X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/6eab3936c71951e304f13b69ad2e835ddaf9f2f4..ff9de7b38a3a316529c73e36645182055e2addc4:/doc/lispref/streams.texi diff --git a/doc/lispref/streams.texi b/doc/lispref/streams.texi index e52a543110..41bc71e6ae 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/streams.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/streams.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1990-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2015 Free Software +@c Copyright (C) 1990-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2016 Free Software @c Foundation, Inc. @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. @node Read and Print @@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ When it is called with no arguments, it should return the next character. When it is called with one argument (always a character), @var{function} should save the argument and arrange to return it on the next call. This is called @dfn{unreading} the character; it happens when the Lisp -reader reads one character too many and wants to ``put it back where it -came from''. In this case, it makes no difference what value +reader reads one character too many and wants to put it back where it +came from. In this case, it makes no difference what value @var{function} returns. @end itemize @@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ shared structures. @xref{Circular Objects}. Its default value is When reading or writing from the standard input/output streams of the Emacs process in batch mode, it is sometimes required to make sure any arbitrary binary data will be read/written verbatim, and/or that no -translation of newlines to or from CR-LF pairs are performed. This -issue does not exist on Posix hosts, only on MS-Windows and MS-DOS. -The following function allows to control the I/O mode of any standard -stream of the Emacs process. +translation of newlines to or from CR-LF pairs is performed. This +issue does not exist on Posix hosts, only on MS-Windows and MS-DOS@. +The following function allows you to control the I/O mode of any +standard stream of the Emacs process. @defun set-binary-mode stream mode Switch @var{stream} into binary or text I/O mode. If @var{mode} is @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ returns @code{"The buffer is foo"}. @defun pp object &optional stream This function outputs @var{object} to @var{stream}, just like -@code{prin1}, but does it in a more ``pretty'' way. That is, it'll +@code{prin1}, but does it in a prettier way. That is, it'll indent and fill the object to make it more readable for humans. @end defun