# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
# Date 1296939514 28800
# Node ID 68ac95d2460cce25d647c3a2caccac928b702461
# Parent  38384a0f75c01c25765feb52db2c814c8613cc73
Periodic grammarcheck of documentation.

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-02-05  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* help/help.m, linear-algebra/onenormest.m, plot/graphics_toolkit.m,
+	plot/pie3.m, plot/view.m, signal/periodogram.m: Grammarcheck docstrings.
+
 2011-02-05  Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
 
 	* plot/legend.m: Add demo for inline keys created by two plot commands.
diff --git a/scripts/help/help.m b/scripts/help/help.m
--- a/scripts/help/help.m
+++ b/scripts/help/help.m
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Command} {} help @var{name}
+## @deftypefn  {Command} {} help @var{name}
 ## @deftypefnx {Command} {} help @code{--list}
 ## Display the help text for @var{name}.   For example, the command
 ## @kbd{help help} prints a short message describing the @code{help}
diff --git a/scripts/linear-algebra/onenormest.m b/scripts/linear-algebra/onenormest.m
--- a/scripts/linear-algebra/onenormest.m
+++ b/scripts/linear-algebra/onenormest.m
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 ## only 5 test vectors are used.
 ##
 ## If the matrix is not explicit, e.g., when estimating the norm of
-## @code{inv (@var{A})} given an LU@tie{}factorization, @code{onenormest} applies
-## @var{A} and its conjugate transpose through a pair of functions
+## @code{inv (@var{A})} given an LU@tie{}factorization, @code{onenormest}
+## applies @var{A} and its conjugate transpose through a pair of functions
 ## @var{apply} and @var{apply_t}, respectively, to a dense matrix of size
 ## @var{n} by @var{t}.  The implicit version requires an explicit dimension
 ## @var{n}.
diff --git a/scripts/plot/graphics_toolkit.m b/scripts/plot/graphics_toolkit.m
--- a/scripts/plot/graphics_toolkit.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/graphics_toolkit.m
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} graphics_toolkit (@var{name})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} graphics_toolkit (@var{hlist}, @var{name})
-## Change the default graphics graphics toolkit to @var{name}.  If the
+## Change the default graphics toolkit to @var{name}.  If the
 ## toolkit is not already loaded, it is first initialized by calling the
 ## function @code{__init_@var{name}__}.
 ##
diff --git a/scripts/plot/pie3.m b/scripts/plot/pie3.m
--- a/scripts/plot/pie3.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/pie3.m
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} pie3 (@dots{}, @var{labels})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} pie3 (@var{h}, @dots{});
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} pie3 (@dots{});
-## Draw a a 3-D pie chart.
+## Draw a 3-D pie chart.
 ##
 ## Called with a single vector argument, produces a 3-D pie chart of the
 ## elements in @var{x}, with the size of the slice determined by percentage
diff --git a/scripts/plot/view.m b/scripts/plot/view.m
--- a/scripts/plot/view.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/view.m
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} view ([@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z}])
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} view (@var{dims})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} view (@var{ax}, @dots{})
-## Query or set set the viewpoint for the current axes.  The parameters
+## Query or set the viewpoint for the current axes.  The parameters
 ## @var{azimuth} and @var{elevation} can be given as two arguments or as
 ## 2-element vector.
 ## The viewpoint can also be given with Cartesian coordinates @var{x},
diff --git a/scripts/signal/periodogram.m b/scripts/signal/periodogram.m
--- a/scripts/signal/periodogram.m
+++ b/scripts/signal/periodogram.m
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 ##
 ## @itemize
 ## @item x: data; if real-valued a one-sided spectrum is estimated,
-## if complex-valued or range indicates "@nospell{twosided}", the full spectrum is estimated.
+## if complex-valued or range indicates "@nospell{twosided}", the full
+## spectrum is estimated.
 ##
 ## @item win: weight data with window, x.*win is used for further computation,
 ## if window is empty, a rectangular window is used.
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@
 ## @item Fs: sampling rate, default 1.
 ##
 ## @item range: "@nospell{onesided}" computes spectrum from [0..nfft/2+1].
-## "@nospell{twosided}" computes spectrum from [0..nfft-1]. These strings can appear at any
-##  position in the list input arguments after window.
+## "@nospell{twosided}" computes spectrum from [0..nfft-1].  These strings
+## can appear at any  position in the list input arguments after window.
 ##
 ## @item Pxx: one-, or two-sided power spectrum.
 ##