For example,\n\
 \n\
 @example\n\
 PS1 (\"\\\\[\\\\033[01;31m\\\\]\\\\s:\\\\#> \\\\[\\\\033[0m\\]\")\n\
 @end example\n\
 \n\
 @noindent\n\
-will give the default Octave prompt a red colouring.\n\
+will give the default Octave prompt a red coloring.\n\
 @seealso{PS2, PS4}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {

--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@
 @deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {} isindex (@var{ind})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} isindex (@var{ind}, @var{n})\n\
 Return true if @var{ind} is a valid index.  Valid indices are\n\
-either positive integers (although possibly of real datatype), or logical\n\
+either positive integers (although possibly of real data type), or logical\n\
 arrays.  If present, @var{n} specifies the maximum extent of the dimension\n\
 to be indexed.  When possible the internal result is cached so that\n\
 subsequent indexing using @var{ind} will not perform the check again.\n\