To debug an error that happens during loading of the init
file, use the option @samp{--debug-init}. This binds
-@code{debug-on-error} to @code{t} while loading the init file., and
+@code{debug-on-error} to @code{t} while loading the init file, and
bypasses the @code{condition-case} which normally catches errors in the
init file.
@result{} 20
(overlay-buffer foo)
@result{} #<buffer display.texi>
-;; @r{Moving and deleting the overlay don't change its properties.}
+;; @r{Moving and deleting the overlay does not change its properties.}
(overlay-get foo 'happy)
@result{} t
@end example
@code{normal}, @code{semi-light}, @code{light}, @code{extra-light},
or @code{ultra-light}.
-On a text-only terminal, any weight greater than normal is displayed as
-extra bright, and any weight less than normal is displayed as
-half-bright (This is provided the terminal supports the feature.)
-
On a text-only terminal, any weight greater than normal is displayed as
extra bright, and any weight less than normal is displayed as
half-bright (provided the terminal supports the feature).
@var{start} and @var{end}. If @var{buffer} is omitted or @code{nil},
images are removed from the current buffer.
-This remove only images that were put into @var{buffer} the way
+This removes only images that were put into @var{buffer} the way
@code{put-image} does it, not images that were inserted with
@code{insert-image} or in other ways.
@end defun
@defopt mode-line-inverse-video
This variable controls the use of inverse video for mode lines and menu
bars. If it is non-@code{nil}, then these lines are displayed in
-inverse video. Otherwise, they lines are displayed normally, just like
+inverse video. Otherwise, these lines are displayed normally, just like
other text. The default is @code{t}.
For window frames, this feature actually applies the face named
@item pc
Emacs is displaying using MS-DOS.
@item w32
-Emacs is displaying using Windows NT or Windows 9x.
+Emacs is displaying using Windows.
@item mac
Emacs is displaying using a Macintosh.
@item nil
might as well be reused, since no one will miss them. The second
(``sweep'') phase of the garbage collector arranges to reuse them.
-??? Maybe add something describing weak hash tables here?
+@c ??? Maybe add something describing weak hash tables here?
@cindex free list
The sweep phase puts unused cons cells onto a @dfn{free list}
Alas, we can't explain all the tricky details here.
You must not use C initializers for static or global variables unless
-the variables are never stored in once Emacs is dumped. These variables
+the variables are never written once Emacs is dumped. These variables
with initializers are allocated in an area of memory that becomes
read-only (on certain operating systems) as a result of dumping Emacs.
@xref{Pure Storage}.
@table @code
@item beg
-This field contains the Actual address of the buffer contents.
+This field contains the actual address of the buffer contents.
@item got
This holds the character position of the gap in the buffer.
This flag is set when narrowing changes in a buffer.
@item prevent_redisplay_optimizations_p
-A flag indicating the redisplay optiomizations should not be used
+this flag indicates that redisplay optimizations should not be used
to display this buffer.
@item undo_list
bar. Emacs supports tool bars starting with version 21.
The frame parameter @code{tool-bar-lines} (X resource @samp{toolBar})
-controls how may lines' worth of height to reserve for the tool bar. A
+controls how many lines' worth of height to reserve for the tool bar. A
zero value suppresses the tool bar. If the value is nonzero, and
@code{auto-resize-tool-bars} is non-@code{nil}, the tool bar expands and
contracts automatically as needed to hold the specified contents.
@table @asis
@item item 0
-Used when the iitem is enabled and selected.
+Used when the item is enabled and selected.
@item item 1
Used when the item is enabled and deselected.
@item item 2
its @sc{car} slot currently holds, and likewise for the @sc{cdr}.
A list is a series of cons cells ``chained together,'' so that each
-cell refers to the next one. There one cons cell for each element of
+cell refers to the next one. There is one cons cell for each element of
the list. By convention, the @sc{car}s of the cons cells hold the
elements of the list, and the @sc{cdr}s are used to chain the list: the
@sc{cdr} slot of each cons cell refers to the following cons cell. The
Preloaded libraries don't contribute initially to @code{load-history}.
Instead, preloading writes information about preloaded libraries into a
-file, which can be loaded later on to to add information to
+file, which can be loaded later on to add information to
@code{load-history} describing the preloaded files. This file is
installed in @code{exec-directory} and has a name of the form
@file{fns-@var{emacsversion}.el}.
@code{imenu-extract-index-name-function}:
@defvar imenu-prev-index-position-function
-If this variable is non-@code{nil}, its value should be a funtion that
+If this variable is non-@code{nil}, its value should be a function that
finds the next ``definition'' to put in the buffer index, scanning
backward in the buffer from point. It should return @code{nil} if it
doesn't find another ``definition'' before point. Otherwise it shuould
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