; Fix some ungrammatical uses of "allows to"

* doc/emacs/anti.texi (Antinews):
* etc/NEWS:
* etc/NEWS.29:
* lib/cdefs.h:
* lisp/tab-bar.el (tab-bar-select-restore-windows):
* lisp/vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-print-log-follow):
* m4/gnulib-common.m4 (gl_CHECK_FUNCS_SET_RESULTS):
(gl_CHECK_FUNCS_ANDROID): Fix ungrammatical uses of "allows to".

(cherry picked from commit baaf97ce1a1f14e1b999ad17084022a725fbcccc)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/anti.texi b/doc/emacs/anti.texi
index bf355ff1feaf7d4d5738949f1a7922e9924b4ac2..97110dc8cdb56777e9a3594dee7357cfbe7066a3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/anti.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/anti.texi
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ tool bars on the bottom.  For the same reasons @code{modifier-bar-mode}
 is now gone.
 
 @item
-The command @code{recover-file} no longer allows to display the diffs
+The command @code{recover-file} no longer allows displaying the diffs
 between a file and its auto-save file.  You either want to recover a
 file or you don't; confusing users with a third alternative when they
 are anxious already by the possibility of losing precious edits is

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.29 b/etc/NEWS.29
index 817534ee3aef15f82624f23c2e7e13b6a0e67236..13a78c675001d6978d688c3bc7602de7abfa8608 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.29
+++ b/etc/NEWS.29
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ The intention is that this command can be used to access a wide
 variety of version control system-specific functionality from VC
 without complexifying either the VC command set or the backend API.
 
-*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer allows to commit only some of the changes.
+*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer allows committing only some of the changes.
 This command is intended to allow you to commit only some of the
 changes you have in your working tree.  Begin by creating a buffer
 with the changes against the last commit, e.g. with 'C-x v D'
@@ -3528,7 +3528,7 @@ The variables 'connection-local-profile-alist' and
 make it more convenient to inspect and modify them.
 
 *** New function 'connection-local-update-profile-variables'.
-This function allows to modify the settings of an existing
+This function allows modifying the settings of an existing
 connection-local profile.
 
 *** New macro 'with-connection-local-application-variables'.
@@ -4045,8 +4045,8 @@ measured will be counted for the purpose of calculating the text
 dimensions.
 
 ** 'window-text-pixel-size' understands a new meaning of FROM.
-Specifying a cons as the FROM argument allows to start measuring text
-from a specified amount of pixels above or below a position.
+Specifying a cons as the FROM argument allows starting the measurement
+of text from a specified amount of pixels above or below a position.
 
 ** 'window-body-width' and 'window-body-height' can use remapped faces.
 Specifying 'remap' as the PIXELWISE argument now checks if the default

diff --git a/lib/cdefs.h b/lib/cdefs.h
index d38382ad9d80f11f2c6bd255d502f87c63fe26d0..02fcabce722366f1fad24657d15eeebfdd9db334 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/cdefs.h
+++ b/lib/cdefs.h
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* ISO C99 also allows to declare arrays as non-overlapping.  The syntax is
+/* ISO C99 also allows declaring arrays as non-overlapping.  The syntax is
      array_name[restrict]
    GCC 3.1 and clang support this.
    This syntax is not usable in C++ mode.  */

diff --git a/lisp/tab-bar.el b/lisp/tab-bar.el
index 0eb00ec9e9049f71da64d20b4a8c2f5e9b569c29..3848558a111001be038a58833f2e4927fec77b7f 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/tab-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/tab-bar.el
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ in the same window to give information about the killed buffer."
 
 (defun tab-bar-select-restore-windows (_frame windows _type)
   "Display a placeholder buffer in the window whose buffer was killed.
-A button in the window allows to restore the killed buffer,
+A button in the window allows restoring the killed buffer,
 if it was visiting a file."
   (dolist (quad windows)
     (when (window-live-p (nth 0 quad))

diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index dedf6fdd219c5502b43ebd5f3e57a4fa1ebe1518..3ae08a591053e2ed11cc38932c9785b96cba0b7d 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ way may omit certain (merge) commits, and that `log-view-diff'
 fails on commits that used the previous name, in that log buffer.
 
 When this variable is nil, and the log ends with a rename, we
-show a button below that which allows to show the log for the
+show a button below that which allows showing the log for the
 file name before the rename."
   :type 'boolean
   :version "26.1")

diff --git a/m4/gnulib-common.m4 b/m4/gnulib-common.m4
index b34b4534bfe6e79dfd3e3df49c16f4183a6639b3..06dd6029759612ee05fcb7d5277722ad92b579a5 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/gnulib-common.m4
+++ b/m4/gnulib-common.m4
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ dnl
 dnl This macro sets two variables:
 dnl   - gl_cv_onwards_func_<func>   to yes / no / "future OS version"
 dnl   - ac_cv_func_<func>           to yes / no / no
-dnl The first variable allows to distinguish all three cases.
+dnl The first variable allows distinguishing all three cases.
 dnl The second variable is set, so that an invocation
 dnl   gl_CHECK_FUNCS_ANDROID([func], [[#include <foo.h>]])
 dnl can be used as a drop-in replacement for
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ dnl
 dnl This macro sets two variables:
 dnl   - gl_cv_onwards_func_<func>   to yes / no / "future OS version"
 dnl   - ac_cv_func_<func>           to yes / no / no
-dnl The first variable allows to distinguish all three cases.
+dnl The first variable allows distinguishing all three cases.
 dnl The second variable is set, so that an invocation
 dnl   gl_CHECK_FUNCS_MACOS([func], [[#include <foo.h>]])
 dnl can be used as a drop-in replacement for