Spell-check the documentation.

Changes include a few typos, a few capitalization changes, and a lot of hyphenation of compound words that were not as widely used as I thought.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Contributing to higan
 
 If you would like to propose a change to higan,
 you should create an account on the [official forums][f],
-go to the "Projects" forum and the "higan" subforum,
+go to the "Projects" forum and the "higan" sub-forum,
 and post your idea in a new topic there.
 
 [f]: https://board.byuu.org/

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The unofficial higan repository
 ===============================
 
-higan emulates a number of classic videogame consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
+higan emulates a number of classic video-game consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
 allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.
 
 This repository includes

docs/concepts/game-folders.md

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ to all emulators that support them:
     Holds streamable audio for [the MSU-1][msu1].
 
 Files that are only useful to higan specifically
-are placed in a `higan` subfolder:
+are placed in a `higan` sub-folder:
 
   - `cheats.bml`:
     All information present in

docs/concepts/game-library.md

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ is the folder where all the
 When [icarus](../interface/icarus.md) imports a game,
 it creates or updates
 the corresponding game folder in the game library.
-When you use the console submenu items
+When you use the console sub-menu items
 in [higan's Library menu](../interface/higan.md#the-library-menu),
 it higan shows you the games for that console
 that are already in the library.
 
 Inside the game library folder
-there is a subfolder for each system.
+there is a sub-folder for each system.
 Inside each system folder
 are the game folders
 for each imported game.

docs/faq.md

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ If games are running way too fast, here's some things to check:
     in [the Advanced settings](interface/higan-settings.md#advanced)
     (remember to restart higan if you change driver settings)
   - Make sure your computer has speakers or headphones connected
-    (some computers disable all audio if no ouputs are available)
+    (some computers disable all audio if no outputs are available)
       - If you want the game to be silent,
         tick "Mute Audio" in
         [the Settings menu](interface/higan.md#the-settings-menu)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Full-speed emulation for the Super Famicom base unit
 requires an Intel Core 2 Duo (or AMD equivalent),
 full-speed for games with the SuperFX chip
 requires an Intel Ivy Bridge (or equivalent),
-full-speed for the wireframe animations in Mega Man X2
+full-speed for the wire-frame animations in Mega Man X2
 requires an even faster computer.
 Low-power CPUs like ARM chips,
 or Intel Atom and Celeron CPUs
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ do their work in exactly the same amount of time
 as their hardware counterparts.
 The problem is forty years of technology
 designed to make programs run as fast as possible:
-optimizing compilers
+optimising compilers
-and superscalar, out-of-order CPU architectures
+and super-scalar, out-of-order CPU architectures
 change programs to make them faster,
 speeding up some programs more than others
 in ways that are very difficult to understand and predict.

docs/guides/drivers.md

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ On Linux:
 **Note:**
 By default,
 higan uses the audio driver to regulate its emulation speed.
-If games run too faston your computer,
+If games run too fast on your computer,
 see [Games run too fast](../faq.md#games-run-too-fast) in the FAQ.
 
 Input

docs/guides/import.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ higan's importing tool, icarus, can import games
 in the most commonly-used formats
 for each supported console,
 and also those same formats inside `.zip` files
-(as long as tthe `.zip` file contains only one game).
+(as long as the `.zip` file contains only one game).
 More advanced compression formats
 like RAR or 7-zip are not supported.
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ See [the icarus documentation](../interface/icarus.md) for details.
 
 To play a game for a particular console from your library,
 open the Library menu,
-pick the console manufacturer submenu
+pick the console manufacturer sub-menu
 (Nintendo for the Super Famicom,
 Bandai for the WonderSwan,
 etc.)
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ which in English is
 [wpbsx]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview
 
 The control cartridge had a slot that accepted
-rewritable "memory paks",
+re-writable "memory paks",
 so that people could store the games and data they downloaded.
 A small number of games that did not use the Satellaview modem
 also had a memory pak slot,
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ If you load the control cartridge into higan,
 make sure the emulated Satellaview
 is connected to the emulated Super Famicom's expansion port
 by opening the "Super Famicom" menu,
-selecting the "Expansion Port" submenu,
+selecting the "Expansion Port" sub-menu,
 and choosing "Satellaview".
 If the expansion port was previously
 configured with a different option,
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ beyond the original Super Game Boy,
 but importing and playing games
 works the same way in higan.
 
-The Super Game Boy cartrige includes
+The Super Game Boy cartridge includes
 the complete hardware of an original
 (black-and-white)
 Game Boy,

docs/guides/shaders.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ reproduce the scanlines and blurring of the original display,
 or any other visual effect.
 
 The available video shaders are listed in
-the "Video Shaders" submenu of
+the "Video Shaders" sub-menu of
 [the Settings menu](../interface/higan.md#the-settings-menu).
 Which shaders are available depends on
 [video driver](drivers.md#video) higan is configured to use.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ higan's emulation of certain consoles
 can produce surprising behaviour
 in certain shaders,
 particularly shaders that compare each console pixel
-with its neigbours.
+with its neighbours.
 See [Video Shaders and TV-based consoles][vstv] for details.
 
 [vstv]: #video-shaders-and-tv-based-consoles
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ you'll need to restart higan
 for the change to take effect.
 
 Open the Settings menu again,
-choose the "Video Shader" submenu,
+choose the "Video Shader" sub-menu,
 and now the shaders you installed
 should be listed at the bottom of the menu.
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ but some are particularly noteworthy:
     and shimmer
     that most game players would have seen
     on real televisions.
-    Some games depend on NTSC artifacts
+    Some games depend on NTSC artefacts
     to display colours outside the console's official palette
     or to create effects like transparency.
 

docs/index.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 higan, the multi-system emulator
 ================================
 
-higan emulates a number of classic videogame consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
+higan emulates a number of classic video-game consoles of the 1980s and 1990s,
 allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.
 
 To get started with higan right away,
@@ -15,24 +15,24 @@ As of v104,
 higan has top-tier support for the following consoles:
 
   - Nintendo Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System,
-    including addon hardware:
+    including add-on hardware:
       - Super Game Boy
       - Sufami Turbo
   - Nintendo Game Boy Advance
 
 It also includes some level of support for these consoles:
 
-  - Satellaview addon for the Super Famicom
+  - Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom
   - Nintendo Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System
   - Nintendo Game Boy
   - Nintendo Game Boy Color
   - Sega Master System
   - Sega Game Gear
-  - Sega Megadrive/Genesis
+  - Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
   - NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (but not the CD-ROM² System/TurboGrafx-CD)
   - NEC SuperGrafx
   - Bandai WonderSwan
-  - Bandai Wonderswan Color
+  - Bandai WonderSwan Color
 
 **Note:** Some consoles were released under different names
 in different geographic regions.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ that you might want to check out.
   - [BizHawk](http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk.html)
     is another multi-system emulator,
     specialising in the creation of
-    tool-assisted speedruns.
+    tool-assisted speed-runs.
     Its Super Famicom emulation is based on bsnes v087.
   - [bsnes-plus](https://github.com/devinacker/bsnes-plus)
     is a fork of bsnes v073
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ that you might want to check out.
     It also restores the "balanced" Super Famicom emulation core
     that was removed from higan in v099,
     which is less CPU intensive
-    than the current accuracy-focussed core.
+    than the current accuracy-focused core.

docs/install/general.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ for the same legal reasons that commercial games
 cannot be distributed with higan,
 so you'll need to obtain a copy of the BIOS for yourself.
 
-If you have a real GBA and a flashcart,
+If you have a real GBA and a flash-cart,
 the Internet contains many tools
 that will extract the BIOS image so it can be copied
 to your desktop computer.

docs/install/windows.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ To remove higan's configuration:
  1. Press Win+R to open the Run dialog
  2. Type `%LOCALAPPDATA%` and press Enter
     to open the folder where higan's configuration data lives
- 3. Delete the subfolders named `icarus` and `higan`
+ 3. Delete the sub-folders named `icarus` and `higan`
     if they exist.
 
 You might also want to remove

docs/interface/common.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Sometimes higan will need you
 to choose a file or folder.
 For this, it uses a special Filesystem Browser dialog.
 Although many operating systems provide a native filesystem browser,
-they do not all allow the same customizations.
+they do not all allow the same customisations.
 Therefore,
 higan provides its own filesystem browser
 that works the same way on every platform.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ you can choose one
 by selecting it and clicking the "Select" button in the bottom-right.
 Double-clicking
 or selecting and pressing Enter don't work,
-they just switch to viewing the conents of that folder.
+they just switch to viewing the contents of that folder.
 
 The "Cancel" button in the bottom-right
 closes the filesystem browser without selecting anything.

docs/interface/higan-settings.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ of the emulated console's video output:
     This is in addition to
     any adjustment applied by
     the "Colors" option
-    in the "Video Emulation" submenu
+    in the "Video Emulation" sub-menu
     of the [Settings menu](higan.md#the-settings-menu).
   - **Luminance** adjusts the overall brightness,
     where 100% is normal,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ in a normal window.
     whenever it changes size
     (because the user loaded a game for a different console,
     chose a different option from
-    the [Video Scale submenu](higan.md#the-settings-menu),
+    the [Video Scale sub-menu](higan.md#the-settings-menu),
     toggled Aspect Correction, etc.)
     When disabled,
     higan generally respects manual resizing.

docs/interface/higan.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the running game's video output.
 The Library menu
 ----------------
 
-Manufacturer submenus
+Manufacturer sub-menus
 allow you to play
 games you've already imported
 into higan's 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ that aren't technically part of the console itself:
 how the low-resolution video output of the emulated console
 is scaled up to suit modern high-resolution displays.
 [Using video shaders](../guides/shaders.md)
-describes all the options in this submenu.
+describes all the options in this sub-menu.
 
 **Synchronize Audio**
 causes higan to wait for audio playback to complete
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ This should reduce popping and glitching noises,
 and slows the emulation down to approximately the correct speed.
 If your PC cannot emulate at full-speed,
 (60fps for most consoles, 75fps for WonderSwan)
-this has no noticable effect.
+this has no noticeable effect.
 
 **Mute Audio**
 causes higan to not output sound from the emulated console.
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Before any game is loaded,
 the status bar displays "No cartridge loaded".
 
 When a game is loaded and running,
-the status bar displays the current emulation speeed
+the status bar displays the current emulation speed
 in frames-per-second.
 For PAL-based consoles,
 this should be around 50 FPS for "full speed" emulation,
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ The status bar briefly displays "Slot X quick state does not exist"
 (where X is one of the Quick State slot numbers)
 when you choose a slot from the
 [Tools](#the-tools-menu) → "Load Quick State"
-submenu that has not had a save-state saved to it,
+sub-menu that has not had a save-state saved to it,
 or when you press the "Load Quick State" hotkey
 while the current Quick State slot has not had a save-state saved to it,
 

docs/interface/icarus.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The icarus Settings dialog contains the following settings:
     if it's importing a game it recognises.
     For unrecognised games,
     and for all games if this box is unticked,
-    icarus gueses the manifest data.
+    icarus guesses the manifest data.
     This option is still relevant when "Create Manifests" is unticked:
     higan uses icarus to generate a manifest when a game is loaded,
     not just at import-time.

docs/notes.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Playing Game Boy Color games in Game Boy mode
 
 Games for the original Game Boy
 came in solid grey cartridges,
-and only supported four-shade greyscale graphics.
+and only supported four-shade grey-scale graphics.
 ROM files for these games
 typically have filenames ending in `.gb`.
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ typically have filenames ending in `.gbc`.
 However,
 there were also some games
 that could use colour if it was available,
-but would stick to greyscale if it wasn't.
+but would stick to grey-scale if it wasn't.
 These games came in black cartridges.
 ROM files for these games
 typically have filenames ending in `.gbc`
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ Rumble compatibility for Game Boy Advance
 The original Game Boy Advance
 and the Game Boy Advance SP
 did not support any kind of rumble or force-feedback system,
-but the Game Boy Player addon for the Gamecube
+but the Game Boy Player add-on for the GameCube
 allowed Game Boy Advance games
-to use the rumble feature in Gamecube controllers.
+to use the rumble feature in GameCube controllers.
 
 Because rumble is a feature of the Game Boy Player,
 to experience the rumble effect in higan

docs/qs.md

@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ that's a Super Famicom game
 so there will be a Super Famicom menu.
 
 Open [the console menu](interface/higan.md#the-console-menu),
-and if there is a submenu for a controller port,
+and if there is a sub-menu for a controller port,
 make sure the port is using
 the controller you [set up previously](#configuring-inputs).
 If you configured inputs for a Gamepad in Controller Port 1,
-the Controller Port 1 submenu
+the Controller Port 1 sub-menu
 should be set to Gamepad.
 Like a real console,
 higan's controller ports