From 28665d46c3222733ba0e024f21d39be2d88087d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:29:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor spelling and grammar corrections. --- man/ack.texi | 4 ++-- man/ada-mode.texi | 6 +++--- man/autotype.texi | 2 +- man/calc.texi | 40 +++++++++++++++++----------------------- man/cc-mode.texi | 8 ++++---- man/ediff.texi | 6 +++--- man/emacs-mime.texi | 2 +- man/emacs.texi | 4 ++-- man/eshell.texi | 8 ++++---- man/faq.texi | 8 ++++---- man/files.texi | 2 +- man/forms.texi | 2 +- man/gnus.texi | 24 ++++++++++++------------ man/idlwave.texi | 8 ++++---- man/maintaining.texi | 2 +- man/message.texi | 2 +- man/pcl-cvs.texi | 4 ++-- man/reftex.texi | 8 ++++---- man/sc.texi | 2 +- man/tramp.texi | 12 ++++++------ man/woman.texi | 20 ++++++++++---------- 21 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ack.texi b/man/ack.texi index 5863d7924ae..e104c4b2cc4 100644 --- a/man/ack.texi +++ b/man/ack.texi @@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ Richard Stallman invented Emacs, and then wrote: @itemize @minus @item -@file{easymeny.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus, +@file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus, @item @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code, @item @@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ Emacs text to Postscript. @item Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for -editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpeter as an Emacs +editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs subprocess. @item diff --git a/man/ada-mode.texi b/man/ada-mode.texi index ed0976a008c..b67b08348a0 100644 --- a/man/ada-mode.texi +++ b/man/ada-mode.texi @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. defined in your application * File Browser:: Easy access to your files * Automatic Smart Indentation:: Indenting your code automatically as you type -* Formatting Parameter Lists:: Formating subprograms parameter lists +* Formatting Parameter Lists:: Formatting subprograms' parameter lists automatically * Automatic Casing:: Adjusting the case of words automatically * Statement Templates:: Inserting code templates @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ automatic color highlighting of the various entities in Ada code. switching between spec and body files with eventually auto-generation of body files, @item -automatic formating of subprograms parameter lists. +automatic formatting of subprograms' parameter lists. @item automatic smart indentation according to Ada syntax, @item @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ you can directly click on them to open the right file at the right place. You can activate this mode by typing @key{M-x speedbar} in the editor. -This will open a new frame. A better way might be to assicate the +This will open a new frame. A better way might be to associate the following key binding @example diff --git a/man/autotype.texi b/man/autotype.texi index 9fd08fc1a6e..aeaaa91d079 100644 --- a/man/autotype.texi +++ b/man/autotype.texi @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ files insert a skeleton with the usual frame. source files insert the usual header, with a copyright of your environment variable @env{$ORGANIZATION} or else the FSF, and prompt for valid keywords describing the contents. Files in a @file{bin} -directory for which Emacs could determine no specialised mode +directory for which Emacs could determine no specialized mode (@pxref{(emacs)Choosing Modes}) are set to Shell script mode. @findex define-auto-insert diff --git a/man/calc.texi b/man/calc.texi index 485a05ac359..631b810f09e 100644 --- a/man/calc.texi +++ b/man/calc.texi @@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ trail-related commands. Each entry on the line shows one command, with a single capital letter showing which letter you press to get that command. We have used @kbd{t n}, @kbd{t p}, @kbd{t ]}, and @kbd{t y} so far. The @samp{[MORE]} means you can press @kbd{?} -again to see more @kbd{t}-prefix comands. Notice that the commands +again to see more @kbd{t}-prefix commands. Notice that the commands are roughly divided (by semicolons) into related groups. When you are in the help display for a prefix key, the prefix is @@ -4485,7 +4485,7 @@ infinity again. Finally, we add this plus infinity to the minus infinity we had earlier. If you work it out, you might expect the answer to be @i{-72} for this. But the 72 has been completely lost next to the infinities; by the time we compute @w{@samp{inf - inf}} -the finite difference between them, if any, is indetectable. +the finite difference between them, if any, is undetectable. So we say the result is @dfn{indeterminate}, which Calc writes with the symbol @code{nan} (for Not A Number). @@ -8236,14 +8236,8 @@ argument is exactly what we want to map over: @end group @end smallexample -@ifinfo @noindent -Et voila, September 13, 1991 is a Friday. -@end ifinfo -@tex -\noindent -{\it Et voil{\accent"12 a}}, September 13, 1991 is a Friday. -@end tex +Et voil@`a, September 13, 1991 is a Friday. @smallexample @group @@ -10071,7 +10065,7 @@ Bugs'' sections of the manual. @noindent @cindex Stack basics @c [fix-tut RPN Calculations and the Stack] -Calc uses RPN notation. If you are not familar with RPN, @pxref{RPN +Calc uses RPN notation. If you are not familiar with RPN, @pxref{RPN Tutorial}. To add the numbers 1 and 2 in Calc you would type the keys: @@ -11130,7 +11124,7 @@ precision is 15, the seconds will keep three digits after the decimal point. Decreasing the precision below 12 may cause the time part of a date form to become inaccurate. This can also happen if astronomically high years are used, though this will not be an -issue in everyday (or even everymillenium) use. Note that date +issue in everyday (or even everymillennium) use. Note that date forms without times are stored as exact integers, so roundoff is never an issue for them. @@ -17174,7 +17168,7 @@ falls in this hour results in a time value for the following hour, from 3 a.m.@: to 4 a.m. At the end of daylight savings time, the hour from 1 a.m.@: to 2 a.m.@: repeats itself; converting a date/time form that falls in in this hour results in a time value for the first -manifestion of that time (@emph{not} the one that occurs one hour later). +manifestation of that time (@emph{not} the one that occurs one hour later). If @code{math-daylight-savings-hook} is @code{nil}, then the daylight savings adjustment is always taken to be zero. @@ -17971,7 +17965,7 @@ flag keys must be used to get some of these functions from the keyboard. @cindex @code{phi} variable @cindex Phi, golden ratio @cindex Golden ratio -One miscellanous command is shift-@kbd{P} (@code{calc-pi}), which pushes +One miscellaneous command is shift-@kbd{P} (@code{calc-pi}), which pushes the value of @c{$\pi$} @cite{pi} (at the current precision) onto the stack. With the Hyperbolic flag, it pushes the value @cite{e}, the base of natural logarithms. @@ -19927,7 +19921,7 @@ the integer 4 and the float 4.0 are considered equal even though they are not ``identical.'' Variables are treated like plain symbols without attached values by the set operations; subtracting the set @samp{[b]} from @samp{[a, b]} always yields the set @samp{[a]} even though if -the variables @samp{a} and @samp{b} both equalled 17, you might +the variables @samp{a} and @samp{b} both equaled 17, you might expect the answer @samp{[]}. If a set contains interval forms, then it is assumed to be a set of @@ -23379,7 +23373,7 @@ list of numerical roots, however, provided that symbolic mode (@kbd{m s}) is not turned on. (If you work with symbolic mode on, recall that the @kbd{N} (@code{calc-eval-num}) key is a handy way to reevaluate the formula on the stack with symbolic mode temporarily off.) Naturally, -@kbd{a P} can only provide numerical roots if the polynomial coefficents +@kbd{a P} can only provide numerical roots if the polynomial coefficients are all numbers (real or complex). @node Solving Systems of Equations, Decomposing Polynomials, Multiple Solutions, Solving Equations @@ -24145,7 +24139,7 @@ is simply scaled uniformly by @c{$1 / \sigma^2$} where it has a minimum). But there @emph{will} be a difference in the estimated errors of the coefficients reported by @kbd{H a F}. -Consult any text on statistical modelling of data for a discussion +Consult any text on statistical modeling of data for a discussion of where these error estimates come from and how they should be interpreted. @@ -26017,7 +26011,7 @@ binding one summand to @cite{x} and the other to @cite{y}, and it matches anything else by binding the whole expression to @cite{x} and zero to @cite{y}. The other operators above work similarly.@refill -For general miscellanous functions, the default value @code{def} +For general miscellaneous functions, the default value @code{def} must be specified. Optional arguments are dropped starting with the rightmost one during matching. For example, the pattern @samp{f(opt(a,0), b, opt(c,b))} will match @samp{f(b)}, @samp{f(a,b)}, @@ -26499,7 +26493,7 @@ f(!!!a, a) := g(a) will be careful to bind @samp{a} to the second argument of @code{f} before testing the first argument. If Calc had tried to match the first argument of @code{f} first, the results would have been -disasterous: Since @code{a} was unbound so far, the pattern @samp{a} +disastrous: since @code{a} was unbound so far, the pattern @samp{a} would have matched anything at all, and the pattern @samp{!!!a} therefore would @emph{not} have matched anything at all! @@ -27050,7 +27044,7 @@ This will simplify the formula whenever @cite{b} and/or @cite{c} can be made simpler by squaring. For example, applying this rule to @samp{2 / (sqrt(2) + 3)} yields @samp{6:7 - 2:7 sqrt(2)} (assuming Symbolic Mode has been enabled to keep the square root from being -evaulated to a floating-point approximation). This rule is also +evaluated to a floating-point approximation). This rule is also useful when working with symbolic complex numbers, e.g., @samp{(a + b i) / (c + d i)}. @@ -27903,7 +27897,7 @@ names rather than prompting for the variable name. @pindex calc-permanent-variable @cindex Storing variables @cindex Permanent variables -@cindex @file{.emacs} file, veriables +@cindex @file{.emacs} file, variables The @kbd{s p} (@code{calc-permanent-variable}) command saves a variable's value permanently in your @file{.emacs} file, so that its value will still be available in future Emacs sessions. You can @@ -29874,7 +29868,7 @@ Subformulas}, to see how this works). @kindex M-# j @pindex calc-embedded-select The @kbd{M-# j} (@code{calc-embedded-select}) command provides an -easy way to operate on assigments. It is just like @kbd{M-# e}, +easy way to operate on assignments. It is just like @kbd{M-# e}, except that if the enabled formula is an assignment, it uses @kbd{j 2} to select the righthand side. If the enabled formula is an evaluates-to, it uses @kbd{j 1} to select the lefthand side. @@ -31736,7 +31730,7 @@ The strategy is to ensure that @cite{x} is nonnegative before calling to a suitable range, namely, plus-or-minus @c{$\pi \over 4$} @cite{pi/4}. Note that each test, and particularly the first comparison against 7, is designed so -that small roundoff errors cannnot produce an infinite loop. (Suppose +that small roundoff errors cannot produce an infinite loop. (Suppose we compared with @samp{(two-pi)} instead; if due to roundoff problems the modulo operator ever returned @samp{(two-pi)} exactly, an infinite recursion could result!) We use modulo only for arguments that will @@ -31911,7 +31905,7 @@ treat them as ``black box'' objects with no important internal structure. There is also a @code{rawnum} symbol, which is a combination of -@code{raw} (returning a raw Calc object) and @code{num} (signalling +@code{raw} (returning a raw Calc object) and @code{num} (signaling an error if that object is not a constant). You can pass a raw Calc object to @code{calc-eval} in place of a diff --git a/man/cc-mode.texi b/man/cc-mode.texi index 8f4d01fa068..ef98f8ee38e 100644 --- a/man/cc-mode.texi +++ b/man/cc-mode.texi @@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ returns a non-@code{nil} value succeeds and the evaluation stops. If none of the list elements return a non-@code{nil} value, then an offset of 0 (zero) is used@footnote{There is however a variable @code{c-strict-syntax-p} that, when set to non-@code{nil}, will cause an -error to be signalled in that case. It's now considered obsolete since +error to be signaled in that case. It's now considered obsolete since it doesn't work well with some of the alignment functions that now returns @code{nil} instead of zero to be more usable in lists. You should therefore leave @code{c-strict-syntax-p} set to @code{nil}.}. @@ -2301,7 +2301,7 @@ for C code in GNU programs. @item @code{bsd} --- Also known as ``Allman style'' after Eric Allman. -@cindex Whitesmith style +@cindex Whitesmiths style @item @code{whitesmith} --- Popularized by the examples that came with Whitesmiths C, an early commercial C compiler. @@ -4163,7 +4163,7 @@ construct. @findex c-lineup-whitesmith-in-block @findex lineup-whitesmith-in-block (c-) @item c-lineup-whitesmith-in-block -Line up lines inside a block in Whitesmith style. It's done in a way +Line up lines inside a block in Whitesmiths style. It's done in a way that works both when the opening brace hangs and when it doesn't. E.g: @example @group @@ -4305,7 +4305,7 @@ As mentioned previous, @ccmode{} always trades speed for accuracy, however it is recognized that sometimes you need speed and can sacrifice some accuracy in indentation. The file @file{cc-lobotomy.el} contains hacks that will ``dumb down'' @ccmode{} in some specific ways, making -that trade-off of accurancy for speed. I won't go into details of its +that trade-off of accuracy for speed. I won't go into details of its use here; you should read the comments at the top of the file, and look at the variable @code{cc-lobotomy-pith-list} for details. diff --git a/man/ediff.texi b/man/ediff.texi index f4256fc55ae..5afe60e5e52 100644 --- a/man/ediff.texi +++ b/man/ediff.texi @@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ utility to change the original files on disk. This is not that dangerous, since you will always have the original contents of the file saved in another file that has the extension @file{.orig}. Furthermore, if the file is under version control, then you can always back -out to one of the previous versions (see the section on Version Countrol in -Emacs manual). +out to one of the previous versions (see the section on Version Control in +the Emacs manual). @code{ediff-patch-file} is careful about versions control: if the file to be patched is checked in, then Ediff will offer to check it out, because @@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ reduce the risk of developing a cataract. In other situations, the currently highlighted region might be big and you might want to reconcile of them interactively. -All of this can be done with the above comand, @kbd{=}, which +All of this can be done with the above command, @kbd{=}, which compares regions within Ediff buffers. Typing @kbd{=} creates a child Ediff session for comparing regions in buffers A, B, or C as follows. diff --git a/man/emacs-mime.texi b/man/emacs-mime.texi index 4059c28af8f..1f8d23ce470 100644 --- a/man/emacs-mime.texi +++ b/man/emacs-mime.texi @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ Use the contents of the file in the body of the part @item charset The contents of the body of the part are to be encoded in the character -set speficied (@samp{Content-Type}). +set specified (@samp{Content-Type}). @item name Might be used to suggest a file name if the part is to be saved diff --git a/man/emacs.texi b/man/emacs.texi index e1fa1c041bd..ffe0e081c3c 100644 --- a/man/emacs.texi +++ b/man/emacs.texi @@ -982,8 +982,8 @@ Carpenter, Hans Chalupsky, Bob Chassell, James Clark, Mike Clarkson, Glynn Clements, Andrew Csillag, Doug Cutting, Michael DeCorte, Gary Delp, Matthieu Devin, Eri Ding, Carsten Dominik, Scott Draves, Viktor Dukhovni, John Eaton, Rolf Ebert, Stephen Eglen, Torbj@"orn Einarsson, -Tsugumoto Enami, Hans Henrik Eriksen, Michael Ernst, Ata Etemadi, -Frederick Farnback, Fred Fish, Karl Fogel, Gary Foster, Noah Friedman, +Tsugutomo Enami, Hans Henrik Eriksen, Michael Ernst, Ata Etemadi, +Frederick Farnbach, Fred Fish, Karl Fogel, Gary Foster, Noah Friedman, Keith Gabryelski, Kevin Gallagher, Kevin Gallo, Howard Gayle, Stephen Gildea, David Gillespie, Bob Glickstein, Boris Goldowsky, Michelangelo Grigni, Michael Gschwind, Henry Guillaume, Doug Gwyn, Ken'ichi Handa, diff --git a/man/eshell.texi b/man/eshell.texi index 742c279256e..1526fbaf401 100644 --- a/man/eshell.texi +++ b/man/eshell.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c "@(#)$Name: $:$Id: eshell.texi,v 1.13 2002/06/17 11:50:12 kai Exp $" +@c "@(#)$Name: $:$Id: eshell.texi,v 1.14 2002/06/17 15:55:51 kai Exp $" @c Documentation for Eshell: The Emacs Shell. @c Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ @c your option) any later version. @c GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -@c WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warraonty of +@c WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of @c MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU @c General Public License for more details. @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ scrolls back. @item Using C-p and C-n with rebind gets into a locked state -This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been unreproducable +This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been unreproducible since. @item If an interactive process is currently running, @kbd{M-!} doesn't work @@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ from @samp{!:1*}. This would allow for an ``output translators'', that take a function to modify output with, and a target. Devise a syntax that works well with -pipes, and can accomodate multiple functions (i.e., @samp{>'(upcase +pipes, and can accommodate multiple functions (i.e., @samp{>'(upcase regexp-quote)} or @samp{>'upcase}). @item Allow Eshell to read/write to/from standard input and output diff --git a/man/faq.texi b/man/faq.texi index 7f52f7940c5..b982307a4e2 100644 --- a/man/faq.texi +++ b/man/faq.texi @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ and are now included with the standard distribution. @cindex Toolbar support Emacs 21 features a thorough rewrite of the display engine. The new display engine supports variable-size fonts, images, and can play sounds -on platforms which support that. As a result, the visual appearence of +on platforms which support that. As a result, the visual appearance of Emacs, when it runs on a windowed display, is much more reminiscent of modern GUI programs, and includes 3D widgets (used for the mode line and the scroll bars), a configurable and extensible toolbar, tooltips @@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ consult the documentation of the variables @code{ps-printer-name}, @node Scrolling only one line, Replacing highlighted text, Turning on syntax highlighting, Common requests @section How can I force Emacs to scroll only one line when I move past the bottom of the screen? @cindex Scrolling only one line -@cindex Reducing the increment when scrollng +@cindex Reducing the increment when scrolling Place the following Lisp form in your @file{.emacs} file: @@ -2609,7 +2609,7 @@ Place the following Lisp form in your @file{.emacs} file: @section How can I replace highlighted text with what I type? @cindex @code{delete-selection-mode} @cindex Replacing highlighted text -@cindex Highlighing and replacing text +@cindex Highlighting and replacing text Use @code{delete-selection-mode}, which you can start automatically by placing the following Lisp form in your @file{.emacs} file: @@ -3512,7 +3512,7 @@ To get the Xmenu stuff to work, you need to find a copy of MIT's @cindex Snail mail, ordering Emacs via @cindex Postal service, ordering Emacs via @cindex Distribution, retrieving Emacs -@cindex Internet, retreiving from +@cindex Internet, retrieving from Look in the files @file{etc/DISTRIB} and @file{etc/FTP} for information on nearby archive sites and @file{etc/ORDERS} for mail orders. If you diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 9eb396fb011..0112381a180 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ pick up any recent changes from the repository first, using @kbd{C-x v m @vindex vc-cvs-global-switches The variable @code{vc-cvs-global-switches} should be a string -specifyng switches to pass to CVS for all CVS operations. +specifying switches to pass to CVS for all CVS operations. When @code{vc-cvs-stay-local} is @code{t}, VC also makes local version backups, so that simple diff and revert operations are diff --git a/man/forms.texi b/man/forms.texi index 02fa1dd5517..c7ef4aefc4b 100644 --- a/man/forms.texi +++ b/man/forms.texi @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ If the variable @code{forms-forms-scrolls} is set to a value other than @code{nil} (which it is, by default), the Emacs functions @code{scroll-up} and @code{scroll-down} will perform a @code{forms-next-record} and @code{forms-prev-record} when in forms -mode. So you can use your favourite page commands to page through the +mode. So you can use your favorite page commands to page through the data file. @vindex forms-forms-jump diff --git a/man/gnus.texi b/man/gnus.texi index 0de65081dba..55987a1bce8 100644 --- a/man/gnus.texi +++ b/man/gnus.texi @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ Article Treatment * Article Buttons:: Click on URLs, Message-IDs, addresses and the like. * Article Date:: Grumble, UT! * Article Signature:: What is a signature? -* Article Miscellania:: Various other stuff. +* Article Miscellanea:: Various other stuff. Alternative Approaches @@ -6988,7 +6988,7 @@ these articles easier. * Article Buttons:: Click on URLs, Message-IDs, addresses and the like. * Article Date:: Grumble, UT! * Article Signature:: What is a signature? -* Article Miscellania:: Various other stuff. +* Article Miscellanea:: Various other stuff. @end menu @@ -7816,8 +7816,8 @@ the regular expression @samp{^---*Forwarded article}, then it isn't a signature after all. -@node Article Miscellania -@subsection Article Miscellania +@node Article Miscellanea +@subsection Article Miscellanea @table @kbd @item A t @@ -10486,8 +10486,8 @@ server: @vindex nntp-server-opened-hook @cindex @sc{mode reader} @cindex authinfo -@cindex authentification -@cindex nntp authentification +@cindex authentication +@cindex nntp authentication @findex nntp-send-authinfo @findex nntp-send-mode-reader is run after a connection has been made. It can be used to send @@ -10706,7 +10706,7 @@ This works for Solaris @code{telnet}, for instance. @findex nntp-open-ssl-stream @item nntp-open-ssl-stream Opens a connection to a server over a @dfn{secure} channel. To use this -you must have SSLay installed +you must have SSLeay installed (@uref{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL}, and you also need @file{ssl.el} (from the W3 distribution, for instance). You then define a server as follows: @@ -16088,7 +16088,7 @@ each instance of a word should add given a mark. (,gnus-del-mark . -15))) @end lisp -This is the default value. If you have adaption on words enabled, every +This is the default value. If you adapt on words, every word that appears in subjects of articles marked with @code{gnus-read-mark} will result in a score rule that increase the score with 30 points. @@ -16974,7 +16974,7 @@ four days, Gnus will decay the scores four times, for instance. * Compilation:: How to speed Gnus up. * Mode Lines:: Displaying information in the mode lines. * Highlighting and Menus:: Making buffers look all nice and cozy. -* Buttons:: Get tendonitis in ten easy steps! +* Buttons:: Get tendinitis in ten easy steps! * Daemons:: Gnus can do things behind your back. * NoCeM:: How to avoid spam and other fatty foods. * Undo:: Some actions can be undone. @@ -19890,7 +19890,7 @@ considered home score and adapt files (@pxref{Home Score File}) have been added. @item -@code{nndoc} was rewritten to be easily extendable (@pxref{Document +@code{nndoc} was rewritten to be easily extensible (@pxref{Document Server Internals}). @item @@ -19997,7 +19997,7 @@ More hooks and functions have been added to remove junk from incoming mail before saving the mail (@pxref{Washing Mail}). @item -Emphasized text can be properly fontisized: +Emphasized text can be properly fontified: @end itemize @@ -20423,7 +20423,7 @@ original. @cindex ephemeral groups Most groups store data on what articles you have read. @dfn{Ephemeral} groups are groups that will have no data stored---when you exit the -group, it'll disappear into the aether. +group, it'll disappear into the ether. @item solid groups @cindex solid groups diff --git a/man/idlwave.texi b/man/idlwave.texi index 9e04d43b012..a087e3e0778 100644 --- a/man/idlwave.texi +++ b/man/idlwave.texi @@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ When you ask for routine information about an object method, and the method exists in several classes, IDLWAVE queries for the class of the object, unless the class is already known through a text property on the @samp{->} operator (@pxref{Object Method Completion and Class -Ambiguity}), or by having been explicity included in the call +Ambiguity}), or by having been explicitly included in the call (e.g. @code{a->myclass::Foo}). @cindex Calling sequences @@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ entire class inheritance chain. This is often referred to as @emph{chaining}, and is characterized by chained method calls like @w{@code{self->MySuperClass::SetProperty,_EXTRA=e}}. -IDLWAVE can accomodate this special synergy between class and keyword +IDLWAVE can accommodate this special synergy between class and keyword inheritance: if @code{_EXTRA} or @code{_REF_EXTRA} are detected among a method's keyword parameters, all keywords of superclass versions of the method being considered are included in completion. The completion @@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ expansion. @cindex Modification timestamp @cindex Header, for file documentation @cindex Timestamp, in doc header. -@cindex Changelog, in doc header. +@cindex ChangeLog, in doc header. @kindex C-c C-h @kindex C-c C-m @@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ execution is stopped in a buffer due to a triggered breakpoint or error, or while composing a long command in the IDLWAVE shell. In the latter case, the command is sent to the shell and its output is visible, but point remains unmoved in the command being composed --- you can inspect -the contituents of a command you're building without interrupting the +the constituents of a command you're building without interrupting the process of building it! You can even print arbitrary expressions from older input or output further up in the shell window --- any expression, variable, number, or function you see can be examined. diff --git a/man/maintaining.texi b/man/maintaining.texi index 16d63a463d2..fcc596d03ca 100644 --- a/man/maintaining.texi +++ b/man/maintaining.texi @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ In La@TeX{} text, the argument of any of the commands @code{\chapter}, @code{\section}, @code{\subsection}, @code{\subsubsection}, @code{\eqno}, @code{\label}, @code{\ref}, @code{\cite}, @code{\bibitem}, @code{\part}, @code{\appendix}, @code{\entry}, -@code{\index}, @code{\def}, @code{\newcomand}, @code{\renewcommand}, +@code{\index}, @code{\def}, @code{\newcommand}, @code{\renewcommand}, @code{\newenvironment} or @code{\renewenvironment} is a tag.@refill Other commands can make tags as well, if you specify them in the diff --git a/man/message.texi b/man/message.texi index 96d9e354581..7274fb370f2 100644 --- a/man/message.texi +++ b/man/message.texi @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software -to use abonimations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } +to use abominations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } (``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I diff --git a/man/pcl-cvs.texi b/man/pcl-cvs.texi index 9c370662265..20a5fb4412b 100644 --- a/man/pcl-cvs.texi +++ b/man/pcl-cvs.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c "@(#)$Name: $:$Id: pcl-cvs.texi,v 1.14 2002/02/13 22:30:34 monnier Exp $" +@c "@(#)$Name: $:$Id: pcl-cvs.texi,v 1.15 2002/04/09 18:41:56 monnier Exp $" @c Documentation for the GNU Emacs CVS mode. @c Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ on both the functionality and the documentation.@refill @file{pcl-cvs-xemacs.el}.@refill @item -Leif Lonnblad contributed RCVS support (since superceded by the new +Leif Lonnblad contributed RCVS support (since superseded by the new remote CVS support). @item diff --git a/man/reftex.texi b/man/reftex.texi index 5a29f125ef8..738156c6f8e 100644 --- a/man/reftex.texi +++ b/man/reftex.texi @@ -1632,9 +1632,9 @@ logic @code{and} for regular expressions. For example @samp{Einstein&&Bose} will match all articles which mention Bose-Einstein condensation, or which are co-authored by Bose and Einstein. When entering the regular expression, you can complete on -known citation keys. RefTeX also offeres a default when prompting for a +known citation keys. RefTeX also offers a default when prompting for a regular expression. This default is the word before the cursor or the -word before the current @samp{\cite} comand. Sometimes this may be a +word before the current @samp{\cite} command. Sometimes this may be a good search key.@refill @cindex @code{\bibliography} @@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ Make a citation using BibTeX database files. After prompting for a regular expression, scans the buffers with BibTeX entries (taken from the @code{\bibliography} command or a @code{thebibliography} environment) and offers the matching entries for selection. The selected entry is -formated according to @code{reftex-cite-format} and inserted into the +formatted according to @code{reftex-cite-format} and inserted into the buffer.@refill @* When called with one or two @kbd{C-u} prefixes, first rescans the document. When called with a numeric prefix, make that many citations. @@ -5448,7 +5448,7 @@ New option @code{reftex-toc-max-level} to limit the depth of the toc. New key binding @kbd{t} in the @file{*toc*} buffer to change this setting.@refill @item -RefTeX maintaines an @file{Index Phrases} file in which phrases can be +RefTeX maintains an @file{Index Phrases} file in which phrases can be collected. When the document is ready, RefTeX can search all these phrases and assist indexing all matches.@refill @item diff --git a/man/sc.texi b/man/sc.texi index 30357640a48..2c7fd382ca2 100644 --- a/man/sc.texi +++ b/man/sc.texi @@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ of the following elements:@refill @table @asis @item the symbol @code{continue} This tells Regi to continue processing entries after a match, instead of -reseting the frame and moving @samp{point}. In this way, lines of text +resetting the frame and moving @samp{point}. In this way, lines of text can have multiple matches, but you have to be careful to avoid entering infinite loops. diff --git a/man/tramp.texi b/man/tramp.texi index 5b764386eab..daf32c7c184 100644 --- a/man/tramp.texi +++ b/man/tramp.texi @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ recognizes. One can be found in a default install at @file{/usr/info/dir}. Copy the top of this file down to the first occurrence of `* Menu' including that line plus one more blank line, to your working directory @file{texi/dir}, or use the sample provided -in the @file{texi} directroy of this distribution. See +in the @file{texi} directory of this distribution. See @file{texi/dir_sample} Once a @file{dir} file is in place, this command will make the entry. @@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ differ. @cindex methods, external transfer @cindex methods, out-of-band Loading or saving a remote file requires that the content of the file -be transfered between the two machines. The content of the file can be -transfered over the same connection used to log in to the remote -machine or the file can be transfered through another connection using +be transferred between the two machines. The content of the file can be +transferred over the same connection used to log in to the remote +machine or the file can be transferred through another connection using a remote copy program such as @command{rcp}, @command{scp} or @command{rsync}. The former are called @dfn{inline methods}, the latter are called @dfn{out-of-band methods} or @dfn{external transfer @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ There are also two variants, @option{sm-ssh1} and @option{sm-ssh2} that use the @command{ssh1} and @command{ssh2} commands explicitly. If you don't know what these are, you do not need these options. -All the methods based on @command{ssh} have an additional kludgy +All the methods based on @command{ssh} have an additional kludgey feature: you can specify a host name which looks like @file{host#42} (the real host name, then a hash sign, then a port number). This means to connect to the given host but to also pass @code{-p 42} as @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ The cost of the cryptographic handshake at the start of an @command{scp} session can begin to absorb the advantage that the lack of encoding and decoding presents. -All the @command{ssh} based methods support the kludgy @samp{-p} +All the @command{ssh} based methods support the kludgey @samp{-p} feature where you can specify a port number to connect to in the host name. For example, the host name @file{host#42} tells Tramp to specify @samp{-p 42} in the argument list for @command{ssh}. diff --git a/man/woman.texi b/man/woman.texi index ecafbe44794..aee55b2a28c 100644 --- a/man/woman.texi +++ b/man/woman.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c $Id: woman.texi,v 1.9 2002/07/01 08:05:00 rms Exp $ +@c $Id: woman.texi,v 1.10 2002/07/01 08:06:37 rms Exp $ @c %**start of header @setfilename ../info/woman @settitle WoMan: Browse Unix Manual Pages ``W.O. (without) Man'' @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ advantage of the display capabilities available to it, and I hope to develop WoMan to take advantage of developments in Emacs itself. At present, WoMan uses several display faces to support bold and italic text, to indicate other fonts, etc. The default faces are also -coloured, but the choice of faces is customizable. WoMan provides menu +colored, but the choice of faces is customizable. WoMan provides menu support for navigation and mouse support for following references, in addition to the navigation facilities provided by @code{man} mode. WoMan has (this) texinfo documentation! @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ the @file{site-lisp} directory in your Emacs file tree, e.g.@: @var{version} is your Emacs version), provided you have write access to it. If you use a directory that is not included by default in your Emacs load path then you need to add something like this to your -@file{.emacs} initialisation file: +@file{.emacs} initialization file: @lisp (add-to-list 'load-path "my-lisp") @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ harm.) @heading Setup Setup that is either necessary or desirable consists of adding a small -amount of Emacs Lisp code to your @file{.emacs} initialisation file. It +amount of Emacs Lisp code to your @file{.emacs} initialization file. It may be necessary (or at least convenient) to make WoMan autoload (if you are not running GNU Emacs 21 or later) and to set the search path used by the @code{woman} interface. You may also find it convenient to make @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ loaded, then add the following to your @file{.emacs} file: (By default, WoMan will automatically define the dired keys @kbd{W} and @kbd{w} when it loads, but only if they are not already defined. This -behaviour is controlled by the user option @code{woman-dired-keys}. +behavior is controlled by the user option @code{woman-dired-keys}. Note that the @code{dired-x} (dired extra) package binds @code{dired-copy-filename-as-kill} to the key @kbd{w}, although @kbd{W} appears to be unused. The @code{dired-x} package will over-write the @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ file: If you really want to square the man-woman circle then you can! If you run the GNU command interpreter @code{bash} then you might care to define the following @code{bash} function in your @code{bash} -initialisation file @file{.bashrc}: +initialization file @file{.bashrc}: @example man() @{ gnudoit -q '(raise-frame (selected-frame)) (woman' \"$1\" ')' ; @} @@ -1396,11 +1396,11 @@ formatting. @item woman-bold-headings A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then embolden section and subsection headings. Default is @code{t}. [Heading emboldening is @emph{not} standard -@code{man} behaviour.] +@code{man} behavior.] @item woman-ignore A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then unrecognised requests etc. are -ignored. Default is @code{t}. This gives the standard @code{ROFF} behaviour. +ignored. Default is @code{t}. This gives the standard @code{ROFF} behavior. If @code{nil} then they are left in the buffer, which may aid debugging. @item woman-preserve-ascii @@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ man page. @item woman-fontify A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then WoMan assumes that face support is available. It defaults to a non-@code{nil} value if the display supports -either colours or different fonts. +either colors or different fonts. @item woman-italic-face Face for italic font in man pages. Default: italic, underlined, @@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ Under MS-Windows, the default is @cindex log buffer @cindex buffer, log -This is modelled on the Emacs byte-compiler. It logs all files +This is modeled on the Emacs byte-compiler. It logs all files formatted by WoMan and the time taken. If WoMan finds anything that it cannot handle then it writes a warning to this buffer. If the variable @code{woman-show-log} is non-@code{nil} (by default it is @code{nil}) then -- 2.39.2