Assorted spelling fixes.

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Francois Gouget wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Frédéric Delanoy wrote:
> [...]
>>> -rem Removing non-existent directory
>>> +rem Removing nonexistent directory
> [...]
>> There is apparently no hard rule on the usage of hypens between 'non'
>> and a subsequent adjective, but I've seen lots of "non-" (sometimes
>> even "non ") so I wouldn't call that a spelling error.
>> Furthermore, the "non-" form is more readable IMHO
> 
> My paper dictionary lists a number of 'non-xxx' and 'nonxxx' words. It 
> has 'nonexistent' and not 'non-existent'. The Merriam-Webster also 
> prefers 'nonexistent'.
> 
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent
> 
> Mozilla did a pass through their code replacing 'onn-existent' with 
> 'nonexistent':
> 
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564091
> 
> 
> However I'll acknowledge that a number of other online dictionaries 
> seem to accept both forms. Maybe the explanation is in the Cambridge 
> Dictionaries; they have 'non-existent' in the British dictionary and 
> 'nonexistent' in the US one.
> 
> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/non-existent
> http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=nonexistent*1+0&dict=A
> 
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonexistent
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/non-existent
> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nonexistent
> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/non-existent
> 
> Overall 'nonexistent' seemed better referenced in the dictionaries and 
> more 'legitimate'. But I can leave either form as is if that's 
> preferred.
It is not a spelling fix then and shouldn't be included in a "spelling
fixes" patch. You could do a "Standardize to 'nonexistent'" patch but
that would IMHO stretch the scope of this kind of janitorial fixes.

bye
	michael