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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" dummy line
-.TH SCM "1"
+.TH SCM "Jan 4 2000"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
scm \- a Scheme Language Interpreter
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ and
.I sh
respectively.
On Amiga systems the entire option and argument need to be enclosed in
-qoutes. For instance "-e(newline)".
+quotes. For instance "-e(newline)".
.TP
.BI -r feature
requires
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ is not already supported. If
.I feature
is 2, 3, 4, or 5
.I scm
-will require the features neccessary to support R2RS, R3RS, R4RS, or
+will require the features necessary to support R2RS, R3RS, R4RS, or
R5RS, respectively.
.TP
.BI -h feature
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ loads
.I filename.
.I Scm
will load the first (unoptioned) file named on the command line if no
--c, -e, -f, -l, or -s option preceeds it.
+-c, -e, -f, -l, or -s option precedes it.
.TP
.BI -d filename
opens (read-only) the extended relational database
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ contains initialization code, it will be run when the database is
opened.
.TP
.BI -o dumpname
-saves the current SCM session as the executable program
+saves the current SCM session as the executable program
.I dumpname.
-This option works only in SCM builds supporting
+This option works only in SCM builds supporting
.BI dump.
-If options appear on the command line after
+If options appear on the command line after
.I -o dumpname,
then the saved session will continue with processing those options
when it is invoked. Otherwise the (new) command line is processed as
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sets the prolixity (verboseness) to
.I level.
This is the same as the
.I scm
-command (verobse
+command (verbose
.I level
).
.TP
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ errors.
.B -s
specifies, by analogy with
.I sh,
-that further options are to be treated as program aguments.
+that further options are to be treated as program arguments.
.TP
.BI -
.BI --
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ can be overridden by subsequent -i and -b options.
.ne 5
.TP 5
% scm foo.scm arg1 arg2 arg3
-.br
+.br
Load and execute the contents of foo.scm. Parameters
arg1 arg2 and arg3 are stored in the global list *argv*.
.TP
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ Arrays and bit-vectors. String ports and software emulation ports.
I/O extensions providing most of ANSI C and POSIX.1 facilities.
.PP
User definable responses to interrupts and errors,
-Process-syncronization primitives, String regular expression matching,
+Process-synchronization primitives, String regular expression matching,
and the CURSES screen management package.
.PP
Available add-on packages including an interactive debugger, database,