Replace `iff'.

diff --git a/etc/GNUS-NEWS b/etc/GNUS-NEWS
index fce326fc0d0c2981c2416dab763a41f2603e5017..f09451af8055e9153ad39eb8695eeb6035e54f20 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/GNUS-NEWS
+++ b/etc/GNUS-NEWS
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'.
 
 Use `make.bat' if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the first
 argument to the batch-program should be the directory where `xemacs.exe'
-respectively `emacs.exe' is located, iff you want to install Gnus after
+respectively `emacs.exe' is located, if you want to install Gnus after
 compiling it, give `make.bat' `/copy' as the second parameter.
 
 `make.bat' has been rewritten from scratch, it now features automatic
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ as external parts.
 
 ** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically.
 
-Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was
+Earlier it was generated when the user configurable email address was
 different from the Gnus guessed default user address.  As the guessing
 algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the
 only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f1a2ad28ca85bf359ae31b7657278b108c9e6d55..7c0712ca7248496355880c1eea2ec8ed53a16d56 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3558,8 +3558,8 @@ that is, floats are compared by value and other elements with `eq'.
 
 *** New functions `string-or-null-p' and `booleanp'.
 
-`string-or-null-p' returns non-nil iff OBJECT is a string or nil.
-`booleanp' returns non-nil iff OBJECT is t or nil.
+`string-or-null-p' returns non-nil if OBJECT is a string or nil.
+`booleanp' returns non-nil if OBJECT is t or nil.
 
 *** `makehash' is now obsolete.  Use `make-hash-table' instead.
 

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.1-17 b/etc/NEWS.1-17
index 4e5243ea0c482c476fdefe1fef6f469f96586071..7bc30e5d2283ea53f9ed617f4addc2d302276e67 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.1-17
+++ b/etc/NEWS.1-17
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ whether and where a line has a comment.
 
 * New function `auto-save-file-name-p'
 
-Should return non-`nil' iff given a string which is the name of an
+Should return non-`nil' if given a string which is the name of an
 auto-save file (sans directory name).  If you redefine
 `make-auto-save-file-name', you should redefine this accordingly.  By
 default, this function returns `t' for filenames beginning with

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.19 b/etc/NEWS.19
index 2f3e83fb946c040f6c6cdf5a9dd314fe68f8bd5c..08573703c04f5644a86b8ac8f736ddfb9c2485ee 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.19
+++ b/etc/NEWS.19
@@ -5133,8 +5133,8 @@ using X).
 ** It is now simpler to tell Emacs to display accented characters under
 X windows.  M-x standard-display-european toggles the display of
 buffer text according to the ISO Latin-1 standard.  With a prefix
-argument, this command enables European character display iff the
-argument is positive.
+argument, this command enables European character display if and only
+if the argument is positive.
 
 ** The `-i' command-line argument tells Emacs to use a picture of the
 GNU gnu as its icon, instead of letting the window manager choose an

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.21 b/etc/NEWS.21
index 91a37be827633ba05bb4df7d718ac3b8dd1d241a..a4c42a6479ada02d5f518b88d8e5b2947ea06857 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.21
+++ b/etc/NEWS.21
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ value is returned.  If no window satisfies PREDICATE, DEFAULT is
 returned.
 
 Optional second arg MINIBUF t means count the minibuffer window even
-if not active.  MINIBUF nil or omitted means count the minibuffer iff
+if not active.  MINIBUF nil or omitted means count the minibuffer if
 it is active.  MINIBUF neither t nor nil means not to count the
 minibuffer even if it is active.