[skip changelog] Fix typos in documentation (#786)

Author: per1234

cli/debug/debug.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	debugCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&fqbn, "fqbn", "b", "", "Fully Qualified Board Name, e.g.: arduino:avr:uno")
 	debugCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&port, "port", "p", "", "Debug port, e.g.: COM10 or /dev/ttyACM0")
 	debugCommand.Flags().StringVar(&interpreter, "interpreter", "console", "Debug interpreter e.g.: console, mi, mi1, mi2, mi3")
-	debugCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&importDir, "input-dir", "", "", "Direcory containing binaries for debug.")
+	debugCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&importDir, "input-dir", "", "", "Directory containing binaries for debug.")
 
 	return debugCommand
 }

cli/globals/args.go

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func ParseReferenceArgs(args []string, parseArch bool) ([]*ReferenceArg, error)
 func ParseReferenceArg(arg string, parseArch bool) (*ReferenceArg, error) {
 	ret := &ReferenceArg{}
 	if arg == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid empry core argument")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid empty core argument")
 	}
 	toks := strings.SplitN(arg, "@", 2)
 	if toks[0] == "" {

cli/upload/upload.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 	uploadCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&fqbn, "fqbn", "b", "", "Fully Qualified Board Name, e.g.: arduino:avr:uno")
 	uploadCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&port, "port", "p", "", "Upload port, e.g.: COM10 or /dev/ttyACM0")
-	uploadCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&importDir, "input-dir", "", "", "Direcory containing binaries to upload.")
+	uploadCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&importDir, "input-dir", "", "", "Directory containing binaries to upload.")
 	uploadCommand.Flags().BoolVarP(&verify, "verify", "t", false, "Verify uploaded binary after the upload.")
 	uploadCommand.Flags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "Optional, turns on verbose mode.")
 	uploadCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&programmer, "programmer", "P", "", "Optional, use the specified programmer to upload or 'list' to list supported programmers.")

client_example/main.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // The main function implements an example workflow to show how to interact
-// with the gRPC Api exposed by arduino-cli when running in daemon mode.
+// with the gRPC API exposed by arduino-cli when running in daemon mode.
 func main() {
 
 	// Establish a connection with the gRPC server, started with the command:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer conn.Close()
 
 	// To avoid polluting an existing arduino-cli installation, the example
-	// client uses a temp folder to keep cores, libraries and the likes.
+	// client uses a temp folder to keep cores, libraries and the like.
 	// You can point `dataDir` to a location that better fits your needs.
 	dataDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "arduino-rpc-client")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("calling Init")
 	instance := initInstance(client)
 
-	// With a brand new instance, the first operation should always be updatating
+	// With a brand new instance, the first operation should always be updating
 	// the index.
 	log.Println("calling UpdateIndex")
 	callUpdateIndex(client, instance)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func main() {
 	// debugClient := dbg.NewDebugClient(conn)
 	// debugStreamingClient, err := debugClient.Debug(context.Background())
 	// if err != nil {
-	// 	 log.Fatalf("debug steraming open  error: %s\n", err)
+	// 	 log.Fatalf("debug streaming open error: %s\n", err)
 	// }
 	// log.Println("calling Debug(arduino:samd:mkr1000, hello.ino)")
 	// callDebugger(debugStreamingClient, instance)

docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ updated or not.
 
 ## Internationalization (i18n)
 
-In order to support i18n in the cli, any messages that are intended to be translated
+In order to support i18n in the CLI, any messages that are intended to be translated
 should be wrapped in a call to `i18n.Tr`. This call allows us to build a catalog of
 translatable strings, replacing the reference string at runtime with the localized value.
 

docs/installation.md

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ These are available from the [releases page](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-
 
 #### Nightly builds
 
-These builds are generated everyday at 01:00 GMT from the `master` branch and
+These builds are generated every day at 01:00 GMT from the `master` branch and
 should be considered unstable. In order to get the latest nightly build
 available for the supported platform, use the following links:
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Platform  |                            |                            |
 Linux     | [Nightly Linux 32 bit]     | [Nightly Linux 64 bit]     |
 Linux ARM | [Nightly Linux ARM 32 bit] | [Nightly Linux ARM 64 bit] |
 Windows   | [Nightly Windows 32 bit]   | [Nightly Windows 64 bit]   |
-Mac OSX   |                            | [Mac OSX]                  |
+Mac OSX   |                            | [Nightly Mac OSX]                  |
 
 [Nightly Linux 64 bit]: https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-cli/nightly/arduino-cli_nightly-latest_Linux_64bit.tar.gz
 [Nightly Linux 32 bit]: https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-cli/nightly/arduino-cli_nightly-latest_Linux_32bit.tar.gz

docs/package_index_json-specification.md

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Finally, let's see how `PLATFORMS` are made.
 Each PLATFORM describes a core for a specific architecture. The fields needed are:
 
 * `name`: the extended name of the platform that is displayed on the Boards Manager GUI
-* `architecture`: is the architecture of the plaftorm (avr, sam, etc...). It must match the architecture of the core as explained in the [Arduino platform specification](platform-specification.md#hardware-folders-structure)
+* `architecture`: is the architecture of the platform (avr, sam, etc...). It must match the architecture of the core as explained in the [Arduino platform specification](platform-specification.md#hardware-folders-structure)
 * `version`: the version of the platform.
 * `category`: this field is reserved, a 3rd party core must set it to `Contributed`
 * `help`/`online`: is a URL that is displayed on the Arduino IDE's Boards Manager as an "Online Help" link

docs/platform-specification.md

@@ -475,12 +475,12 @@ The port selected via the IDE or [`arduino-cli upload`](https://arduino.github.i
 
 ### Upload using an external programmer
 
-**TODO...**
+**TODO...**<br>
 The platform.txt associated with the selected programmer will be used.
 
 ### Burn Bootloader
 
-**TODO...**
+**TODO...**<br>
 The platform.txt associated with the selected board will be used.
 
 ## Custom board options
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ There is no limit to the number of custom menus that can be defined.
 
 ## Referencing another core, variant or tool
 
-Inside the boards.txt we can define a board that uses a core provided by another vendor/mantainer using the syntax **VENDOR_ID:CORE_ID**. For example, if we want to define a board that uses the "arduino" core from the "arduino" vendor we should write:
+Inside the boards.txt we can define a board that uses a core provided by another vendor/maintainer using the syntax **VENDOR_ID:CORE_ID**. For example, if we want to define a board that uses the "arduino" core from the "arduino" vendor we should write:
 
     [....]
     myboard.name=My Wonderful Arduino Compatible board