Fix minor typos and spelling mistakes in README.md and related

Signed-off-by: Jeremie Guichard <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
 in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue  
 being fixed, etc etc.
 
-The body of the commit message can be several paragrahps, and  
+The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and  
 please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about  
 74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things  
 nicely even when it's indented.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Your Name
 
 That header line really should be meaningful, and really should be just one line. The header line is what is shown by tools like gitk and shortlog, and should summarize the change in one readable line of text, independently of the longer explanation.
 
-The prefered way to write a commit message is using imperative mood, e.g. "Make foo do xyz" instead of "This patch makes foo do xyz" or "I made foo do xyz", as if you are giving commands or requests to the code base.
+The preferred way to write a commit message is using imperative mood, e.g. "Make foo do xyz" instead of "This patch makes foo do xyz" or "I made foo do xyz", as if you are giving commands or requests to the code base.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_mood
 
 ![gitk sample][10]

CodingStyle

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Basic rules
 ===========
 
 - all indentation is tabs (set to 8 char) with the exception of
-  continuation lines that are alligned with tabs and then spaces
+  continuation lines that are aligned with tabs and then spaces
 
 - all keywords followed by a '(' have a space in between
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Basic rules
 
 - continuation lines have the operator / comma at the end
 
-	if (very_long_conditiont_1 ||
+	if (very_long_condition_1 ||
 	    condition_2)
 
 	b = a + (c + d +
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ Basic rules
 
 
 - UI text style
-  These guidleines are designed to ensure consitency in presentation within
+  These guidelines are designed to ensure consistency in presentation within
   Subsurface.
-  Only the first word of multi-word text strings should be captalized unless
-  a word would normally be capitalized mid-sentance, like Africa. This applies
+  Only the first word of multi-word text strings should be capitalized unless
+  a word would normally be capitalized mid-sentence, like Africa. This applies
   to all UI text including menus, menu items, tool-tips, button text and label
   text etc. e.g. "Check for updates" rather than "Check for Updates".
-  We also captialize Subsurface (NOTE: not SubSurface) when referring to the
+  We also capitalize Subsurface (NOTE: not SubSurface) when referring to the
   application itself.
   Abbreviations should end with a period, e.g. "temp." not "temp" for
   temperature

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/issues
 
 License: GPLv2
 
-We frequently make new test versions of Subsurface avilable at
+We frequently make new test versions of Subsurface available at
 http://subsurface-divelog.org/downloads/test/
 These tend to contain the latest bug fixes and features, but also
 occasionally the latest bugs and issues. Please understand when using them
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ to subscribe.
 If you want to contribute code, please open a pull request with signed-off
 commits at https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/pulls
 (alternatively, you can also send your patches as emails to the developer
-mailing lsit).
+mailing list).
 
 Either way, if you don't sign off your patches, we will not accept them.
 This means adding a line that says "Signed-off-by: Name <email>" at the

Readme.testing

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ to compile the source code of the tests and run them.
 
 1 - create a folder 'build-tests' on the project root directory
 2 - run cmake ( cmake .. )
-3 - compile the software by invocking make
-4 - run the tests by invocking make test
+3 - compile the software by invoking make
+4 - run the tests by invoking make test
 (optional 5) if the tests are failing, a better way to see what's
 happening is to run ctest -V , this way the tests will still fail,
-but more verbosically - easyer to track them down.
+but more verbosely - easier to track them down.
 
 to create a new test, just implement copy the one provided by
 example in the tests folder and add the last three lines of the CMakeLists.txt file

terms

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ trip		 dives are grouped into "trips" based on their
 
 UDDF		 standardized file format
 
-GFHigh, GFLow	 Gradient Factors of the Buehlman algorithm. These
+GFHigh, GFLow	 Gradient Factors of the Buehlmann algorithm. These
 		 impact the way the deco obligations are calculated
 		 in Subsurface. Typically these are between 20 and 100.
 		 Lower is more conservative (i.e., more deco). It's
@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@ rbt		 remaining bottom time
 
 rgt		 remaining gas time
 
-workload	 is this a strenous dive?
+workload	 is this a strenuous dive?
 
 deepstop	 stop well below the ceiling
 
 safety stop	 stop at the end of a recreational dive, typically
 		 3 minutes at 5 meters
 
 below floor	 event showing dive is below the depth where the dive
-		 is acruing additional deco time
+		 is accruing additional deco time
 
 OLF		 Oxygen Limit Fraction; Suunto specific term for CNS