docs: fixed typos and improve migration docs (#3717, #3721, #3723, #3725, #3736, #3795).

docs.wrm/contributing.wrm

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-_section: Contributings and Hacking @<about-contrib> @priority<-90>
+_section: Contributions and Hacking @<about-contrib> @priority<-90>
 
 Pull requests are welcome, but please keep the following in mind:
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ _subsection: Adding Features  @<about-contrib-feature>
 
 Contributing new features usually require a deeper understanding
 of the internal interactions with Ethers and its components, and
-generally requires a minor version bumpincludes anything w
+generally requires a minor version bump.
 
 When making any of the following changes, you must first open a
 [[link-discussion]] as the minor version will need to be bumped.

docs.wrm/getting-started.wrm

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects available and what they are responsible for, at a high level.
 _heading: Provider
 
 A [[Provider]] is a read-only connection to the blockchain, which allows
-querying the blockchain state, such as accout, block or transaction details,
+querying the blockchain state, such as account, block or transaction details,
 querying event logs or evaluating read-only code using call.
 
 If you are coming from Web3.js, you are used to a **Provider** offering
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extension that injects objects into the ``window``, providing:
 - authenticated write access backed by a private key (a [[Signer]])
 
 When requesting access to the authenticated methods, such as
-sending a transaction or even requesting the private key addess,
+sending a transaction or even requesting the private key address,
 MetaMask will show a pop-up to the user asking for permission.
 
 _code:  @lang<script>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ _code: connecting to a JSON-RPC URL  @lang<script>
 _subsection: User Interaction  @<starting-display>
 
 All units in Ethereum tend to be integer values, since dealing with
-decimals and floating points can lead to inprecise and non-obvious
+decimals and floating points can lead to imprecise and non-obvious
 results when performing mathematic operations.
 
 As a result, the internal units used (e.g. wei) which are suited for
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ _subsection: Contracts  @<starting-contracts>
 
 A **Contract** is a meta-class, which means that its definition
 its derived at run-time, based on the ABI it is passed, which then
-determined what mehods and properties are available on it.
+determined what methods and properties are available on it.
 
 _heading: Application Binary Interface (ABI)
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Any methods or events that are not needed can be safely excluded.
 There are several common formats available to describe an ABI. The
 Solidity compiler usually dumps a JSON representation but when typing
 an ABI by hand it is often easier (and more readable) to use the
-human-readable ABI, which is just the Solidity signautre.
+human-readable ABI, which is just the Solidity signature.
 
 _code: simplified ERC-20 ABI @lang<script>
   abi = [
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ it. It can also be used to sign other forms of data, which are then able
 to be validated for other purposes.
 
 For example, signing **a message** can be used to prove ownership of an
-account which a website could use to authenicate a user and log them in.
+account which a website could use to authenticate a user and log them in.
 
 _code:  @lang<javascript>
 

docs.wrm/index.wrm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _section: Documentation  @<about-home> @nav<Documentation>
 The ethers.js library aims to be a complete and compact library
 for interacting with the Ethereum Blockchain and its ecosystem.
 
-It is ofen used to create decentralized applications (dapps),
+It is often used to create decentralized applications (dapps),
 wallets (such as [[link-metamask]] and [[link-tally]]) and
 other tools and simple scripts that require reading and writing
 to the blockchain.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ _subsection: About this documentation?
 These docs are still under construction, and are being expanded
 every day.
 
-Developers new to Ethers shoud be sure to read through the
+Developers new to Ethers should be sure to read through the
 [[getting-started]] section.
 
 And the [[about-api]] is available for drilling down into more details

docs.wrm/links/projects.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ link-infura-secret [link-infura-secret](https://infura.io/docs/gettingStarted/au
 link-parity-trace [link-parity-trace](https://openethereum.github.io/wiki/JSONRPC-trace-module)
 link-parity-rpc [link-parity-rpc](https://openethereum.github.io/wiki/JSONRPC)
 link-pocket-signup [link-pocket-signup](https://pokt.network/pocket-gateway-ethereum-mainnet/)
-link-web3 [link-web3](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js)
+link-web3js [link-web3](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js)
 link-web3-http [link-web3-http](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/tree/1.x/packages/web3-providers-http)
 link-web3-ipc [link-web3-ipc](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/tree/1.x/packages/web3-providers-ipc)
 link-web3-send [link-web3-send](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/blob/1.x/packages/web3-providers-http/types/index.d.ts#L57)

docs.wrm/migrating.wrm

@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ so a lot of changes are largely internal.
 - [BigNumbers](migrate-bigint)
 - [Contracts](migrate-contracts)
 - [Importing](migrate-importing)
-- [Odds and Ends](migrate-other)
+- [Providers](migrate-providers)
+- [Signatures](migrate-signatures)
+- [Transactions](migrate-transactions)
+- [Utilities](migrate-utils)
+- [Removed Items](migrate-missing)
 
 
 _subsection: Big Numbers  @<migrate-bigint>
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ _code: creating large numbers  @lang<script>
   // Using BigNumber in v5
   value = BigNumber.from("1000")
 
-  // Using BigInt in v6 (ysing literal notation).
+  // Using BigInt in v6 (using literal notation).
   // Notice the suffix n
   value = 1000n
 
@@ -193,10 +197,95 @@ _code: importing in v6  @lang<script>
   import { InfuraProvider } from "ethers/providers"
 
 
-_subsection: Odds and Ends @<migrate-other>
+_subsection: Providers  @<migrate-providers>
+
+In addition to all the ``ethers.providers.*`` being moved to
+``ethers.*``, the biggest change developers need to keep in
+mind is that ``Web3Provider`` (which historically was used
+to wrap [[link-web3js]] providers) is now called
+[[BrowserProvider]] which is designed to wrap EIP-1193
+providers, which is the standard that both modern Web3.js and
+injected providers offer.
+
+_code: wrapping EIP-1193 providers  @lang<script>
+  // v5
+  provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(window.ethereum)
+
+  // v6:
+  provider = new ethers.BrowserProvider(window.ethereum)
 
 
-_code: default AbiCoder  @lang<script>
+_subsection: Signatures  @<migrate-signatures>
+
+The Signature is now a class which facilitates all the parsing
+and serializing.
+
+_code: signature manipulation
+  // v5
+  splitSig = splitSignature(sigBytes)
+  sigBytes = joinSignature(splitSig)
+
+  // v6
+  splitSig = ethers.Signature.from(sigBytes)
+  sigBytes = ethers.Signature.from(splitSig).serialized
+
+
+_subsection: Transactions  @<migrate-transactions>
+
+The transaction helpers present in v5 were all wrapped into a
+[[Transaction]] class, which can handle any supported transaction
+format to be further processed
+
+_code: parasing transactions  @lang<script>
+
+  // v5
+  tx = parseTransaction(txBytes)
+  txBytes = serializeTransaction(tx)
+  txBytes = serializeTransaction(tx, sig)
+
+  // v6
+  tx = Transaction.from(txBytes)
+
+  // v6 (the tx can optionally include the signature)
+  txBytes = Transaction.from(tx).serialized
+
+
+_subsection: Utilities  @<migrate-utils>
+
+_code: Bytes32 string helpers  @lang<script>
+  // In v5:
+  bytes32 = ethers.utils.formatBytes32String(text)
+  text = ethers.utils.parseBytes32String(bytes32)
+
+  // In v6:
+  bytes32 = ethers.encodeBytes32String(text)
+  text = ethers.decodeBytes32String(bytes32)
+
+_code: constants  @lang<script>
+  // v5:
+  ethers.constants.AddressZero
+  ethers.constants.HashZero
+
+  // v6:
+  ethers.ZeroAddress
+  ethers.ZeroHash
+
+_code: data manipulation  @lang<script>
+  // v5
+  slice = ethers.utils.hexDataSlice(value, start, end)
+  padded = ethers.utils.hexZeroPad(value, length)
+
+  // v5; converting numbers to hexstrings
+  hex = hexlify(35)
+
+  // v6
+  slice = ethers.dataSlice(value, start, end)
+  padded = ethers.zeroPadValue(value, length)
+
+  // v6; converting numbers to hexstrings
+  hex = toBeHex(35)
+
+_code: defaultAbiCoder  @lang<script>
   // In v5, it is a property of AbiCoder
   coder = AbiCoder.defaultAbiCoder
 
@@ -206,23 +295,27 @@ _code: default AbiCoder  @lang<script>
   // instance is returned.
   coder = AbiCoder.defaultAbiCoder()
 
-_code: getting a JSON-RPC quantity  @lang<script>
+_code: hex conversion  @lang<script>
-  // In v5:
+  // v5
-  hex = ethers.util.hexValue(value)
+  hex = ethers.utils.hexValue(value)
+  array = ethers.utils.arrayify(value)
 
-  // In v6:
+  // v6
   hex = ethers.toQuantity(value)
+  array = ethers.getBytes(value)
 
-_code: using Bytes32 strings  @lang<script>
+_code: solidity non-standard packed  @lang<script>
-  // In v5:
+  // v5
-  bytes32 = formatBytes32String(text)
+  ethers.utils.solidityPack(types, values)
-  text = parseBytes32String(bytes32)
 
-  // In v6:
+  // v6
-  bytes32 = encodeBytes32String(text)
+  ethers.solidityPacked(types, values)
-  text = decodeBytes32String(bytes32)
 
-_subsection: Removed Classes and functions
+
+_subsection: Removed Classes and functions  @<migrate-missing>
 
 The **Logger** class has been replaced by
 [several Error utility functions](about-errors).
+
+The ``checkProperties`` and ``shallowCopy`` have been
+removed in favor of using ``.map`` and ``Object.assign``.