Merge from emacs-24; up to 2012-04-20T05:47:55Z!eliz@gnu.org

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

diff --git a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
index 90d5084e3d93956f8a89eb869f78e0672bf33973..5dd95cc2a6f6fc7f799448cfb56801b43b8fa49d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions using that data type.
 For typical 64-bit machines, this maximum buffer size is @math{2^61 -
 2} bytes, or about 2 EiB.  For typical 32-bit machines, the maximum is
 usually @math{2^29 - 2} bytes, or about 512 MiB.  Buffer sizes are
-also limited by the amount of memory present in the system.
+also limited by the amount of memory in the system.
 
 @menu
 * Select Buffer::       Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one.
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ for a mere hour.
 @cindex Midnight mode
 @vindex midnight-mode
 @vindex midnight-hook
-  You can also have this buffer purging done for you, every day at
-midnight, by enabling Midnight mode.  Midnight mode operates each day
+  You can also have this buffer purging done for you, once a day,
+by enabling Midnight mode.  Midnight mode operates each day
 at midnight; at that time, it runs @code{clean-buffer-list}, or
 whichever functions you have placed in the normal hook
 @code{midnight-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).  To enable Midnight mode, use
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ the buffer menu in another window, and selects that window.
 
   The buffer menu is a read-only buffer, and can be changed only
 through the special commands described in this section.  The usual
-Emacs cursor motion commands can be used in this buffer.  The
+cursor motion commands can be used in this buffer.  The
 following commands apply to the buffer described on the current line:
 
 @table @kbd
@@ -476,13 +476,13 @@ Auto Revert mode applies to the @file{*Buffer List*} buffer only if
 
   An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which
 is called the @dfn{base buffer} of the indirect buffer.  In some ways it
-is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link between files.
+is a buffer analogue of a symbolic link between files.
 
 @table @kbd
 @findex make-indirect-buffer
 @item M-x make-indirect-buffer @key{RET} @var{base-buffer} @key{RET} @var{indirect-name} @key{RET}
-Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} whose base buffer
-is @var{base-buffer}.
+Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} with base buffer
+@var{base-buffer}.
 @findex clone-indirect-buffer
 @item M-x clone-indirect-buffer @key{RET}
 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer.
@@ -520,10 +520,9 @@ buffer in another window.  These functions run the hook
 @code{clone-indirect-buffer-hook} after creating the indirect buffer.
 
   The more general way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
-@kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}.  It creates an indirect buffer from
-buffer @var{base-buffer}, under the name @var{indirect-name}.  It
-prompts for both @var{base-buffer} and @var{indirect-name} using the
-minibuffer.
+@kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}.  It creates an indirect buffer
+named @var{indirect-name} from a buffer @var{base-buffer}, prompting for
+both using the minibuffer.
 
 @node Buffer Convenience
 @section Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling