can undo it.) If the value is @code{visit-save}, Emacs adds such
newlines both on visiting and on saving. If the value is @code{nil},
Emacs leaves the end of the file unchanged; any other non-@code{nil}
-value means to asks you whether to add a newline. The default is
+value means Emacs asks you whether to add a newline. The default is
@code{nil}.
@vindex mode-require-final-newline
On graphical displays, you can use @dfn{window dividers} in order to
separate windows visually. Window dividers are bars that can be dragged
-with the mouse, thus allowing to easily resize adjacent windows.
+with the mouse, thus allowing you to easily resize adjacent windows.
@findex window-divider-mode
To toggle the display of window dividers, use the command @kbd{M-x
@findex lpr-region
@vindex lpr-switches
@vindex lpr-commands
- On most operating system, the above hardcopy commands submit files
+ On most operating systems, the above hardcopy commands submit files
for printing by calling the @command{lpr} program. To change the
printer program, customize the variable @code{lpr-command}. To
specify extra switches to give the printer program, customize the list
messages.
When an error is due to invalid syntax in the program, the byte
-compiler might get confused about the errors' exact location. One way
+compiler might get confused about the error's exact location. One way
to investigate is to switch to the buffer @w{@file{ *Compiler
Input*}}. (This buffer name starts with a space, so it does not show
up in the Buffer Menu.) This buffer contains the program being
The function @code{substitute-key-definition} scans a keymap for
keys that have a certain binding and rebinds them with a different
binding. Another feature which is cleaner and can often produce the
-same results to remap one command into another (@pxref{Remapping
+same results is to remap one command into another (@pxref{Remapping
Commands}).
@defun substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap &optional oldmap
associated with @var{feature} are or will be available for other Lisp
programs.
-The direct effect of calling @code{provide} is if not already in
-@var{features} then to add @var{feature} to the front of that list and
+The direct effect of calling @code{provide} is to add @var{feature} to
+the front of @code{features} if it is not already in that list and
call any @code{eval-after-load} code waiting for it (@pxref{Hooks for
Loading}). The argument @var{feature} must be a symbol.
@code{provide} returns @var{feature}.
This function reports the current insertion type of @var{marker}.
@end defun
-Most functions that create markers, without an argument allowing to
-specify the insertion type, create them with insertion type
-@code{nil}. Also, the mark has, by default, insertion type
-@code{nil}.
+All functions that create markers without accepting an argument that
+specifies the insertion type, create them with insertion type
+@code{nil} (@pxref{Creating Markers}). Also, the mark has, by
+default, insertion type @code{nil}.
@node Moving Markers
@section Moving Marker Positions
or fail to run @code{after-change-major-mode-hook}. If you encounter
such a major mode, please correct it to follow these conventions.
- When you defined a major mode using @code{define-derived-mode}, it
+ When you define a major mode using @code{define-derived-mode}, it
automatically makes sure these conventions are followed. If you
define a major mode ``by hand'', not using @code{define-derived-mode},
use the following functions to handle these conventions automatically.
@defun tabulated-list-init-header
This function computes and sets @code{header-line-format} for the
Tabulated List buffer (@pxref{Header Lines}), and assigns a keymap to
-the header line to allow sort entries by clicking on column headers.
+the header line to allow sorting entries by clicking on column headers.
Modes derived from Tabulated List mode should call this after setting
the above variables (in particular, only after setting
the effects of one command. A few exceptional commands are
@dfn{amalgamating}: these commands generally cause small changes to
buffers, so with these a boundary is inserted only every 20th command,
-allowing to undo them as a group. By default, commands
+allowing the changes to be undone as a group. By default, the commands
@code{self-insert-command}, which produces self-inserting input
-characters (@pxref{Commands for Insertion}), and @code{delete-char}
-which deletes characters (@pxref{Deletion}) are amalgamating.
+characters (@pxref{Commands for Insertion}), and @code{delete-char},
+which deletes characters (@pxref{Deletion}), are amalgamating.
Where a command affects the contents of several buffers, as may happen,
for example, when a function on the @code{post-command-hook} affects a
buffer other than the @code{current-buffer}, then @code{undo-boundary}
}
DEFUN ("ldexp", Fldexp, Sldexp, 2, 2, 0,
- doc: /* Return X * 2**EXP, as a floating point number.
-EXP must be an integer. */)
+ doc: /* Return SGNFCAND * 2**EXPONENT, as a floating point number.
+EXPONENT must be an integer. */)
(Lisp_Object sgnfcand, Lisp_Object exponent)
{
CHECK_NUMBER (exponent);
(3) a list in which each element has the form of (1) or (2).
List values for REPLACEMENT are merged to form the final face
-specification, with earlier entries taking precedence, in the same as
-as in the `face' text property.
+specification, with earlier entries taking precedence, in the same way
+as with the `face' text property.
Face-name remapping cycles are suppressed; recursive references use
the underlying face instead of the remapped face. So a remapping of