Use non-sexist language in strings and comments.

plugins/Admin/plugin.py

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class Admin(callbacks.Plugin):
             """
             # Ok, the concepts that are important with capabilities:
             #
-            ### 1) No user should be able to elevate his privilege to owner.
+            ### 1) No user should be able to elevate their privilege to owner.
             ### 2) Admin users are *not* superior to #channel.ops, and don't
             ###    have God-like powers over channels.
             ### 3) We assume that Admin users are two things: non-malicious and

plugins/Misc/locales/de.po

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Sagt <nick> den Inhalt von <text>. Benutze verschachtelte Befehle um nutzen daraus zu ziehen."
 
 #: plugin.py:483
-msgid "Dude, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
+msgid "Hey, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
 msgstr "Junge, gib mir einfach den Befehl."
 
 #: plugin.py:488

plugins/Misc/locales/fi.po

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "        "
 
 #: plugin.py:513
-msgid "Dude, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
+msgid "Hey, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
 msgstr "Keikari, anna vain komento.  Ei tarvitse kertoa."
 
 #: plugin.py:518

plugins/Misc/locales/fr.po

@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ msgstr ""
 "Dit le <texte> au <nick>. Utile si vous utilisez des commandes imbriquées."
 
 #: plugin.py:513
-msgid "Dude, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
+msgid "Hey, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
-msgstr "Mec, contentes-toi de me donner la commande. Pas besoin d'utiliser 'tell'."
+msgstr "Oh, contentes-toi de me donner la commande. Pas besoin d'utiliser 'tell'."
 
 #: plugin.py:518
 msgid "You just told me, why should I tell myself?"

plugins/Misc/locales/hu.po

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr "<név> <szöveg>Megmondja <név>-nek szöveget. Itt az előnyödre használhatod a beágyazott parancsokat."
 
 #: plugin.py:483
-msgid "Dude, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
+msgid "Hey, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
 msgstr "Haver, csak add meg a parancsot. Nem kell mondani."
 
 #: plugin.py:488

plugins/Misc/locales/it.po

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "        "
 
 #: plugin.py:483
-msgid "Dude, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
+msgid "Hey, just give the command.  No need for the tell."
 msgstr "Dammi il comando, non c'è bisogno di usare \"tell\"."
 
 #: plugin.py:488

plugins/Misc/plugin.py

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class Misc(callbacks.Plugin):
         if target.lower() == 'me':
             target = msg.nick
         if ircutils.isChannel(target):
-            irc.error(_('Dude, just give the command.  No need for the tell.'))
+            irc.error(_('Hey, just give the command.  No need for the tell.'))
             return
         if not ircutils.isNick(target):
             irc.errorInvalid('nick', target)

plugins/MoobotFactoids/test.py

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class FactoidsTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
         self.assertNoResponse(' ', 3)
 
     def testConfigShowFactoidIfOnlyOneMatch(self):
-        # man these are long
+        # these are long
         MFconf = conf.supybot.plugins.MoobotFactoids
         self.assertNotError('foo is bar')
         # Default to saying the factoid value

plugins/User/locales/de.po

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ msgid ""
 "            Removes the hostmask <hostmask> from the record of the user\n"
 "            specified by <name>.  If the hostmask given is 'all' then all\n"
 "            hostmasks will be removed.  The <password> may only be required if\n"
-"            the user is not recognized by his hostmask.  This message must be\n"
+"            the user is not recognized by their hostmask.  This message must be\n"
 "            sent to the bot privately (not on a channel) since it may contain a\n"
 "            password.\n"
 "            "

plugins/User/locales/fi.po

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ msgid ""
 "            Removes the hostmask <hostmask> from the record of the user\n"
 "            specified by <name>.  If the hostmask given is 'all' then all\n"
 "            hostmasks will be removed.  The <password> may only be required if\n"
-"            the user is not recognized by his hostmask.  This message must be\n"
+"            the user is not recognized by their hostmask.  This message must be\n"
 "            sent to the bot privately (not on a channel) since it may contain a\n"
 "            password.\n"
 "            "

plugins/User/locales/fr.po

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ msgid ""
 "            specified by <name>.  If the hostmask given is 'all' then all\n"
 "            hostmasks will be removed.  The <password> may only be required "
 "if\n"
-"            the user is not recognized by his hostmask.  This message must "
+"            the user is not recognized by their hostmask.  This message must "
 "be\n"
 "            sent to the bot privately (not on a channel) since it may "
 "contain a\n"

plugins/User/locales/hu.po

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ msgid ""
 "            Removes the hostmask <hostmask> from the record of the user\n"
 "            specified by <name>.  If the hostmask given is 'all' then all\n"
 "            hostmasks will be removed.  The <password> may only be required if\n"
-"            the user is not recognized by his hostmask.  This message must be\n"
+"            the user is not recognized by their hostmask.  This message must be\n"
 "            sent to the bot privately (not on a channel) since it may contain a\n"
 "            password.\n"
 "            "

plugins/User/locales/it.po

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ msgid ""
 "            Removes the hostmask <hostmask> from the record of the user\n"
 "            specified by <name>.  If the hostmask given is 'all' then all\n"
 "            hostmasks will be removed.  The <password> may only be required if\n"
-"            the user is not recognized by his hostmask.  This message must be\n"
+"            the user is not recognized by their hostmask.  This message must be\n"
 "            sent to the bot privately (not on a channel) since it may contain a\n"
 "            password.\n"
 "            "

plugins/User/plugin.py

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class User(callbacks.Plugin):
             Removes the hostmask <hostmask> from the record of the user
             specified by <name>.  If the hostmask given is 'all' then all
             hostmasks will be removed.  The <password> may only be required if
-            the user is not recognized by his hostmask.  This message must be
+            the user is not recognized by their hostmask.  This message must be
             sent to the bot privately (not on a channel) since it may contain a
             password.
             """

plugins/__init__.py

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class PeriodicFileDownloader(object):
     downloaded every day, but no commands that use it are run in a week, the
     next time such a command is run, it'll be using a week-old file.  If you
     don't want such behavior, you'll have to give an error mess age to the user
-    and tell him to call you back in the morning.
+    and tell them to call you back in the morning.
 
     'function to run with downloaded file' is a function that will be passed
     a string *filename* of the downloaded file.  This will be some random

scripts/supybot

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def main():
                 print 'Anyway, here\'s the exception: %s' % \
                       utils.gen.exnToString(e)
             except:
-                print 'Man, this really sucks.  Not only did log.exception'
+                print 'Oh, this really sucks.  Not only did log.exception'
                 print 'raise an exception, but freaking-a, it was a string'
                 print 'exception.  People who raise string exceptions should'
                 print 'die a slow, painful death.'
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     if os.name == 'posix':
         if (os.getuid() == 0 or os.geteuid() == 0) and not options.allowRoot:
-            sys.stderr.write('Dude, don\'t even try to run this as root.')
+            sys.stderr.write('Don\'t even try to run this as root.')
             sys.stderr.write(os.linesep)
             sys.exit(-1)
 

scripts/supybot-wizard

@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ def main():
 
     output("""Found %s (%s).""" % (serverString, ip))
     output("""IRC Servers almost always accept connections on port
-    6667.  They can, however, accept connections anywhere their admin
+    6667.  They can, however, accept connections anywhere their admins
-    feels like he wants to accept connections from.""")
+    feel like they wants to accept connections from.""")
     if yn('Does this server require connection on a non-standard port?',
           default=False):
         port = 0

src/ircdb.py

@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ def checkIgnored(hostmask, recipient='', users=users, channels=channels):
             # Owners shouldn't ever be ignored.
             return False
         elif user.ignore:
-            log.debug('Ignoring %s due to his IrcUser ignore flag.', hostmask)
+            log.debug('Ignoring %s due to their IrcUser ignore flag.', hostmask)
             return True
     except KeyError:
         # If there's no user...
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ conf.registerGlobalValue(conf.supybot, 'capabilities',
 conf.registerGlobalValue(conf.supybot.capabilities, 'default',
     registry.Boolean(True, """Determines whether the bot by default will allow
     users to have a capability.  If this is disabled, a user must explicitly
-    have the capability for whatever command he wishes to run."""))
+    have the capability for whatever command they wish to run."""))
 conf.registerGlobalValue(conf.supybot.capabilities, 'private',
     registry.SpaceSeparatedListOfStrings([], """Determines what capabilities
     the bot will never tell to a non-admin whether or not a user has them."""))

src/irclib.py

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class ChannelState(utils.python.Object):
         """Changes the user oldNick to newNick; used for NICK changes."""
         # Note that this doesn't have to have the sigil (@%+) that users
         # have to have for addUser; it just changes the name of the user
-        # without changing any of his categories.
+        # without changing any of their categories.
         for s in (self.users, self.ops, self.halfops, self.voices):
             if oldNick in s:
                 s.remove(oldNick)

src/ircmsgs.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class IrcMsg(object):
     keyword argument representing a message from which to take all the
     attributes not provided otherwise as keyword arguments.  So, for instance,
     if a programmer wanted to take a PRIVMSG he'd gotten and simply redirect it
-    to a different source, he could do this:
+    to a different source, they could do this:
 
     IrcMsg(prefix='', args=(newSource, otherMsg.args[1]), msg=otherMsg)
     """

src/schedule.py

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class Schedule(drivers.IrcDriver):
             self.events.clear()
             self.schedule[:] = []
         # We don't reset the counter here because if someone has held an id of
-        # one of the nuked events, we don't want him removing new events with
+        # one of the nuked events, we don't want him/her removing new events with
-        # his old id.
+        # his/her old id.
 
     def name(self):
         return 'Schedule'