Restore some of the quoting in the manuals

[gnu-emacs] / doc / emacs / abbrevs.texi

diff --git a/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi b/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
index cc16a5f7762bfa69867c39a5a1b6f1e8b08c710f..23d7e28f4e39ab9778b9bd3392a1c427c51289a9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2001-2013 Free Software
+@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2001-2015 Free Software
 @c Foundation, Inc.
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Abbrevs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ to expand the letters in the buffer before point by looking for other
 words in the buffer that start with those letters.  @xref{Dynamic
 Abbrevs}.
 
-  ``Hippie'' expansion generalizes abbreviation expansion.
+  A third kind, @dfn{hippie expansion}, generalizes abbreviation expansion.
 @xref{Hippie Expand, , Hippie Expansion, autotype, Features for
 Automatic Typing}.
 
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ to turn on Abbrev mode first.  It may also be useful together with a
 special set of abbrev definitions for making several global replacements at
 once.  This command is effective even if Abbrev mode is not enabled.
 
-  Expanding any abbrev runs @code{abbrev-expand-functions}, a special
-hook.  Functions in this special hook can make arbitrary changes to
+  The function @code{expand-abbrev} performs the expansion by calling
+the function that @code{abbrev-expand-function} specifies.  By
+changing this function you can make arbitrary changes to
 the abbrev expansion.  @xref{Abbrev Expansion,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp
 Reference Manual}.
 
@@ -249,10 +250,10 @@ keeps track of this to help you see which abbrevs you actually use, so
 that you can eliminate those that you don't use often.  The string at
 the end of the line is the expansion.
 
-  Some abbrevs are marked with @samp{(sys)}.  These ``system'' abbrevs
+  Some abbrevs are marked with @samp{(sys)}.  These @dfn{system abbrevs}
 (@pxref{Abbrevs,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}) are
 pre-defined by various modes, and are not saved to your abbrev file.
-To disable a ``system'' abbrev, define an abbrev of the same name that
+To disable a system abbrev, define an abbrev of the same name that
 expands to itself, and save it to your abbrev file.
 
 @findex edit-abbrevs