Fix a bunch of typos and grammatical errors.
PR: docs/40234 Submitted by: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu> (mostly) MFC After: 3 days
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@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ is loaded.
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.Op Fl n
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.Op Aq message
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.Xc
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Displays a text on the screen.
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Displays text on the screen.
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A new line will be printed unless
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.Fl n
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is specified.
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@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ will list the topics available.
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.Pp
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.It Ic include Ar file Op Ar
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Process script files.
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Each file is, at a turn, completely read into memory,
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and then have each of its lines passed to the command line interpreter.
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Each file, in turn, is completely read into memory,
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and then each of its lines is passed to the command line interpreter.
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If any error is returned by the interpreter, the include
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commands aborts immediately, without reading any other files, and
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command aborts immediately, without reading any other files, and
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returns an error itself (see
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.Sx ERRORS ) .
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.Pp
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@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ returns an error itself (see
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.Op Fl t Ar type
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.Ar file Cm ...
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.Xc
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Loads a kernel, kernel loadable module (kld), or a file of opaque
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Loads a kernel, kernel loadable module (kld), or file of opaque
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contents tagged as being of the type
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.Ar type .
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Kernel and modules can be either in a.out or elf format.
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Kernel and modules can be either in a.out or ELF format.
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Any arguments passed after the name of the file to be loaded
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will be passed as arguments to that file.
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Notice, though, that, at the present, this does not work for the kernel.
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Currently, argument passing does not work for the kernel.
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.Pp
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.It Ic ls Xo
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.Op Fl l
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@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ displayed.
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.Pp
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.It Ic pnpscan Op Fl v
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Scans for Plug-and-Play devices.
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This is not functional at the present.
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This is not functional at present.
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.Pp
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.It Ic read Xo
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.Op Fl t Ar seconds
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@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ There are ANS Forth's
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.Em environmental queries ,
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and a separate space of environment variables used by builtins, which
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are not directly available to Forth words.
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It is the later ones that this session covers.
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It is the latter type that this section covers.
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.Pp
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Environment variables can be set and unset through the use of the
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Environment variables can be set and unset through the
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.Ic set
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and
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.Ic unset
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builtins, and have their value interactively examined through the
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builtins, and can have their values interactively examined through the
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use of the
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.Ic show
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builtin.
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@ -303,12 +303,12 @@ after the system has been booted.
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.Pp
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A few variables are set automatically by
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.Nm .
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Others can affect either
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Others can affect the behavior of either
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.Nm
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or kernel's behavior at boot.
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While some of these may require a value,
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others define behavior just by being set.
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These are described below.
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or the kernel at boot.
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Some options may require a value,
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while others define behavior just by being set.
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Both types of builtin variables are described below.
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.Bl -tag -width bootfile
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.It Va acpi_load
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Unset this to disable automatic loading of the ACPI module.
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@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ Instructs the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the root device
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when the kernel is booted.
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.It Va boot_ddb
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Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger, rather than
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proceeding to initialise when booted.
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proceeding to initialize when booted.
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.It Va boot_gdb
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Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger by default.
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.It Va boot_single
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Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup, single-user
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mode will be entered when the kernel has finished device probes.
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Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup; instead single-user
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mode will be entered when the kernel has finished device probing.
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.It Va boot_userconfig
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Requests that the kernel's interactive device configuration program
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be run when the kernel is booted.
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@ -360,9 +360,10 @@ Defines the current console.
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Selects the default device.
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Syntax for devices is odd.
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.It Va init_path
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Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as initial
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Sets the list of binaries which the kernel will try to run as the initial
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process.
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The default is
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The first matching binary is used.
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The default list is
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.Dq Li /sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/stand/sysinstall .
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.It Va interpret
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Has the value
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@ -371,12 +372,12 @@ if the Forth's current state is interpreting.
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.It Va LINES
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Define the number of lines on the screen, to be used by the pager.
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.It Va module_path
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Sets the list of directories which will be searched in for modules
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Sets the list of directories which will be searched for modules
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named in a load command or implicitly required by a dependency.
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The default value for this variable is
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.Dq Li /boot/kernel;/boot/modules .
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.It Va num_ide_disks
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Sets the number of IDE disks as a work around for some problems in
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Sets the number of IDE disks as a workaround for some problems in
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finding the root disk at boot.
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This has been deprecated in favor of
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.Va root_disk_unit .
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@ -388,8 +389,8 @@ Defaults to
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.Dq Li "${currdev}>" .
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.It Va root_disk_unit
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If the code which detects the disk unit number for the root disk is
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confused, eg. by a mix of SCSI and IDE disks, or IDE disks with
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gaps in the sequence (eg. no primary slave), the unit number can
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confused, e.g. by a mix of SCSI and IDE disks, or IDE disks with
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gaps in the sequence (e.g. no primary slave), the unit number can
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be forced by setting this variable.
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.It Va rootdev
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By default the value of
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@ -400,9 +401,9 @@ This can be overridden by setting
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.Va rootdev
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explicitly.
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.It Va dumpdev
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A name of device where the kernel can save a crash dump in the case
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The name of a device where the kernel can save a crash dump in case
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of a panic.
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This automatically sets
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This automatically sets the
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.Va kern.dumpdev
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.Xr sysctl 3
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MIB variable.
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@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ Useful for things like
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character.
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.It
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\e" , \e' and \e$ will escape these characters, preventing them from
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receiving special semantics on the step 2 described below.
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receiving special treatment in Step 2, described below.
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.It
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\e\e will be replaced with a single \e .
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.It
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@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ or
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with the value of the environment variable
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.Va VARIABLE .
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.It
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Passes multiple space-delimited arguments to the builtin command called.
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Space-delimited arguments are passed to the called builtin command.
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Spaces can also be escaped through the use of \e\e .
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.El
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.Pp
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@ -587,9 +588,9 @@ or
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.Ic execute
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is processed
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.Ef
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\&! This is particular annoying for programs that want or need to
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treat exceptions.
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In this case, it is recommended to use a proxy.
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\&! This is particularly annoying for programs that want or need to
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handle exceptions.
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In this case, the use of a proxy is recommended.
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For example:
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.Dl : (boot) boot ;
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.Sh FICL
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@ -613,15 +614,15 @@ one line at a time.
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.Pp
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The words available to
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.Tn FICL
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can be classified in four groups.
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can be classified into four groups.
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The
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.Tn ANS
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Forth standard words, extra
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.Tn FICL
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words, extra
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.Fx
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words, and the builtin commands.
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The later were already described.
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words, and the builtin commands;
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the latter were already described.
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The
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.Tn ANS
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Forth standard words are listed in the
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@ -672,10 +673,10 @@ Closes a file.
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.It Ic fkey Pq Ar fd -- char
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Reads a single character from a file.
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.It Ic fload Pq Ar fd --
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Process file
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Processes a file
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.Em fd .
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.It Ic fopen Pq Ar addr len mode Li -- Ar fd
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Open a file.
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Opens a file.
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Returns a file descriptor, or \-1 in case of failure.
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The
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.Ar mode
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@ -774,7 +775,7 @@ Boot in single user mode:
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.Pp
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.Dl boot -s
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.Pp
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Loads kernel's user configuration file.
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Load kernel's user configuration file.
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Notice that a kernel must be loaded before any other
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.Ic load
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command is attempted.
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@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ load kernel
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load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Loads the kernel, a splash screen, and then autoboots in five seconds.
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Load the kernel, a splash screen, and then autoboot in five seconds.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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load kernel
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load splash_bmp
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@ -791,9 +792,9 @@ load -t splash_image_data /boot/chuckrulez.bmp
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autoboot 5
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Sets the disk unit of the root device to 2, and then boots.
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This would be needed in the case of a two IDE disks system,
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with the second IDE hardwired to wd2 instead of wd1.
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Set the disk unit of the root device to 2, and then boot.
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This would be needed in a system with two IDE disks,
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with the second IDE disk hardwired to wd2 instead of wd1.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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set root_disk_unit=2
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boot /kernel
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