These functions return the foreground color (or background color,
respectively) of face @var{face}, as a string.
-If @var{inherit} is nil, only a color directly defined by the face is
-returned. If @var{inherit} is non-nil, any faces specified by its
+If @var{inherit} is @code{nil}, only a color directly defined by the face is
+returned. If @var{inherit} is non-@code{nil}, any faces specified by its
@code{:inherit} attribute are considered as well, and if @var{inherit}
is a face or a list of faces, then they are also considered, until a
specified color is found. To ensure that the return value is always
@defun line-number-at-pos &optional pos
@cindex line number
This function returns the line number in the current buffer
-corresponding the buffer position @var{pos}. If @var{pos} is nil or
-omitted, the current buffer position is used.
+corresponding the buffer position @var{pos}. If @var{pos} is @code{nil}
+or omitted, the current buffer position is used.
@end defun
@ignore
@defun open-network-stream-server name buffer-or-name service &optional sentinel filter
Create a network server process for a TCP service.
-It returns nil if server processes are not supported; otherwise,
+It returns @code{nil} if server processes are not supported; otherwise,
it returns a subprocess-object to represent the server.
When a client connects to the specified service, Emacs creates a new
@item :bindtodevice @var{device-name}
If @var{device-name} is a non-empty string identifying a network
interface name (see @code{network-interface-list}), only handle
-packets received on that interface. If @var{device-name} is nil (the
-default), handle packets received on any interface.
+packets received on that interface. If @var{device-name} is @code{nil}
+(the default), handle packets received on any interface.
Using this option may require special privileges on some systems.