Various spelling fixes.

CONTRIBUTING.asciidoc

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ There are currently these object registries, also called 'scopes':
 `cookie-jar`, etc.)
 * The `tab` scope with objects which are per-tab (`hintmanager`, `webview`,
 etc.). Passing this scope to `objreg.get()` selects the object in the currently
-focused tab by default. A tab can be explicitely selected by passing
+focused tab by default. A tab can be explicitly selected by passing
 +tab=_tab-id_, window=_win-id_+ to it.
 
 A new object can be registered by using
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ The types of the function arguments are inferred based on their default values,
 e.g. an argument `foo=True` will be converted to a flag `-f`/`--foo` in
 qutebrowser's commandline.
 
-This behaviour can be overridden using Python's
+This behavior can be overridden using Python's
 http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3107/[function annotations]. The
 annotation should always be a `dict`, like this:
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ This option controls Valgrind's detection of self-modifying code. If no
 checking is done, if a program executes some code, then overwrites it with new
 code, and executes the new code, Valgrind will continue to execute the
 translations it made for the old code. This will likely lead to incorrect
-behaviour and/or crashes.
+behavior and/or crashes.
 
 ...
 

README.asciidoc

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ Documentation
 In addition to the topics mentioned in this README, the following documents are
 available:
 
-* A http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png[keybinding cheatsheet]: +
+* A http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png[key binding cheatsheet]: +
-image:http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-small.png["qutebrowser keybinding cheatsheet",link="http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png"]
+image:http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-small.png["qutebrowser key binding cheatsheet",link="http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png"]
 * link:doc/quickstart.asciidoc[Quick start guide]
 * link:doc/FAQ.asciidoc[Frequently asked questions]
 * link:CONTRIBUTING.asciidoc[Contributing to qutebrowser]
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 The following people have contributed graphics:
 
 * WOFall (icon)
-* regines (keybinding cheatsheet)
+* regines (key binding cheatsheet)
 
 Thanks / Similiar projects
 --------------------------

doc/FAQ.asciidoc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ What is qutebrowser based on?::
 +
 The concept of it is largely inspired by http://portix.bitbucket.org/dwb/[dwb]
 and http://www.vimperator.org/vimperator[Vimperator]. Many actions and
-keybindings are similar to dwb.
+key bindings are similar to dwb.
 
 Why another browser?::
     It might be hard to believe, but I didn't find any browser which I was
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Is there an adblocker?::
     for v0.1 if at all.
 
 How do I play Youtube videos with mpv?::
-    You can easily add a keybinding to play youtube videos inside a real video
+    You can easily add a key binding to play youtube videos inside a real video
     player - optionally even with hinting for links:
 +
 ----

doc/help/commands.asciidoc

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ Close the current/[count]th tab.
 ==== optional arguments
 * +*-l*+, +*--left*+: Force selecting the tab to the left of the current tab.
 * +*-r*+, +*--right*+: Force selecting the tab to the right of the current tab.
-* +*-o*+, +*--opposite*+: Force selecting the tab in the oppsite direction of what's configured in 'tabs->select-on-remove'.
+* +*-o*+, +*--opposite*+: Force selecting the tab in the opposite direction of what's configured in 'tabs->select-on-remove'.
 
 
 ==== count

doc/help/settings.asciidoc

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 [options="header",width="75%",cols="25%,75%"]
 |==============
 |Setting|Description
-|<<input-timeout,timeout>>|Timeout for ambiguous keybindings.
+|<<input-timeout,timeout>>|Timeout for ambiguous key bindings.
-|<<input-partial-timeout,partial-timeout>>|Timeout for partially typed keybindings.
+|<<input-partial-timeout,partial-timeout>>|Timeout for partially typed key bindings.
 |<<input-insert-mode-on-plugins,insert-mode-on-plugins>>|Whether to switch to insert mode when clicking flash and other plugins.
 |<<input-auto-leave-insert-mode,auto-leave-insert-mode>>|Whether to leave insert mode if a non-editable element is clicked.
 |<<input-auto-insert-mode,auto-insert-mode>>|Whether to automatically enter insert mode if an editable element is focused after page load.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 |<<tabs-background-tabs,background-tabs>>|Whether to open new tabs (middleclick/ctrl+click) in background.
 |<<tabs-select-on-remove,select-on-remove>>|Which tab to select when the focused tab is removed.
 |<<tabs-new-tab-position,new-tab-position>>|How new tabs are positioned.
-|<<tabs-new-tab-position-explicit,new-tab-position-explicit>>|How new tabs opened explicitely are positioned.
+|<<tabs-new-tab-position-explicit,new-tab-position-explicit>>|How new tabs opened explicitly are positioned.
 |<<tabs-last-close,last-close>>|Behaviour when the last tab is closed.
 |<<tabs-hide-auto,hide-auto>>|Hide the tabbar if only one tab is open.
 |<<tabs-hide-always,hide-always>>|Always hide the tabbar.
@@ -697,13 +697,13 @@ Options related to input modes.
 
 [[input-timeout]]
 === timeout
-Timeout for ambiguous keybindings.
+Timeout for ambiguous key bindings.
 
 Default: +pass:[500]+
 
 [[input-partial-timeout]]
 === partial-timeout
-Timeout for partially typed keybindings.
+Timeout for partially typed key bindings.
 
 Default: +pass:[1000]+
 
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ Default: +pass:[right]+
 
 [[tabs-new-tab-position-explicit]]
 === new-tab-position-explicit
-How new tabs opened explicitely are positioned.
+How new tabs opened explicitly are positioned.
 
 Valid values:
 
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ Whether to accept cookies.
 
 Valid values:
 
- * +default+: Default QtWebKit behaviour.
+ * +default+: Default QtWebKit behavior.
  * +never+: Don't accept cookies at all.
 
 Default: +pass:[default]+

doc/quickstart.asciidoc

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ time, use the `:help` command.
 What to do now
 --------------
 
-* View the http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png[keybinding cheatsheet]
+* View the http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png[key binding cheatsheet]
-to make yourself familiar with the keybindings: +
+to make yourself familiar with the key bindings: +
-image:http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-small.png["qutebrowser keybinding cheatsheet",link="http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png"]
+image:http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-small.png["qutebrowser key binding cheatsheet",link="http://qutebrowser.org/img/cheatsheet-big.png"]
 * If you just cloned the repository, you'll need to run
 `scripts/asciidoc2html.py` to generate the documentation.
 * Go to the link:qute://settings[settings page] to set up qutebrowser the way you want it.

doc/qutebrowser.1.asciidoc

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and Vimperator/Pentadactyl.
 
 - '~/.config/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.conf': Main config file.
 - '~/.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks': Saved quickmarks.
-- '~/.config/qutebrowser/keys.conf': Defined keybindings.
+- '~/.config/qutebrowser/keys.conf': Defined key bindings.
 - '~/.local/share/qutebrowser/': Various state information.
 - '~/.cache/qutebrowser/': Temporary data.
 

doc/userscripts.asciidoc

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Writing qutebrowser userscripts
 The Compiler <mail@qutebrowser.org>
 
 qutebrowser is extensible by writing userscripts which can be called via the
-`:spawn --userscript` command, or via a keybinding.
+`:spawn --userscript` command, or via a key binding.
 
 These userscripts are similiar to the (non-javascript) dwb userscripts. They
 can be written in any language which can read environment variables and write
 to a FIFO.
 
 Note for simple things such as opening the current page with another browser or
-mpv, a simple keybinding to something like `:spawn mpv {url}` should suffice.
+mpv, a simple key binding to something like `:spawn mpv {url}` should suffice.
 
 Also note userscripts need to have the executable bit set (`chmod +x`) for
 qutebrowser to run them.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Getting information
 The following environment variables will be set when an userscript is launched:
 
 - `QUTE_MODE`: Either `hints` (started via hints) or `command` (started via
-  command or keybinding).
+  command or key binding).
 - `QUTE_USER_AGENT`: The currently set user agent.
 - `QUTE_FIFO`: The FIFO or file to write commands to.
 

qutebrowser/app.py

@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ class Application(QApplication):
 
     @cmdutils.register(instance='app', maxsplit=0, debug=True)
     def debug_pyeval(self, s):
-        """Evaluate a python string and display the results as a webpage.
+        """Evaluate a python string and display the results as a web page.
 
         //
 
@@ -847,8 +847,8 @@ class Application(QApplication):
                 deferrer = True
         if deferrer:
             # If shutdown was called while we were asking a question, we're in
-            # a still sub-eventloop (which gets quitted now) and not in the
+            # a still sub-eventloop (which gets quit now) and not in the main
-            # main one.
+            # one.
             # This means we need to defer the real shutdown to when we're back
             # in the real main event loop, or we'll get a segfault.
             log.destroy.debug("Deferring real shutdown because question was "
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ class Application(QApplication):
         qInstallMessageHandler(None)
         # Now we can hopefully quit without segfaults
         log.destroy.debug("Deferring QApplication::exit...")
-        # We use a singleshot timer to exit here to minimize the likelyhood of
+        # We use a singleshot timer to exit here to minimize the likelihood of
         # segfaults.
         QTimer.singleShot(0, functools.partial(self.exit, status))
 

qutebrowser/browser/adblock.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-"""Functions related to adblocking."""
+"""Functions related to ad blocking."""
 
 import io
 import os.path

qutebrowser/browser/commands.py

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         Args:
             left: Force selecting the tab to the left of the current tab.
             right: Force selecting the tab to the right of the current tab.
-            opposite: Force selecting the tab in the oppsite direction of
+            opposite: Force selecting the tab in the opposite direction of
                       what's configured in 'tabs->select-on-remove'.
 
         Return:
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         Args:
             left: Force selecting the tab to the left of the current tab.
             right: Force selecting the tab to the right of the current tab.
-            opposite: Force selecting the tab in the oppsite direction of
+            opposite: Force selecting the tab in the opposite direction of
                       what's configured in 'tabs->select-on-remove'.
             count: The tab index to close, or None
         """

qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class DownloadItem(QObject):
         done: Whether the download is finished.
         stats: A DownloadItemStats object.
         index: The index of the download in the view.
-        successful: Whether the download has completed sucessfully.
+        successful: Whether the download has completed successfully.
         error_msg: The current error message, or None
         autoclose: Whether to close the associated file if the download is
                    done.
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class DownloadItem(QObject):
         data_changed: The downloads metadata changed.
         finished: The download was finished.
         cancelled: The download was cancelled.
-        error: An error with the download occured.
+        error: An error with the download occurred.
                arg: The error message as string.
         redirected: Signal emitted when a download was redirected.
             arg 0: The new QNetworkRequest.

qutebrowser/browser/downloadview.py

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class DownloadView(QListView):
         Return:
             A list of either:
                 - (QAction, callable) tuples.
-                - (None, None) for a seperator
+                - (None, None) for a separator
         """
         actions = []
         if item is None:

qutebrowser/browser/hints.py

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class HintContext:
         frames: The QWebFrames to use.
         destroyed_frames: id()'s of QWebFrames which have been destroyed.
                           (Workaround for https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/issues/152)
-        elems: A mapping from keystrings to (elem, label) namedtuples.
+        elems: A mapping from key strings to (elem, label) namedtuples.
         baseurl: The URL of the current page.
         target: What to do with the opened links.
                 normal/tab/tab_bg/window: Get passed to BrowserTab.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class HintContext:
         args: Custom arguments for userscript/spawn
         rapid: Whether to do rapid hinting.
         mainframe: The main QWebFrame where we started hinting in.
-        group: The group of webelements to hint.
+        group: The group of web elements to hint.
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class HintManager(QObject):
         """Yank an element to the clipboard or primary selection.
 
         Args:
-            url: The URL to open as a QURL.
+            url: The URL to open as a QUrl.
             context: The HintContext to use.
         """
         sel = context.target == Target.yank_primary
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ class HintManager(QObject):
                         '<font color="{}">{}</font>{}'.format(
                             match_color, matched, rest))
                     if self._is_hidden(elems.label):
-                        # hidden element which matches again -> unhide it
+                        # hidden element which matches again -> show it
                         self._show_elem(elems.label)
                 else:
                     # element doesn't match anymore -> hide it
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ class HintManager(QObject):
                 if (filterstr is None or
                         str(elems.elem).lower().startswith(filterstr)):
                     if self._is_hidden(elems.label):
-                        # hidden element which matches again -> unhide it
+                        # hidden element which matches again -> show it
                         self._show_elem(elems.label)
                 else:
                     # element doesn't match anymore -> hide it

qutebrowser/browser/network/networkmanager.py

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class NetworkManager(QNetworkAccessManager):
         if answer is not None:
             # Since the answer could be something else than (user, password)
             # pylint seems to think we're unpacking a non-sequence. However we
-            # *did* explicitely ask for a tuple, so it *will* always be one.
+            # *did* explicitly ask for a tuple, so it *will* always be one.
             user, password = answer
             authenticator.setUser(user)
             authenticator.setPassword(password)

qutebrowser/browser/tabhistory.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def serialize(items):
 
     Return:
         A (stream, data, user_data) tuple.
-            stream: The resetted QDataStream.
+            stream: The reseted QDataStream.
             data: The QByteArray with the raw data.
             user_data: A list with each item's user data.
 

qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py

@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def get_child_frames(startframe):
 
 
 def focus_elem(frame):
-    """Get the focused element in a webframe.
+    """Get the focused element in a web frame.
 
     FIXME: Add tests.
 

qutebrowser/browser/webpage.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
     """Our own QWebPage with advanced features.
 
     Attributes:
-        error_occured: Whether an error occured while loading.
+        error_occurred: Whether an error occurred while loading.
         open_target: Where to open the next navigation request.
                      ("normal", "tab", "tab_bg")
         _hint_target: Override for open_target while hinting, or None.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
             QWebPage.ChooseMultipleFilesExtension: self._handle_multiple_files,
         }
         self._ignore_load_started = False
-        self.error_occured = False
+        self.error_occurred = False
         self.open_target = usertypes.ClickTarget.normal
         self._hint_target = None
         self._networkmanager = networkmanager.NetworkManager(
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
         else:
             error_str = info.errorString
             if error_str == networkmanager.HOSTBLOCK_ERROR_STRING:
-                # We don't set error_occured in this case.
+                # We don't set error_occurred in this case.
                 error_str = "Request blocked by host blocker."
                 main_frame = info.frame.page().mainFrame()
                 if info.frame != main_frame:
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
                     return False
             else:
                 self._ignore_load_started = True
-                self.error_occured = True
+                self.error_occurred = True
             log.webview.error("Error while loading {}: {}".format(
                 urlstr, error_str))
             log.webview.debug("Error domain: {}, error code: {}".format(
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
                     frame.setScrollPosition, cur_data['scroll-pos']))
 
     def display_content(self, reply, mimetype):
-        """Display a QNetworkReply with an explicitely set mimetype."""
+        """Display a QNetworkReply with an explicitly set mimetype."""
         self.mainFrame().setContent(reply.readAll(), mimetype, reply.url())
         reply.deleteLater()
 
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def on_load_started(self):
-        """Reset error_occured when loading of a new page started."""
+        """Reset error_occurred when loading of a new page started."""
         if self._ignore_load_started:
             self._ignore_load_started = False
         else:
-            self.error_occured = False
+            self.error_occurred = False
 
     @pyqtSlot('QWebFrame', 'QWebPage::Feature')
     def on_feature_permission_requested(self, frame, feature):
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
             # With Qt 5.2.1 (Ubuntu Trusty) we get this when closing a tab:
             #     RuntimeError: wrapped C/C++ object of type BrowserPage has
             #     been deleted
-            # Since the information here isn't that important for closing
+            # Since the information here isn't that important for closing web
-            # webviews anyways, we ignore this error.
+            # views anyways, we ignore this error.
             return
         data = {
             'zoom': frame.zoomFactor(),

qutebrowser/browser/webview.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
         hintmanager: The HintManager instance for this view.
         progress: loading progress of this page.
         scroll_pos: The current scroll position as (x%, y%) tuple.
-        statusbar_message: The current javscript statusbar message.
+        statusbar_message: The current javascript statusbar message.
         inspector: The QWebInspector used for this webview.
         load_status: loading status of this page (index into LoadStatus)
         viewing_source: Whether the webview is currently displaying source
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
         tab_id: The tab ID of the view.
         win_id: The window ID of the view.
         _cur_url: The current URL (accessed via cur_url property).
-        _has_ssl_errors: Whether SSL errors occured during loading.
+        _has_ssl_errors: Whether SSL errors occurred during loading.
         _zoom: A NeighborList with the zoom levels.
         _old_scroll_pos: The old scroll position.
         _check_insertmode: If True, in mouseReleaseEvent we should check if we
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
         # me, but it works this way.
         hitresult = frame.hitTestContent(pos)
         if hitresult.isNull():
-            # For some reason, the whole hitresult can be null sometimes (e.g.
+            # For some reason, the whole hit result can be null sometimes (e.g.
             # on doodle menu links). If this is the case, we schedule a check
             # later (in mouseReleaseEvent) which uses webelem.focus_elem.
             log.mouse.debug("Hitresult is null!")
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
         try:
             elem = webelem.WebElementWrapper(hitresult.element())
         except webelem.IsNullError:
-            # For some reason, the hitresult element can be a null element
+            # For some reason, the hit result element can be a null element
             # sometimes (e.g. when clicking the timetable fields on
             # http://www.sbb.ch/ ). If this is the case, we schedule a check
             # later (in mouseReleaseEvent) which uses webelem.focus_elem.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
 
     @pyqtSlot('QMouseEvent')
     def on_mouse_event(self, evt):
-        """Post a new mouseevent from a hintmanager."""
+        """Post a new mouse event from a hintmanager."""
         log.modes.debug("Hint triggered, focusing {!r}".format(self))
         self.setFocus()
         QApplication.postEvent(self, evt)
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
         true when the QWebPage has an ErrorPageExtension implemented.
         See https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/issues/84
         """
-        ok = not self.page().error_occured
+        ok = not self.page().error_occurred
         if ok and not self._has_ssl_errors:
             self._set_load_status(LoadStatus.success)
         elif ok:

qutebrowser/commands/cmdexc.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class CommandError(Exception):
 
 class CommandMetaError(Exception):
 
-    """Common base class for exceptions occuring before a command is run."""
+    """Common base class for exceptions occurring before a command is run."""
 
 
 class NoSuchCommandError(CommandMetaError):

qutebrowser/commands/cmdutils.py

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class register:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
         _instance: The object from the object registry to be used as "self".
         _scope: The scope to get _instance for.
         _name: The name (as string) or names (as list) of the command.
-        _maxsplit: The maxium amounts of splits to do for the commandline, or
+        _maxsplit: The maximum amounts of splits to do for the commandline, or
                    None.
         _hide: Whether to hide the command or not.
         _completion: Which completion to use for arguments, as a list of
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class register:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     def _get_names(self, func):
         """Get the name(s) which should be used for the current command.
 
-        If the name hasn't been overridden explicitely, the function name is
+        If the name hasn't been overridden explicitly, the function name is
         transformed.
 
         If it has been set, it can either be a string which is

qutebrowser/commands/command.py

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class Command:
         return type_conv
 
     def _get_nameconv(self, param, annotation_info):
-        """Get a dict with a name conversion for the paraeter.
+        """Get a dict with a name conversion for the parameter.
 
         Args:
             param: The inspect.Parameter to handle.

qutebrowser/commands/runners.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def replace_variables(win_id, arglist):
 
 class SearchRunner(QObject):
 
-    """Run searches on webpages.
+    """Run searches on web pages.
 
     Attributes:
         _text: The text from the last search.

qutebrowser/commands/userscripts.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class _QtFIFOReader(QObject):
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def read_line(self):
-        """(Try to) read a line from the fifo."""
+        """(Try to) read a line from the FIFO."""
         log.procs.debug("QSocketNotifier triggered!")
         self._notifier.setEnabled(False)
         for line in self.fifo:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class _QtFIFOReader(QObject):
         self._notifier.setEnabled(True)
 
     def cleanup(self):
-        """Clean up so the fifo can be closed."""
+        """Clean up so the FIFO can be closed."""
         self._notifier.setEnabled(False)
 
 

qutebrowser/completion/completer.py

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Completer(QObject):
         if self._cmd.prefix() != ':':
             # This is a search or gibberish, so we don't need to complete
             # anything (yet)
-            # FIXME complete searchs
+            # FIXME complete searches
             # https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/issues/32
             completion.hide()
             return

qutebrowser/config/config.py

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 """Configuration storage and config-related utilities.
 
 This borrows a lot of ideas from configparser, but also has some things that
-are fundamentally different. This is why nothing inherts from configparser, but
+are fundamentally different. This is why nothing inherits from configparser,
-we borrow some methods and classes from there where it makes sense.
+but we borrow some methods and classes from there where it makes sense.
 """
 
 import os
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def _init_main_config():
             for sect in config_obj.sections.values():
                 for opt in sect.values.values():
                     if opt.values['conf'] is None:
-                        # Option added to builtin defaults but not in user's
+                        # Option added to built-in defaults but not in user's
                         # config yet
                         save_manager.save('config', explicit=True, force=True)
                         return
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ class ConfigManager(QObject):
         ('completion', 'history-length'): 'cmd-history-max-items',
     }
     DELETED_OPTIONS = [
-        ('colors', 'tab.seperator'),
+        ('colors', 'tab.separator'),
-        ('colors', 'tabs.seperator'),
+        ('colors', 'tabs.separator'),
         ('colors', 'completion.item.bg'),
     ]
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class ConfigManager(QObject):
     def items(self, sectname, raw=True):
         """Get a list of (optname, value) tuples for a section.
 
-        Implemented for configparser interpolation compatbility.
+        Implemented for configparser interpolation compatibility
 
         Args:
             sectname: The name of the section to get.
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ class ConfigManager(QObject):
             The value of the option.
         """
         if not self._initialized:
-            raise Exception("get got called before initialisation was "
+            raise Exception("get got called before initialization was "
                             "complete!")
         try:
             sect = self.sections[sectname]

qutebrowser/config/configdata.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ FIRST_COMMENT = r"""
 # described below.
 #
 # This is the default config, so if you want to remove anything from
-# here (as opposed to change/add), for example a keybinding, set it to
+# here (as opposed to change/add), for example a key binding, set it to
 # an empty value.
 #
 # You will need to escape the following values:
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
          "are defined:\n\n"
          "* `{perc}`: The percentage as a string like `[10%]`.\n"
          "* `{perc_raw}`: The raw percentage, e.g. `10`\n"
-         "* `{title}`: The title of the current webpage\n"
+         "* `{title}`: The title of the current web page\n"
          "* `{title_sep}`: The string ` - ` if a title is set, empty "
          "otherwise.\n"
          "* `{id}`: The internal window ID of this window."),
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
     ('input', sect.KeyValue(
         ('timeout',
          SettingValue(typ.Int(minval=0, maxval=MAXVALS['int']), '500'),
-         "Timeout for ambiguous keybindings."),
+         "Timeout for ambiguous key bindings."),
 
         ('partial-timeout',
          SettingValue(typ.Int(minval=0, maxval=MAXVALS['int']), '1000'),
-         "Timeout for partially typed keybindings."),
+         "Timeout for partially typed key bindings."),
 
         ('insert-mode-on-plugins',
          SettingValue(typ.Bool(), 'false'),
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
 
         ('new-tab-position-explicit',
          SettingValue(typ.NewTabPosition(), 'last'),
-         "How new tabs opened explicitely are positioned."),
+         "How new tabs opened explicitly are positioned."),
 
         ('last-close',
          SettingValue(typ.LastClose(), 'ignore'),
@@ -422,11 +422,11 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
 
         ('hide-auto',
          SettingValue(typ.Bool(), 'false'),
-         "Hide the tabbar if only one tab is open."),
+         "Hide the tab bar if only one tab is open."),
 
         ('hide-always',
          SettingValue(typ.Bool(), 'false'),
-         "Always hide the tabbar."),
+         "Always hide the tab bar."),
 
         ('wrap',
          SettingValue(typ.Bool(), 'true'),
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
          "are defined:\n\n"
          "* `{perc}`: The percentage as a string like `[10%]`.\n"
          "* `{perc_raw}`: The raw percentage, e.g. `10`\n"
-         "* `{title}`: The title of the current webpage\n"
+         "* `{title}`: The title of the current web page\n"
          "* `{title_sep}`: The string ` - ` if a title is set, empty "
          "otherwise.\n"
          "* `{index}`: The index of this tab.\n"
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
 
         ('tabs.bg.bar',
          SettingValue(typ.QtColor(), '#555555'),
-         "Background color of the tabbar."),
+         "Background color of the tab bar."),
 
         ('tabs.indicator.start',
          SettingValue(typ.QtColor(), '#0000aa'),
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
 
         ('tabbar',
          SettingValue(typ.QtFont(), DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE + ' ${_monospace}'),
-         "Font used in the tabbar."),
+         "Font used in the tab bar."),
 
         ('statusbar',
          SettingValue(typ.Font(), DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE + ' ${_monospace}'),
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ DATA = collections.OrderedDict([
 KEY_FIRST_COMMENT = """
 # vim: ft=conf
 #
-# In this config file, qutebrowser's keybindings are configured.
+# In this config file, qutebrowser's key bindings are configured.
 # The format looks like this:
 #
 # [keymode]
@@ -962,8 +962,8 @@ KEY_FIRST_COMMENT = """
 # All blank lines and lines starting with '#' are ignored.
 # Inline-comments are not permitted.
 #
-# keymode is a comma separated list of modes in which the keybinding should be
+# keymode is a comma separated list of modes in which the key binding should be
-# active. If keymode starts with !, the keybinding is active in all modes
+# active. If keymode starts with !, the key binding is active in all modes
 # except the listed modes.
 #
 # For special keys (can't be part of a keychain), enclose them in `<`...`>`.
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ KEY_FIRST_COMMENT = """
 #  * Shift:   `Shift`
 #
 # For simple keys (no `<>`-signs), a capital letter means the key is pressed
-# with Shift. For special keys (with `<>`-signs), you need to explicitely add
+# with Shift. For special keys (with `<>`-signs), you need to explicitly add
 # `Shift-` to match a key pressed with shift.  You can bind multiple commands
 # by separating them with `;;`.
 """

qutebrowser/config/configexc.py

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class ValidationError(Error):
     """Raised when a value for a config type was invalid.
 
     Attributes:
-        section: Section in which the error occured (added when catching and
+        section: Section in which the error occurred (added when catching and
                  re-raising the exception).
-        option: Option in which the error occured.
+        option: Option in which the error occurred.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, value, msg):

qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py

@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ class AcceptCookies(BaseType):
 
     """Whether to accept a cookie."""
 
-    valid_values = ValidValues(('default', "Default QtWebKit behaviour."),
+    valid_values = ValidValues(('default', "Default QtWebKit behavior."),
                                ('never', "Don't accept cookies at all."))
 
 

qutebrowser/config/parsers/ini.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ReadConfigParser(configparser.ConfigParser):
 
 class ReadWriteConfigParser(ReadConfigParser):
 
-    """ConfigParser subclass used for auxillary config files."""
+    """ConfigParser subclass used for auxiliary config files."""
 
     def save(self):
         """Save the config file."""

qutebrowser/config/parsers/keyconf.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class KeyConfigError(Exception):
     """Raised on errors with the key config.
 
     Attributes:
-        lineno: The config line in which the exception occured.
+        lineno: The config line in which the exception occurred.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, msg=None):
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class KeyConfigParser(QObject):
         super().__init__(parent)
         self._cur_section = None
         self._cur_command = None
-        # Mapping of section name(s) to keybinding -> command dicts.
+        # Mapping of section name(s) to key binding -> command dicts.
         self.keybindings = collections.OrderedDict()
         if configdir is None:
             self._configfile = None
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class KeyConfigParser(QObject):
         return sections
 
     def _load_default(self):
-        """Load the built-in default keybindings."""
+        """Load the built-in default key bindings."""
         for sectname, sect in configdata.KEY_DATA.items():
             sectname = self._normalize_sectname(sectname)
             if not sect:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class KeyConfigParser(QObject):
                         e.lineno = i
                         raise
         except OSError:
-            log.keyboard.exception("Failed to read keybindings!")
+            log.keyboard.exception("Failed to read key bindings!")
         for sectname in self.keybindings:
             self.changed.emit(sectname)
 
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ class KeyConfigParser(QObject):
             self._cur_command = line
 
     def _read_keybinding(self, line):
-        """Read a keybinding from a line."""
+        """Read a key binding from a line."""
         if self._cur_command is None:
-            raise KeyConfigError("Got keybinding '{}' without getting a "
+            raise KeyConfigError("Got key binding '{}' without getting a "
                                  "command!".format(line))
         else:
             assert self._cur_section is not None
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class KeyConfigParser(QObject):
         self.keybindings[sectname][keychain] = command
 
     def get_bindings_for(self, section):
-        """Get a dict with all merged keybindings for a section."""
+        """Get a dict with all merged key bindings for a section."""
         bindings = {}
         for sectstring, d in self.keybindings.items():
             if sectstring.startswith('!'):

qutebrowser/config/sections.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class ValueList(Section):
     """This class represents a section with a list key-value settings.
 
     These are settings inside sections which don't have fixed keys, but instead
-    have a dynamic list of "key = value" pairs, like keybindings or
+    have a dynamic list of "key = value" pairs, like key bindings or
     searchengines.
 
     They basically consist of two different SettingValues.

qutebrowser/config/style.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ColorDict(dict):
             log.style.exception("No color defined for {}!")
             return ''
         if isinstance(val, QColor):
-            # This could happen when accidentaly declarding something as
+            # This could happen when accidentally declaring something as
             # QtColor instead of Color in the config, and it'd go unnoticed as
             # the CSS is invalid then.
             raise TypeError("QColor passed to ColorDict!")

qutebrowser/config/value.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SettingValue:
 
     """Base class for setting values.
 
-    Intended to be subclassed by config value "types".
+    Intended to be sub-classed by config value "types".
 
     Attributes:
         typ: A BaseType subclass instance.

qutebrowser/keyinput/basekeyparser.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-"""Base class for vim-like keysequence parser."""
+"""Base class for vim-like key sequence parser."""
 
 import re
 import functools
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ class BaseKeyParser(QObject):
             ambiguous: There are both a partial and a definitive match.
             none: No more matches possible.
 
-        Types: type of a keybinding.
+        Types: type of a key binding.
-            chain: execute() was called via a chain-like keybinding
+            chain: execute() was called via a chain-like key binding
-            special: execute() was called via a special keybinding
+            special: execute() was called via a special key binding
 
         do_log: Whether to log keypresses or not.
 
     Attributes:
-        bindings: Bound keybindings
+        bindings: Bound key bindings
         special_bindings: Bound special bindings (<Foo>).
         _win_id: The window ID this keyparser is associated with.
         _warn_on_keychains: Whether a warning should be logged when binding
                             keychains in a section which does not support them.
         _keystring: The currently entered key sequence
-        _ambigious_timer: Timer for delayed execution with ambigious bindings.
+        _ambiguous_timer: Timer for delayed execution with ambiguous bindings.
         _modename: The name of the input mode associated with this keyparser.
         _supports_count: Whether count is supported
         _supports_chains: Whether keychains are supported
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ class BaseKeyParser(QObject):
                  supports_chains=False):
         super().__init__(parent)
         self._win_id = win_id
-        self._ambigious_timer = usertypes.Timer(self, 'ambigious-match')
+        self._ambiguous_timer = usertypes.Timer(self, 'ambiguous-match')
-        self._ambigious_timer.setSingleShot(True)
+        self._ambiguous_timer.setSingleShot(True)
         self._modename = None
         self._keystring = ''
         if supports_count is None:
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ class BaseKeyParser(QObject):
 
     def _stop_timers(self):
         """Stop a delayed execution if any is running."""
-        if self._ambigious_timer.isActive() and self.do_log:
+        if self._ambiguous_timer.isActive() and self.do_log:
             log.keyboard.debug("Stopping delayed execution.")
-        self._ambigious_timer.stop()
+        self._ambiguous_timer.stop()
         try:
-            self._ambigious_timer.timeout.disconnect()
+            self._ambiguous_timer.timeout.disconnect()
         except TypeError:
             # no connections
             pass
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ class BaseKeyParser(QObject):
             # execute in `time' ms
             self._debug_log("Scheduling execution of {} in {}ms".format(
                 binding, time))
-            self._ambigious_timer.setInterval(time)
+            self._ambiguous_timer.setInterval(time)
-            self._ambigious_timer.timeout.connect(
+            self._ambiguous_timer.timeout.connect(
                 functools.partial(self.delayed_exec, binding, count))
-            self._ambigious_timer.start()
+            self._ambiguous_timer.start()
 
     def delayed_exec(self, command, count):
         """Execute a delayed command.
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class BaseKeyParser(QObject):
 
     @pyqtSlot(str)
     def on_keyconfig_changed(self, mode):
-        """Re-read the config if a keybinding was changed."""
+        """Re-read the config if a key binding was changed."""
         if self._modename is None:
             raise AttributeError("on_keyconfig_changed called but no section "
                                  "defined!")

qutebrowser/keyinput/modeman.py

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def maybe_leave(win_id, mode, reason=None):
 
 class EventFilter(QObject):
 
-    """Event filter which passes the event to the corrent ModeManager."""
+    """Event filter which passes the event to the current ModeManager."""
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class ModeManager(QObject):
         """
         # handle like matching KeyPress
         if event in self._releaseevents_to_pass:
-            # remove all occurences
+            # remove all occurrences
             self._releaseevents_to_pass = [
                 e for e in self._releaseevents_to_pass if e != event]
             filter_this = False
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class ModeManager(QObject):
         Args:
             mode: The name of the mode.
             handler: Handler for keyPressEvents.
-            passthrough: Whether to pass keybindings in this mode through to
+            passthrough: Whether to pass key bindings in this mode through to
                          the widgets.
         """
         if not isinstance(mode, usertypes.KeyMode):

qutebrowser/keyinput/modeparsers.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ LastPress = usertypes.enum('LastPress', ['none', 'filtertext', 'keystring'])
 
 class NormalKeyParser(keyparser.CommandKeyParser):
 
-    """KeyParser for normalmode with added STARTCHARS detection and more.
+    """KeyParser for normal mode with added STARTCHARS detection and more.
 
     Attributes:
         _partial_timer: Timer to clear partial keypresses.

qutebrowser/mainwindow/mainwindow.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
 
     """The main window of qutebrowser.
 
-    Adds all needed components to a vbox, initializes subwidgets and connects
+    Adds all needed components to a vbox, initializes sub-widgets and connects
     signals.
 
     Attributes:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
             self._load_state_geometry()
         else:
             self._set_default_geometry()
-        log.init.debug("Initial mainwindow geometry: {}".format(
+        log.init.debug("Initial main window geometry: {}".format(
             self.geometry()))
         self._vbox = QVBoxLayout(self)
         self._vbox.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)

qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Command(misc.MinimalLineEditMixin, misc.CommandLineEdit):
     def on_mode_left(self, mode):
         """Clear up when command mode was left.
 
-        - Clear the statusbar text if it's explicitely unfocused.
+        - Clear the statusbar text if it's explicitly unfocused.
         - Clear completion selection
         - Hide completion
 

qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/prompter.py

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Prompter(QObject):
     def shutdown(self):
         """Cancel all blocking questions.
 
-        Quits and removes all running eventloops.
+        Quits and removes all running event loops.
 
         Return:
             True if loops needed to be aborted,

qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/textbase.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TextBase(QLabel):
 
     Unlike QLabel, the text will get elided.
 
-    Eliding is loosly based on
+    Eliding is loosely based on
     http://gedgedev.blogspot.ch/2010/12/elided-labels-in-qt.html
 
     Attributes:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class TextBase(QLabel):
 
         This update the elided text after setting the text, and also works
         around a weird QLabel redrawing bug where it doesn't redraw correctly
-        when the text is empty -- we explicitely need to call repaint() to
+        when the text is empty -- we explicitly need to call repaint() to
         resolve this.
 
         More info:

qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/url.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class UrlText(textbase.TextBase):
         _normal_url: The normal URL to be displayed as a UrlType instance.
         _normal_url_type: The type of the normal URL as a UrlType instance.
         _hover_url: The URL we're currently hovering over.
-        _ssl_errors: Whether SSL errors occured while loading.
+        _ssl_errors: Whether SSL errors occurred while loading.
 
     Class attributes:
         _urltype: The URL type to show currently (normal/ok/error/warn/hover).

qutebrowser/mainwindow/tabbedbrowser.py

@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ class TabbedBrowser(tabwidget.TabWidget):
     """A TabWidget with QWebViews inside.
 
     Provides methods to manage tabs, convenience methods to interact with the
-    current tab (cur_*) and filters signals to re-emit them when they occured
+    current tab (cur_*) and filters signals to re-emit them when they occurred
     in the currently visible tab.
 
     For all tab-specific signals (cur_*) emitted by a tab, this happens:
        - the signal gets filtered with _filter_signals and self.cur_* gets
-         emitted if the signal occured in the current tab.
+         emitted if the signal occurred in the current tab.
 
     Attributes:
         _win_id: The window ID this tabbedbrowser is associated with.
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(tabwidget.TabWidget):
             url: The URL to open as QUrl or None for an empty tab.
             background: Whether to open the tab in the background.
                         if None, the background-tabs setting decides.
-            explicit: Whether the tab was opened explicitely.
+            explicit: Whether the tab was opened explicitly.
                       If this is set, the new position might be different. With
                       the default settings we handle it like Chromium does:
                           - Tabs from clicked links etc. are to the right of
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(tabwidget.TabWidget):
         """Get the index of a tab to insert.
 
         Args:
-            explicit: Whether the tab was opened explicitely.
+            explicit: Whether the tab was opened explicitly.
 
         Return:
             The index of the new tab.
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(tabwidget.TabWidget):
         except TabDeletedError:
             # We can get signals for tabs we already deleted...
             return
-        if tab.page().error_occured:
+        if tab.page().error_occurred:
             color = config.get('colors', 'tabs.indicator.error')
         else:
             start = config.get('colors', 'tabs.indicator.start')

qutebrowser/mainwindow/tabwidget.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PM_TabBarPadding = QStyle.PM_CustomBase
 
 class TabWidget(QTabWidget):
 
-    """The tabwidget used for TabbedBrowser."""
+    """The tab widget used for TabbedBrowser."""
 
     def __init__(self, win_id, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ class TabWidget(QTabWidget):
         self.setMovable(config.get('tabs', 'movable'))
         self.setTabsClosable(False)
         position = config.get('tabs', 'position')
-        selection_behaviour = config.get('tabs', 'select-on-remove')
+        selection_behavior = config.get('tabs', 'select-on-remove')
         self.setTabPosition(position)
         tabbar.vertical = position in (QTabWidget.West, QTabWidget.East)
-        tabbar.setSelectionBehaviorOnRemove(selection_behaviour)
+        tabbar.setSelectionBehaviorOnRemove(selection_behavior)
         tabbar.refresh()
 
     def set_tab_indicator_color(self, idx, color):
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class TabWidget(QTabWidget):
 
 class TabBar(QTabBar):
 
-    """Custom tabbar with our own style.
+    """Custom tab bar with our own style.
 
     FIXME: Dragging tabs doesn't look as nice as it does in QTabBar.  However,
     fixing this would be a lot of effort, so we'll postpone it until we're
@@ -221,16 +221,16 @@ class TabBar(QTabBar):
 
     @config.change_filter('tabs', 'hide-auto')
     def autohide(self):
-        """Hide tabbar if needed when tabs->hide-auto got changed."""
+        """Hide tab bar if needed when tabs->hide-auto got changed."""
         self._tabhide()
 
     @config.change_filter('tabs', 'hide-always')
     def alwayshide(self):
-        """Hide tabbar if needed when tabs->hide-always got changed."""
+        """Hide tab bar if needed when tabs->hide-always got changed."""
         self._tabhide()
 
     def _tabhide(self):
-        """Hide the tabbar if needed."""
+        """Hide the tab bar if needed."""
         hide_auto = config.get('tabs', 'hide-auto')
         hide_always = config.get('tabs', 'hide-always')
         if hide_always or (hide_auto and self.count() == 1):
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class TabBar(QTabBar):
 
         Args:
             idx: The tab index to get the title for.
-            handle_unset: Whether to return an emtpy string on KeyError.
+            handle_unset: Whether to return an empty string on KeyError.
         """
         try:
             return self.tab_data(idx, 'page-title')
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ class TabBar(QTabBar):
 
     @config.change_filter('fonts', 'tabbar')
     def set_font(self):
-        """Set the tabbar font."""
+        """Set the tab bar font."""
         self.setFont(config.get('fonts', 'tabbar'))
 
     @config.change_filter('colors', 'tabs.bg.bar')
     def set_colors(self):
-        """Set the tabbar colors."""
+        """Set the tab bar colors."""
         p = self.palette()
         p.setColor(QPalette.Window, config.get('colors', 'tabs.bg.bar'))
         self.setPalette(p)
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class TabBar(QTabBar):
         """Set the minimum tab size to indicator/icon/... text.
 
         Args:
-            index: The index of the tab to get a sizehint for.
+            index: The index of the tab to get a size hint for.
 
         Return:
             A QSize.

qutebrowser/misc/consolewidget.py

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(QWidget):
         _output: The output widget in the console.
         _vbox: The layout which contains everything.
         _more: A flag which is set when more input is expected.
-        _buffer: The buffer for multiline commands.
+        _buffer: The buffer for multi-line commands.
         _interpreter: The InteractiveInterpreter to execute code with.
     """
 
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ class ConsoleWidget(QWidget):
         self._buffer.append(line)
         source = '\n'.join(self._buffer)
         self.write(line + '\n')
-        # We do two special things with the contextmanagers here:
+        # We do two special things with the context managers here:
         #   - We replace stdout/stderr to capture output. Even if we could
         #     override InteractiveInterpreter's write method, most things are
         #     printed elsewhere (e.g. by exec). Other Python GUI shells do the
         #     same.
         #   - We disable our exception hook, so exceptions from the console get
-        #     printed and don't ooen a crashdialog.
+        #     printed and don't open a crashdialog.
         with utils.fake_io(self.write), utils.disabled_excepthook():
             self._more = self._interpreter.runsource(source, '<console>')
         self.write(self._curprompt())

qutebrowser/misc/crashdialog.py

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def get_fatal_crash_dialog(debug, data):
     else:
         title = "qutebrowser was restarted after a fatal crash!"
         text = ("<b>qutebrowser was restarted after a fatal crash!</b><br/>"
-                "Unfortunately, this crash occured in Qt (the library "
+                "Unfortunately, this crash occurred in Qt (the library "
                 "qutebrowser uses), and your version ({}) is outdated - "
                 "Qt 5.4 or later is recommended. Unfortuntately Debian and "
                 "Ubuntu don't ship a newer version (yet?)...".format(
@@ -403,12 +403,12 @@ class ExceptionCrashDialog(_CrashDialog):
 
 class FatalCrashDialog(_CrashDialog):
 
-    """Dialog which gets shown when a fatal error occured.
+    """Dialog which gets shown when a fatal error occurred.
 
     Attributes:
         _log: The log text to display.
-        _type: The type of error which occured.
+        _type: The type of error which occurred.
-        _func: The function (top of the stack) in which the error occured.
+        _func: The function (top of the stack) in which the error occurred.
         _chk_history: A checkbox for the user to decide if page history should
                       be sent.
     """

qutebrowser/misc/earlyinit.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     tkinter = None
 # NOTE: No qutebrowser or PyQt import should be done here, as some early
-# initialisation needs to take place before that!
+# initialization needs to take place before that!
 
 
 def _missing_str(name, *, windows=None, pip=None):
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _die(message, exception=None):
 def init_faulthandler(fileobj=sys.__stderr__):
     """Enable faulthandler module if available.
 
-    This print a nice traceback on segfauls.
+    This print a nice traceback on segfaults.
 
     We use sys.__stderr__ instead of sys.stderr here so this will still work
     when sys.stderr got replaced, e.g. by "Python Tools for Visual Studio".
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def fix_harfbuzz(args):
     elif args.harfbuzz in ('old', 'new'):
         # forced harfbuzz variant
         # FIXME looking at the Qt code, 'new' isn't a valid value, but leaving
-        # it empty and using new yields different behaviour...
+        # it empty and using new yields different behavior...
         # (probably irrelevant when workaround gets removed)
         log.init.debug("Using {} harfbuzz engine (forced)".format(
             args.harfbuzz))
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def init_log(args):
 
 
 def earlyinit(args):
-    """Do all needed early initialisation.
+    """Do all needed early initialization.
 
     Note that it's vital the other earlyinit functions get called in the right
     order!
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def earlyinit(args):
         args: The argparse namespace.
     """
     # First we initialize the faulthandler as early as possible, so we
-    # theoretically could catch segfaults occuring later during earlyinit.
+    # theoretically could catch segfaults occurring later during earlyinit.
     init_faulthandler()
     # Here we check if QtCore is available, and if not, print a message to the
     # console or via Tk.

qutebrowser/misc/miscwidgets.py

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class _CommandValidator(QValidator):
 
         Args:
             string: The string to validate.
-            pos: The current curser position.
+            pos: The current cursor position.
 
         Return:
             A tuple (status, string, pos) as a QValidator should.

qutebrowser/misc/savemanager.py

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class Saveable:
         _save_handler: The function to call to save this Saveable.
         _save_on_exit: Whether to always save this saveable on exit.
         _config_opt: A (section, option) tuple of a config option which decides
-                     whether to autosave or not. None if no such option exists.
+                     whether to auto-save or not. None if no such option
+                     exists.
         _filename: The filename of the underlying file.
     """
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class Saveable:
 
         Args:
             is_exit: Whether we're currently exiting qutebrowser.
-            explicit: Whether the user explicitely requested this save.
+            explicit: Whether the user explicitly requested this save.
             silent: Don't write informations to log.
             force: Force saving, no matter what.
         """
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ class SaveManager(QObject):
         return utils.get_repr(self, saveables=self.saveables)
 
     def init_autosave(self):
-        """Initialize autosaving.
+        """Initialize auto-saving.
 
         We don't do this in __init__ because the config needs to be initialized
         first, but the config needs the save manager.
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class SaveManager(QObject):
 
     @config.change_filter('general', 'auto-save-interval')
     def set_autosave_interval(self):
-        """Set the autosave interval."""
+        """Set the auto-save interval."""
         interval = config.get('general', 'auto-save-interval')
         if interval == 0:
             self._save_timer.stop()
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ class SaveManager(QObject):
             name: The name to use.
             save: The function to call to save this saveable.
             changed: The signal emitted when this saveable changed.
-            config_opt: A (section, option) tuple deciding whether to autosave
+            config_opt: A (section, option) tuple deciding whether to auto-save
                         or not.
             filename: The filename of the underlying file, so we can force
                       saving if it doesn't exist.
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ class SaveManager(QObject):
 
         Args:
             is_exit: Whether we're currently exiting qutebrowser.
-            explicit: Whether this save operation was triggered explicitely.
+            explicit: Whether this save operation was triggered explicitly.
             silent: Don't write informations to log. Used to reduce log spam
                     when autosaving.
             force: Force saving, no matter what.

qutebrowser/misc/split.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ShellLexer:
         self.reset()
 
     def reset(self):
-        """Reset the statemachine state to the defaults."""
+        """Reset the state machine state to the defaults."""
         self.quoted = False
         self.escapedstate = ' '
         self.token = ''
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def simple_split(s, keep=False, maxsplit=None):
     whitespace = '\n\t '
     if maxsplit == 0:
         # re.split with maxsplit=0 splits everything, while str.split splits
-        # nothing (which is the behaviour we want).
+        # nothing (which is the behavior we want).
         if keep:
             return [s]
         else:

qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def main():
         """
         return app.exec_()
 
-    # We set qApp explicitely here to reduce the risk of segfaults while
+    # We set qApp explicitly here to reduce the risk of segfaults while
     # quitting.
     # See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-qt4/+bug/561303/comments/7
     # While this is a workaround for PyQt4 which should be fixed in PyQt, it

qutebrowser/test/browser/http/test_content_disposition.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEFAULT_NAME = 'qutebrowser-download'
 
 class AttachmentTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    """Helper class with some convienence methods to check filenames."""
+    """Helper class with some convenience methods to check filenames."""
 
     def _check_filename(self, header, filename):
         """Check if the passed header has the given filename."""
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class InlineTests(unittest.TestCase):
         variation of the test checks whether whatever handles PDF display
         receives the filename information, and acts upon it (this was tested
         with the latest Acrobat Reader plugin, or, in the case of Chrome, using
-        the builtin PDF handler).
+        the built-in PDF handler).
         """
         self._check_filename('inline; filename="foo.pdf"', "foo.pdf")
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ class EncodingFallbackTests(AttachmentTestCase):
                              "filename=\"foo-ae.html\"", 'foo-ä.html')
 
     def test_attfnboth3(self):
-        """'attachment', specifying an ambigious filename.
+        """'attachment', specifying an ambiguous filename.
 
         currency-sign=¤ in the simple RFC2231/5987 format, and euro-sign=€ in
         RFC2231-with-continuations format.

qutebrowser/test/browser/test_webelem.py

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def get_webelem(geometry=None, frame=None, null=False, visibility='',
         geometry: The geometry of the QWebElement as QRect.
         frame: The QWebFrame the element is in.
         null: Whether the element is null or not.
-        visibility: The CSS visibility style property calue.
+        visibility: The CSS visibility style property value.
-        display: The CSS display style property calue.
+        display: The CSS display style property value.
         attributes: Boolean HTML attributes to be added.
         tagname: The tag name.
         classes: HTML classes to be added.
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class IsEditableTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(elem.is_editable())
 
     def test_div_noneditable(self):
-        """Test div-element with non-editableclass."""
+        """Test div-element with non-editable class."""
         elem = get_webelem(tagname='div', classes='foo-kix-bar')
         self.assertFalse(elem.is_editable())
 

qutebrowser/test/config/test_configtypes.py

@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ class SearchEngineUrlTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.t.validate('http://example.com/?q={}')
 
     def test_validate_invalid_url(self):
-        """Test validate with an invalud URL."""
+        """Test validate with an invalid URL."""
         with self.assertRaises(configexc.ValidationError):
             self.t.validate(':{}')
 

qutebrowser/test/keyinput/test_basekeyparser.py

@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ class KeyChainTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('qutebrowser.keyinput.basekeyparser.config',
                 new=stubs.ConfigStub(CONFIG))
-    def test_ambigious_keychain(self):
+    def test_ambiguous_keychain(self):
-        """Test ambigious keychain."""
+        """Test ambiguous keychain."""
-        timer = self.kp._ambigious_timer
+        timer = self.kp._ambiguous_timer
         self.assertFalse(timer.isActive())
-        # We start with 'a' where the keychain gives us an ambigious result.
+        # We start with 'a' where the keychain gives us an ambiguous result.
         # Then we check if the timer has been set up correctly
         self.kp.handle(helpers.fake_keyevent(Qt.Key_A, text='a'))
         self.assertFalse(self.kp.execute.called)

qutebrowser/test/log.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def qt_message_handler(msg_type, context, msg):
         QtFatalMsg: logging.CRITICAL,
     }
     level = qt_to_logging[msg_type]
-    # There's very similiar code in utils.log, but we want it duplicated here
+    # There's very similar code in utils.log, but we want it duplicated here
     # for the tests.
     if context.function is None:
         func = 'none'

qutebrowser/test/misc/test_editor.py

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class FileHandlingTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.editor = editor.ExternalEditor(0)
 
     def test_file_handling_closed_ok(self, _proc_mock):
-        """Test file handling when closing with an exitstatus == 0."""
+        """Test file handling when closing with an exit status == 0."""
         self.editor.edit("")
         filename = self.editor._filename
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(filename))
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class FileHandlingTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(filename))
 
     def test_file_handling_closed_error(self, _proc_mock):
-        """Test file handling when closing with an exitstatus != 0."""
+        """Test file handling when closing with an exit status != 0."""
         self.editor.edit("")
         filename = self.editor._filename
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(filename))

qutebrowser/test/misc/test_split.py

@@ -146,20 +146,20 @@ class SimpleSplitTests(unittest.TestCase):
     }
 
     def test_str_split(self):
-        """Test if the behaviour matches str.split."""
+        """Test if the behavior matches str.split."""
         for test in self.TESTS:
             with self.subTest(string=test):
                 self.assertEqual(split.simple_split(test),
                                  test.rstrip().split())
 
     def test_str_split_maxsplit_1(self):
-        """Test if the behaviour matches str.split with maxsplit=1."""
+        """Test if the behavior matches str.split with maxsplit=1."""
         string = "foo bar baz"
         self.assertEqual(split.simple_split(string, maxsplit=1),
                          string.rstrip().split(maxsplit=1))
 
     def test_str_split_maxsplit_0(self):
-        """Test if the behaviour matches str.split with maxsplit=0."""
+        """Test if the behavior matches str.split with maxsplit=0."""
         string = "  foo bar baz  "
         self.assertEqual(split.simple_split(string, maxsplit=0),
                          string.rstrip().split(maxsplit=0))

qutebrowser/test/utils/test_debug.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class QEnumKeyTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for qenum_key."""
 
     def test_no_metaobj(self):
-        """Test with an enum with no metaobject."""
+        """Test with an enum with no meta-object."""
         with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
             # Make sure it doesn't have a meta object
             # pylint: disable=pointless-statement,no-member
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ class QEnumKeyTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(key, 'PE_PanelButtonCommand')
 
     def test_metaobj(self):
-        """Test with an enum with metaobject."""
+        """Test with an enum with meta-object."""
         # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
-        QFrame.staticMetaObject  # make sure it has a metaobject
+        QFrame.staticMetaObject  # make sure it has a meta-object
         key = debug.qenum_key(QFrame, QFrame.Sunken)
         self.assertEqual(key, 'Sunken')
 

qutebrowser/test/utils/test_log.py

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class LogFilterTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(logfilter.filter(record))
 
     def test_matching(self):
-        """Test if a filter lets an exactly matching logrecord through."""
+        """Test if a filter lets an exactly matching log record through."""
         logfilter = log.LogFilter(["eggs", "bacon"])
         record = self._make_record("eggs")
         self.assertTrue(logfilter.filter(record))

qutebrowser/test/utils/test_qtutils.py

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class CheckOverflowTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 def argparser_exit(status=0, message=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    """Function to monkeypatch .exit() of the argparser so it doesn't exit."""
+    """Function to monkey-patch .exit() of the argparser so it doesn't exit."""
     raise Exception
 
 

qutebrowser/test/utils/test_standarddir.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class GetStandardDirLinuxTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("linux"), "requires Linux")
     def test_data_explicit(self):
-        """Test data dir with XDG_DATA_HOME explicitely set."""
+        """Test data dir with XDG_DATA_HOME explicitly set."""
         with helpers.environ_set_temp({'XDG_DATA_HOME': self.temp_dir}):
             standarddir.init(None)
             expected = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, 'qutebrowser')
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class GetStandardDirLinuxTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("linux"), "requires Linux")
     def test_config_explicit(self):
-        """Test config dir with XDG_CONFIG_HOME explicitely set."""
+        """Test config dir with XDG_CONFIG_HOME explicitly set."""
         with helpers.environ_set_temp({'XDG_CONFIG_HOME': self.temp_dir}):
             standarddir.init(None)
             expected = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, 'qutebrowser')
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class GetStandardDirLinuxTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("linux"), "requires Linux")
     def test_cache_explicit(self):
-        """Test cache dir with XDG_CACHE_HOME explicitely set."""
+        """Test cache dir with XDG_CACHE_HOME explicitly set."""
         with helpers.environ_set_temp({'XDG_CACHE_HOME': self.temp_dir}):
             standarddir.init(None)
             expected = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, 'qutebrowser')

qutebrowser/test/utils/test_utils.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ReadFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test read_file."""
 
     def test_readfile(self):
-        """Read a testfile."""
+        """Read a test file."""
         content = utils.read_file(os.path.join('test', 'testfile'))
         self.assertEqual(content.splitlines()[0], "Hello World!")
 
@@ -299,13 +299,13 @@ class KeyEventToStringTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test keyevent_to_string."""
 
     def test_only_control(self):
-        """Test keyeevent when only control is pressed."""
+        """Test keyevent when only control is pressed."""
         evt = helpers.fake_keyevent(key=Qt.Key_Control,
                                     modifiers=Qt.ControlModifier)
         self.assertIsNone(utils.keyevent_to_string(evt))
 
     def test_only_hyper_l(self):
-        """Test keyeevent when only Hyper_L is pressed."""
+        """Test keyevent when only Hyper_L is pressed."""
         evt = helpers.fake_keyevent(key=Qt.Key_Hyper_L,
                                     modifiers=Qt.MetaModifier)
         self.assertIsNone(utils.keyevent_to_string(evt))
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class ForceEncodingTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test force_encoding."""
 
     def test_fitting_ascii(self):
-        """Test with a text fitting into ascii."""
+        """Test with a text fitting into ASCII."""
         text = 'hello world'
         self.assertEqual(utils.force_encoding(text, 'ascii'), text)
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class ForceEncodingTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(utils.force_encoding(text, 'utf-8'), text)
 
     def test_not_fitting_ascii(self):
-        """Test with a text not fitting into ascii."""
+        """Test with a text not fitting into ASCII."""
         text = 'hellö wörld'
         self.assertEqual(utils.force_encoding(text, 'ascii'), 'hell? w?rld')
 

qutebrowser/test/utils/usertypes/test_neighborlist.py

@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ class BlockTests(unittest.TestCase):
             mode=usertypes.NeighborList.Modes.block)
 
     def test_first(self):
-        """Test ouf of bounds previtem()."""
+        """Test out of bounds previtem()."""
         self.nl.firstitem()
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 0)
         self.assertEqual(self.nl.previtem(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 0)
 
     def test_last(self):
-        """Test ouf of bounds nextitem()."""
+        """Test out of bounds nextitem()."""
         self.nl.lastitem()
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 4)
         self.assertEqual(self.nl.nextitem(), 5)
@@ -272,14 +272,14 @@ class WrapTests(unittest.TestCase):
             [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], default=3, mode=usertypes.NeighborList.Modes.wrap)
 
     def test_first(self):
-        """Test ouf of bounds previtem()."""
+        """Test out of bounds previtem()."""
         self.nl.firstitem()
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 0)
         self.assertEqual(self.nl.previtem(), 5)
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 4)
 
     def test_last(self):
-        """Test ouf of bounds nextitem()."""
+        """Test out of bounds nextitem()."""
         self.nl.lastitem()
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 4)
         self.assertEqual(self.nl.nextitem(), 1)
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class RaiseTests(unittest.TestCase):
             mode=usertypes.NeighborList.Modes.exception)
 
     def test_first(self):
-        """Test ouf of bounds previtem()."""
+        """Test out of bounds previtem()."""
         self.nl.firstitem()
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 0)
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class RaiseTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 0)
 
     def test_last(self):
-        """Test ouf of bounds nextitem()."""
+        """Test out of bounds nextitem()."""
         self.nl.lastitem()
         self.assertEqual(self.nl._idx, 4)
         with self.assertRaises(IndexError):

qutebrowser/utils/jinja.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Loader(jinja2.BaseLoader):
 
 
 def _guess_autoescape(template_name):
-    """Turn autoescape on/off based on the filetype.
+    """Turn auto-escape on/off based on the file type.
 
     Based on http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/dev/api/#autoescaping
     """

qutebrowser/utils/standarddir.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _from_args(typ, args):
     Return:
         A (override, path) tuple.
             override: boolean, if the user did override the path
-            path: The overriden path, or None to turn off storage.
+            path: The overridden path, or None to turn off storage.
     """
     typ_to_argparse_arg = {
         QStandardPaths.ConfigLocation: 'confdir'

qutebrowser/utils/urlutils.py

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def fuzzy_url(urlstr, cwd=None, relative=False, do_search=True):
         do_search: Whether to perform a search on non-URLs.
 
     Return:
-        A target QUrl to a searchpage or the original URL.
+        A target QUrl to a search page or the original URL.
     """
     expanded = os.path.expanduser(urlstr)
     if relative and cwd:

qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-"""Custom useful datatypes.
+"""Custom useful data types.
 
 Module attributes:
     _UNSET: Used as default argument in the constructor so default can be None.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def enum(name, items, start=1, is_int=False):
 
     Args:
         name: Name of the enum
-        items: Iterable of ttems to be sequentally enumerated.
+        items: Iterable of items to be sequentially enumerated.
         start: The number to use for the first value.
                We use 1 as default so enum members are always True.
         is_init: True if the enum should be a Python IntEnum
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class Question(QObject):
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def done(self):
-        """Must be called when the queston was answered completely."""
+        """Must be called when the question was answered completely."""
         self.answered.emit(self.answer)
         if self.mode == PromptMode.yesno:
             if self.answer:

qutebrowser/utils/utils.py

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def read_file(filename, binary=False):
 def actute_warning():
     """Display a warning about the dead_actute issue if needed."""
     # WORKAROUND (remove this when we bump the requirements to 5.3.0)
-    # Non linux OS' aren't affected
+    # Non Linux OS' aren't affected
     if not sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
         return
     # If no compose file exists for some reason, we're not affected
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def interpolate_color(start, end, percent, colorspace=QColor.Rgb):
         start: The start color.
         end: The end color.
         percent: Which value to get (0 - 100)
-        colorspace: The desired interpolation colorsystem,
+        colorspace: The desired interpolation color system,
                     QColor::{Rgb,Hsv,Hsl} (from QColor::Spec enum)
 
     Return:
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ class prevent_exceptions:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     silently ignores them.
 
     We used to re-raise the exception with a single-shot QTimer in a similar
-    case, but that lead to a strange proble with a KeyError with some random
+    case, but that lead to a strange problem with a KeyError with some random
     jinja template stuff as content. For now, we only log it, so it doesn't
     pass 100% silently.
 

scripts/misc_checks.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from scripts import utils
 
 
 def check_git():
-    """Check for uncommited git files.."""
+    """Check for uncommitted git files.."""
     if not os.path.isdir(".git"):
         print("No .git dir, ignoring")
         print()

scripts/segfault_test.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def main():
             ('http://www.binpress.com/', False),
             ('http://david.li/flow/', False),
             ('https://imzdl.com/', False),
-            # not reproducable
+            # not reproducible
             # https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-39847
             ('http://www.20min.ch/', True),
             # HarfBuzz, https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-39278

scripts/utils.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ term_attributes = {
 
 
 def _esc(code):
-    """Get an ANSII color code based on a color number."""
+    """Get an ANSI color code based on a color number."""
     return '\033[{}m'.format(code)