From 2a2331727ac9216ec4861ae8805890d9403f7d39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:12:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor fixes. --- lispref/internals.texi | 6 +++--- lispref/modes.texi | 2 +- lispref/searching.texi | 15 +++++++-------- lispref/text.texi | 15 ++++++++------- 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/internals.texi b/lispref/internals.texi index 907a01df9e9..3d75b04ca65 100644 --- a/lispref/internals.texi +++ b/lispref/internals.texi @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ the preloaded Lisp libraries in it, how storage is allocated, and some internal aspects of GNU Emacs that may be of interest to C programmers. @menu -* Building Emacs:: How to the dumped Emacs is made. +* Building Emacs:: How the dumped Emacs is made. * Pure Storage:: A kludge to make preloaded Lisp functions sharable. * Garbage Collection:: Reclaiming space for Lisp objects no longer used. * Memory Usage:: Info about total size of Lisp objects made so far. @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ onto the screen. @item redisplay_end_trigger If redisplay in this window goes beyond this buffer position, it runs -run the @code{redisplay-end-trigger-hook}. +the @code{redisplay-end-trigger-hook}. @ignore @item orig_height @@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ A function called whenever the process receives a signal, or @code{nil}. The associated buffer of the process. @item pid -An integer, the Unix process @acronym{ID}. +An integer, the operating system's process @acronym{ID}. @item childp A flag, non-@code{nil} if this is really a child process. diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi index 2292346ffdf..4b879cf476a 100644 --- a/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/lispref/modes.texi @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ a newline. The command to insert a newline and then indent is @kbd{C-j}. Please keep this distinction uniform for all major modes. @item -Major modes should not alter options that are primary a matter of user +Major modes should not alter options that are primarily a matter of user preference, such as whether Auto-Fill mode is enabled. Leave this to each user to decide. However, a major mode should customize other variables so that Auto-Fill mode will work usefully @emph{if} the user diff --git a/lispref/searching.texi b/lispref/searching.texi index 94edaae6734..9e26363a43a 100644 --- a/lispref/searching.texi +++ b/lispref/searching.texi @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ portions of it. * Regexp Search:: Searching for a match for a regexp. * POSIX Regexps:: Searching POSIX-style for the longest match. * Search and Replace:: Internals of @code{query-replace}. -* Match Data:: Finding out which part of the text matched - various parts of a regexp, after regexp search. +* Match Data:: Finding out which part of the text matched, + after a string or regexp search. * Searching and Case:: Case-independent or case-significant searching. * Standard Regexps:: Useful regexps for finding sentences, pages,... @end menu @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ and nothing else. @samp{c[ad]\@{3\@}r} matches string such as @samp{caaar}, @samp{cdddr}, @samp{cadar}, and so on. @item \@{@var{m},@var{n}\@} -is more general postfix operator that specifies repetition with a +is a more general postfix operator that specifies repetition with a minimum of @var{m} repeats and a maximum of @var{n} repeats. If @var{m} is omitted, the minimum is 0; if @var{n} is omitted, there is no maximum. @@ -1206,10 +1206,9 @@ Display some help, then ask again. @cindex match data Emacs keeps track of the start and end positions of the segments of -text found during a regular expression search. This means, for example, -that you can search for a complex pattern, such as a date in an Rmail -message, and then extract parts of the match under control of the -pattern. +text found during a search. This means, for example, that you can +search for a complex pattern, such as a date in an Rmail message, and +then extract parts of the match under control of the pattern. Because the match data normally describe the most recent search only, you must be careful not to do another search inadvertently between the @@ -1665,7 +1664,7 @@ simplified) default value is: This means a period, question mark or exclamation mark (the actual default value also lists their alternatives in other character sets), -followed optionally by a closing parenthetical character, followed by +followed optionally by closing parenthetical characters, followed by tabs, spaces or new lines. For a detailed explanation of this regular expression, see @ref{Regexp diff --git a/lispref/text.texi b/lispref/text.texi index 1b460aa5077..b6e477e6651 100644 --- a/lispref/text.texi +++ b/lispref/text.texi @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ the end of a line. @node Buffer Contents @section Examining Buffer Contents - This section describes two functions that allow a Lisp program to + This section describes functions that allow a Lisp program to convert any portion of the text in the buffer into a string. @defun buffer-substring start end @@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ unless all @var{args} are either strings or characters. The value is This function is unlike the other insertion functions in that it relocates markers initially pointing at the insertion point, to point -after the inserted text. If an overlay begins the insertion point, the -inserted text falls outside the overlay; if a nonempty overlay ends at -the insertion point, the inserted text falls inside that overlay. +after the inserted text. If an overlay begins at the insertion point, +the inserted text falls outside the overlay; if a nonempty overlay +ends at the insertion point, the inserted text falls inside that +overlay. @end defun @defun insert-char character count &optional inherit @@ -2988,9 +2989,9 @@ functions (which may be the same function). In any case, all the @code{point-left} functions are called first, followed by all the @code{point-entered} functions. -It is possible using @code{char-after} to examine characters at various -positions without moving point to those positions. Only an actual -change in the value of point runs these hook functions. +It is possible with @code{char-after} to examine characters at various +buffer positions without moving point to those positions. Only an +actual change in the value of point runs these hook functions. @end table @defvar inhibit-point-motion-hooks -- 2.39.2