From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:25:40 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Hyphen and dash fixes in texinfo files.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.2.92~106
X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/commitdiff_plain/f99f164170af8b7ee84bb229da6ec17b1df7c7bd

Hyphen and dash fixes in texinfo files.
---

diff --git a/doc/emacs/calendar.texi b/doc/emacs/calendar.texi
index cf13b78796..cd1e15b3b5 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/calendar.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/calendar.texi
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ Generate a one-month calendar (@code{cal-html-cursor-month}).
 @item H y
 Generate a calendar file for each month of a year, as well as an index
 page (@code{cal-html-cursor-year}).  By default, this command writes
-files to a @var{yyyy} subdirectory - if this is altered some hyperlinks
+files to a @var{yyyy} subdirectory---if this is altered some hyperlinks
 between years will not work.
 @end table
 
diff --git a/doc/emacs/emacs-xtra.texi b/doc/emacs/emacs-xtra.texi
index 44df5e1bf4..09930606b9 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/emacs-xtra.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/emacs-xtra.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ modify this GNU manual.''
 @menu
 * Introduction::        What documentation belongs here?
 @iftex
-* Picture Mode::        Editing pictures made up of characters using 
+* Picture Mode::        Editing pictures made up of characters using
                          the quarter-plane screen model.
 
 * Autorevert::          Auto Reverting non-file buffers.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
index 423435ae11..95ba9ca18b 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This is the @cite{GNU Emacs Manual},
 @end ifnottex
 updated for Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1985-1987, 1993-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1985--1987, 1993--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
index c4f27a209f..5131ec4708 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 @unnumbered Glossary
 
 @table @asis
-@anchor{Glossary - Abbrev}
+@anchor{Glossary---Abbrev}
 @item Abbrev
 An abbrev is a text string that expands into a different text string
 when present in the buffer.  For example, you might define a few letters
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ key labeled @key{ALT} that is really a @key{META} key.)  @xref{User
 Input, Alt}.
 
 @item Argument
-@xref{Glossary - Numeric Argument}.
+@xref{Glossary---Numeric Argument}.
 
 @item @acronym{ASCII} character
 An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function from those libraries.  This is called `autoloading'.
 A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
 program arrived at a certain point.  It is used mainly for finding and
 correcting bugs (q.v.).  Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals
-an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (@pxref{Glossary - Quitting}).
+an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (@pxref{Glossary---Quitting}).
 @xref{Checklist}.
 
 @item Backup File
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ Automatic balancing works by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
 that matches the one you just inserted, or inserting the matching
 delimiter for you (@pxref{Matching,,Matching Parens}).
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Balanced Expression}
+@anchor{Glossary---Balanced Expression}
 @item Balanced Expressions
 A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
 as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
 in C@.  @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
 
 @item Balloon Help
-@xref{Glossary - Tooltips}.
+@xref{Glossary---Tooltips}.
 
 @item Base Buffer
 A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ is `bidirectional text'.  @xref{Bidirectional Editing}.
 To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.).
 @xref{Rebinding}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Binding}
+@anchor{Glossary---Binding}
 @item Binding
 A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
 command (q.v.), a Lisp function that is run when you type that
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ A button down event is the kind of input event (q.v.@:) generated
 right away when you press down on a mouse button.  @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
 
 @item By Default
-@xref{Glossary - Default}.
+@xref{Glossary---Default}.
 
 @item Byte Compilation
-@xref{Glossary - Compilation}.
+@xref{Glossary---Compilation}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - C-}
+@anchor{Glossary---C-}
 @item @kbd{C-}
 @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
 @xref{User Input,C-}.
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a
 particular alphabet or script.  @xref{International}.
 
 @item Character Terminal
-@xref{Glossary - Text Terminal}.
+@xref{Glossary---Text Terminal}.
 
 @item Click Event
 A click event is the kind of input event (q.v.@:) generated when you
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ press a mouse button and release it without moving the mouse.
 @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
 
 @item Client
-@xref{Glossary - Server}.
+@xref{Glossary---Server}.
 
 @item Clipboard
 A clipboard is a buffer provided by the window system for transferring
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find
 the command to run.  @xref{Commands}.
 
 @item Command History
-@xref{Glossary - Minibuffer History}.
+@xref{Glossary---Minibuffer History}.
 
 @item Command Name
 A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol that is a command
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp (q.v.@:) much larger and more powerful
 than Emacs Lisp.  Emacs provides a subset of Common Lisp in the CL
 package.  @xref{Top, Common Lisp, Overview, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Compilation}
+@anchor{Glossary---Compilation}
 @item Compilation
 Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
 code.  Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and
 file names.  Completion usually occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or
 @key{RET} is typed.  @xref{Completion}.@refill
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Continuation Line}
+@anchor{Glossary---Continuation Line}
 @item Continuation Line
 When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it
-normally (but see @ref{Glossary - Truncation}) takes up more than one
+normally (but see @ref{Glossary---Truncation}) takes up more than one
 screen line when displayed.  We say that the text line is continued, and all
 screen lines used for it after the first are called continuation
 lines.  @xref{Continuation Lines}.  A related Emacs feature is
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ GNU General Public License.  @xref{Copying}.
 
 @item @key{CTRL}
 The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
-in order to enter a control character (q.v.).  @xref{Glossary - C-}.
+in order to enter a control character (q.v.).  @xref{Glossary---C-}.
 
 @item Current Buffer
 The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ or by rebinding key sequences (@pxref{Keymaps}).
 
 @cindex cut and paste
 @item Cut and Paste
-@xref{Glossary - Killing}, and @ref{Glossary - Yanking}.
+@xref{Glossary---Killing}, and @ref{Glossary---Yanking}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Daemon}
+@anchor{Glossary---Daemon}
 @item Daemon
 A daemon is a standard term for a system-level process that runs in the
 background.  Daemons are often started when the system first starts up.
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ do not specify one.  When the minibuffer is used to read an argument,
 the default argument is used if you just type @key{RET}.
 @xref{Minibuffer}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Default}
+@anchor{Glossary---Default}
 @item Default
 A default is the value that is used for a certain purpose when
 you do not explicitly specify a value to use.
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ key or the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
 Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring
 (q.v.).  The alternative is killing (q.v.).  @xref{Killing,Deletion}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Deletion of Files}
+@anchor{Glossary---Deletion of Files}
 @item Deletion of Files
 Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system.
 (Note that some systems use the concept of a ``trash can'', or ``recycle
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ File directories are named collections in the file system, within which
 you can place individual files or subdirectories.  They are sometimes
 referred to as ``folders''.  @xref{Directories}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Directory Local Variable}
+@anchor{Glossary---Directory Local Variable}
 @item Directory Local Variable
 A directory local variable is a local variable (q.v.@:) that applies
 to all the files within a certain directory.  @xref{Directory
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ else as well.  For example, some programming language major modes define
 particular delimiter characters to reindent the line, or insert one or
 more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - End Of Line}
+@anchor{Glossary---End Of Line}
 @item End Of Line
 End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate
 the end of a text line.  On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ variables in the environment it passes to programs it invokes.
 @xref{Environment}.
 
 @item EOL
-@xref{Glossary - End Of Line}.
+@xref{Glossary---End Of Line}.
 
 @item Error
 An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
 it applies to the next character you type.
 
 @item Expression
-@xref{Glossary - Balanced Expression}.
+@xref{Glossary---Balanced Expression}.
 
 @item Expunging
 Expunging an Rmail, Gnus newsgroup, or Dired buffer is an operation
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ order to display that text as specified by the face attributes.
 
 @item File Local Variable
 A file local variable is a local variable (q.v.@:) specified in a
-given file.  @xref{File Variables}, and @ref{Glossary - Directory
+given file.  @xref{File Variables}, and @ref{Glossary---Directory
 Local Variable}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - File Locking}
+@anchor{Glossary---File Locking}
 @item File Locking
 Emacs uses file locking to notice when two different users
 start to edit one file at the same time.  @xref{Interlocking}.
@@ -530,14 +530,14 @@ The fill prefix is a string that should be expected at the beginning
 of each line when filling is done.  It is not regarded as part of the
 text to be filled.  @xref{Filling}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Filling}
+@anchor{Glossary---Filling}
 @item Filling
 Filling text means adjusting the position of line-breaks to shift text
 between consecutive lines, so that all the lines are approximately the
 same length.  @xref{Filling}.  Some other editors call this feature
 ``line wrapping''.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Font Lock}
+@anchor{Glossary---Font Lock}
 @item Font Lock
 Font Lock is a mode that highlights parts of buffer text in different
 faces, according to the syntax.  Some other editors refer to this as
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ make it easy to change several fonts at once by specifying the name of a
 fontset, rather than changing each font separately.  @xref{Fontsets}.
 
 @item Formfeed Character
-@xref{Glossary - Page}.
+@xref{Glossary---Page}.
 
 @item Frame
 A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows.  Emacs starts out
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ and modify it.  Emacs is free software, part of the GNU project
 (q.v.), and distributed under a copyleft (q.v.@:) license called the
 GNU General Public License.  @xref{Copying}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Free Software Foundation}
+@anchor{Glossary---Free Software Foundation}
 @item Free Software Foundation
 The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a charitable foundation
 dedicated to promoting the development of free software (q.v.).
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ the buffer text (@pxref{Fringes}).  Emacs displays the fringe using a
 special face (q.v.@:) called @code{fringe}.  @xref{Faces,fringe}.
 
 @item FSF
-@xref{Glossary - Free Software Foundation}.
+@xref{Glossary---Free Software Foundation}.
 
 @item FTP
 FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol.  This is one standard
@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ mode's local keymap (q.v.).  @xref{Keymaps}.
 The global mark ring records the series of buffers you have recently
 set a mark (q.v.@:) in.  In many cases you can use this to backtrack
 through buffers you have been editing, or in which you have found
-tags (@pxref{Glossary - Tags Table}).  @xref{Global Mark Ring}.
+tags (@pxref{Glossary---Tags Table}).  @xref{Global Mark Ring}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Global Substitution}
+@anchor{Glossary---Global Substitution}
 @item Global Substitution
 Global substitution means replacing each occurrence of one string by
 another string throughout a large amount of text.  @xref{Replace}.
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ buffer.
 
 Emacs uses highlighting in several ways.  It highlights the region
 whenever it is active (@pxref{Mark}).  Incremental search also
-highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental Search}).  @xref{Glossary - Font Lock}.
+highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental Search}).  @xref{Glossary---Font Lock}.
 
 @item Hardcopy
 Hardcopy means printed output.  Emacs has various commands for
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files in which the
 mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
 @xref{Rmail Inbox}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Incremental Search}
+@anchor{Glossary---Incremental Search}
 @item Incremental Search
 Emacs provides an incremental search facility, whereby Emacs begins
 searching for a string as soon as you type the first character.
@@ -733,17 +733,17 @@ Insertion means adding text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
 or from some other place in Emacs.
 
 @item Interlocking
-@xref{Glossary - File Locking}.
+@xref{Glossary---File Locking}.
 
 @item Isearch
-@xref{Glossary - Incremental Search}.
+@xref{Glossary---Incremental Search}.
 
 @item Justification
 Justification means adding extra spaces within lines of text in order
 to adjust the position of the text edges.  @xref{Fill Commands}.
 
 @item Key Binding
-@xref{Glossary - Binding}.
+@xref{Glossary---Binding}.
 
 @item Keyboard Macro
 Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ play them back as many times as you like.
 @item Keyboard Shortcut
 A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) that invokes a
 command.  What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut'',
-Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence''.  @xref{Glossary - Binding}.
+Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence''.  @xref{Glossary---Binding}.
 
 @item Key Sequence
 A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
@@ -776,11 +776,11 @@ codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up
 key sequences.
 
 @item Kill Ring
-The kill ring is where all text you have killed (@pxref{Glossary - Killing})
+The kill ring is where all text you have killed (@pxref{Glossary---Killing})
 recently is saved.  You can reinsert any of the killed text still in
 the ring; this is called yanking (q.v.).  @xref{Yanking}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Killing}
+@anchor{Glossary---Killing}
 @item Killing
 Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be
 yanked (q.v.@:) later.  Some other systems call this ``cutting''.
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ non-@acronym{ASCII} text (@pxref{International}).
 @c Lexical Binding
 
 @item Line Wrapping
-@xref{Glossary - Filling}.
+@xref{Glossary---Filling}.
 
 @item Lisp
 Lisp is a programming language.  Most of Emacs is written in a dialect
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ Control-Meta; it means the same thing as `@kbd{C-M-}' (q.v.).
 name.  This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences.
 @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Mail}
+@anchor{Glossary---Mail}
 @item Mail
 Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
 system, to be read at the recipient's convenience.  Emacs has commands for
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use
 a keyboard interface to navigate it.  @xref{Menu Bars}.
 
 @item Message
-@xref{Glossary - Mail}.
+@xref{Glossary---Mail}.
 
 @item Meta
 Meta is the name of a modifier bit which you can use in a command
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the
 echo area (q.v.), used for reading arguments to commands.
 @xref{Minibuffer}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Minibuffer History}
+@anchor{Glossary---Minibuffer History}
 @item Minibuffer History
 The minibuffer history records the text you have specified in the past
 for minibuffer arguments, so you can conveniently use the same text
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ all.  @xref{Narrowing}.
 
 @item Newline
 Control-J characters in the buffer terminate lines of text and are
-therefore also called newlines.  @xref{Glossary - End Of Line}.
+therefore also called newlines.  @xref{Glossary---End Of Line}.
 
 @cindex nil
 @cindex t
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ therefore also called newlines.  @xref{Glossary - End Of Line}.
 @code{nil} is a value usually interpreted as a logical ``false''.  Its
 opposite is @code{t}, interpreted as ``true''.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Numeric Argument}
+@anchor{Glossary---Numeric Argument}
 @item Numeric Argument
 A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change
 the effect of the command.  Often the numeric argument serves as a
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ A package is a collection of Lisp code that you download and
 automatically install from within Emacs.  Packages provide a
 convenient way to add new features.  @xref{Packages}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Page}
+@anchor{Glossary---Page}
 @item Page
 A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (@acronym{ASCII}
 control-L, code 014) at the beginning of a line.  Some Emacs
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ character.  The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of
 point.  @xref{Point}.
 
 @item Prefix Argument
-@xref{Glossary - Numeric Argument}.
+@xref{Glossary---Numeric Argument}.
 
 @item Prefix Key
 A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
 Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
 Emacs.  @xref{Query Replace}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Quitting}
+@anchor{Glossary---Quitting}
 @item Quitting
 Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running
 command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} on MS-DOS).  @xref{Quitting}.
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ correspond to changes that have been made in the text being edited.
 @xref{Screen,Redisplay}.
 
 @item Regexp
-@xref{Glossary - Regular Expression}.
+@xref{Glossary---Regular Expression}.
 
 @item Region
 The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.).
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ Registers are named slots in which text, buffer positions, or
 rectangles can be saved for later use.  @xref{Registers}.  A related
 Emacs feature is `bookmarks' (q.v.).
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Regular Expression}
+@anchor{Glossary---Regular Expression}
 @item Regular Expression
 A regular expression is a pattern that can match various text strings;
 for example, @samp{a[0-9]+} matches @samp{a} followed by one or more
@@ -1126,10 +1126,10 @@ you have a supported method to gain access to those files.
 @xref{Remote Files}.
 
 @item Repeat Count
-@xref{Glossary - Numeric Argument}.
+@xref{Glossary---Numeric Argument}.
 
 @item Replacement
-@xref{Glossary - Global Substitution}.
+@xref{Glossary---Global Substitution}.
 
 @item Restriction
 A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the
@@ -1220,12 +1220,12 @@ are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes.
 Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences.
 @xref{Sentences}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Server}
+@anchor{Glossary---Server}
 @item Server
 Within Emacs, you can start a `server' process, which listens for
 connections from `clients'.  This offers a faster alternative to
 starting several Emacs instances.  @xref{Emacs Server}, and
-@ref{Glossary - Daemon}.
+@ref{Glossary---Daemon}.
 
 @c This is only covered in the lispref, not the user manual.
 @ignore
@@ -1277,10 +1277,10 @@ inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as
 allowed as well.
 
 @item String Substitution
-@xref{Glossary - Global Substitution}.
+@xref{Glossary---Global Substitution}.
 
 @item Syntax Highlighting
-@xref{Glossary - Font Lock}.
+@xref{Glossary---Font Lock}.
 
 @item Syntax Table
 The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc.  @xref{Exiting}.
 @key{TAB} is the tab character.  In Emacs it is typically used for
 indentation or completion.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Tags Table}
+@anchor{Glossary---Tags Table}
 @item Tags Table
 A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
 definitions in one or more other files.  @xref{Tags}.
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ Data consisting of written human language (as opposed to programs),
 or following the stylistic conventions of human language.
 @end itemize
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Text Terminal}
+@anchor{Glossary---Text Terminal}
 @item Text Terminal
 A text terminal, or character terminal, is a display that is limited
 to displaying text in character units.  Such a terminal cannot control
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ of an Emacs frame.  Clicking on one of these icons executes a command.
 You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.).
 @xref{Tool Bars}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Tooltips}
+@anchor{Glossary---Tooltips}
 @item Tooltips
 Tooltips are small windows displaying a help echo (q.v.@:) text, which
 explains parts of the display, lists useful options available via mouse
@@ -1374,17 +1374,17 @@ two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
 (@pxref{Transpose}).
 
 @item Trash Can
-@xref{Glossary - Deletion of Files}.
+@xref{Glossary---Deletion of Files}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Truncation}
+@anchor{Glossary---Truncation}
 @item Truncation
 Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
 line that does not fit within the right margin of the window
 displaying it.  @xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}, and
-@ref{Glossary - Continuation Line}.
+@ref{Glossary---Continuation Line}.
 
 @item TTY
-@xref{Glossary - Text Terminal}.
+@xref{Glossary---Text Terminal}.
 
 @item Undoing
 Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing
@@ -1443,13 +1443,13 @@ have their] own windows at the same time.  All modern operating systems
 include a window system.
 
 @item Word Abbrev
-@xref{Glossary - Abbrev}.
+@xref{Glossary---Abbrev}.
 
 @item Word Search
 Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the
 punctuation between them as insignificant.  @xref{Word Search}.
 
-@anchor{Glossary - Yanking}
+@anchor{Glossary---Yanking}
 @item Yanking
 Yanking means reinserting text previously killed (q.v.).  It can be
 used to undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text.  Some
diff --git a/doc/emacs/xresources.texi b/doc/emacs/xresources.texi
index b3ed78d7f1..ea3cd34a2f 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/xresources.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/xresources.texi
@@ -817,5 +817,5 @@ of color names and RGB triplets.  Color names should be enclosed with
 double quotes, e.g., @samp{"red"}.  RGB triplets should be written
 without double quotes, e.g., @samp{#ff0000}.  GTK-style RGB triplets
 have the form @w{@code{@{ @var{r}, @var{g}, @var{b} @}}}, where
-@var{r}, @var{g} and @var{b} are either integers in the range 0-65535
-or floats in the range 0.0-1.0.
+@var{r}, @var{g} and @var{b} are either integers in the range 0--65535
+or floats in the range 0.0--1.0.
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 34ef7cc093..2f8dfa6ff1 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ people who are not programmers.
 @sp 1
 Edition @value{edition-number}, @value{update-date}
 @sp 1
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990-1995, 1997, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990--1995, 1997, 2001--2012 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 @sp 1
 
 @iftex
@@ -6281,7 +6282,7 @@ the arithmetic, a conversion is necessary, and
 @findex / @r{(division)}
 @cindex Division
 The second argument is @code{(/ size 10)}.  This expression divides
-the numeric value by ten --- the numeric value of the size of the
+the numeric value by ten---the numeric value of the size of the
 accessible portion of the buffer.  This produces a number that tells
 how many characters make up one tenth of the buffer size.  (In Lisp,
 @code{/} is used for division, just as @code{*} is used for
@@ -9402,7 +9403,7 @@ either by setting it manually or by using @code{customize}.
 
 For me, the major use of the @code{set-variable} command is to suggest
 variables that I might want to set in my @file{.emacs} file.  There
-are now more than 700 such variables --- far too many to remember
+are now more than 700 such variables, far too many to remember
 readily.  Fortunately, you can press @key{TAB} after calling the
 @code{M-x set-variable} command to see the list of variables.
 (@xref{Examining, , Examining and Setting Variables, emacs,
@@ -11195,8 +11196,8 @@ The @code{dolist} expression does very much the same as the
 of the work you have to do when writing a @code{while} expression.
 
 Like a @code{while} loop, a @code{dolist} loops.  What is different is
-that it automatically shortens the list each time it loops --- it
-`@sc{cdr}s down the list' on its own --- and it automatically binds
+that it automatically shortens the list each time it loops---it
+`@sc{cdr}s down the list' on its own---and it automatically binds
 the @sc{car} of each shorter version of the list to the first of its
 arguments.
 
@@ -13300,8 +13301,8 @@ We can see that this is a decrementing counter @code{while} loop,
 using the expression @code{(setq arg (1- arg))} as the decrementer.
 That expression is not far from the @code{while}, but is hidden in
 another Lisp macro, an @code{unless} macro.  Unless we are at the end
-of the buffer --- that is what the @code{eobp} function determines; it
-is an abbreviation of @samp{End Of Buffer P} --- we decrease the value
+of the buffer---that is what the @code{eobp} function determines; it
+is an abbreviation of @samp{End Of Buffer P}---we decrease the value
 of @code{arg} by one.
 
 (If we are at the end of the buffer, we cannot go forward any more and
@@ -15657,7 +15658,7 @@ as a list that looks like this (but with more elements):
 The @code{directory-files-and-attributes} function returns a list of
 lists.  Each of the lists within the main list consists of 13
 elements.  The first element is a string that contains the name of the
-file -- which, in GNU/Linux, may be a `directory file', that is to
+file---which, in GNU/Linux, may be a `directory file', that is to
 say, a file with the special attributes of a directory.  The second
 element of the list is @code{t} for a directory, a string
 for symbolic link (the string is the name linked to), or @code{nil}.
@@ -16850,7 +16851,7 @@ Write a line graph version of the graph printing functions.
 @cindex Customizing your @file{.emacs} file
 @cindex Initialization file
 
-``You don't have to like Emacs to like it'' -- this seemingly
+``You don't have to like Emacs to like it''---this seemingly
 paradoxical statement is the secret of GNU Emacs.  The plain, `out of
 the box' Emacs is a generic tool.  Most people who use it, customize
 it to suit themselves.
@@ -18282,7 +18283,7 @@ or `All'.  (A lower case @samp{p} tell you the percentage above the
 @emph{top} of the window.)  @samp{%-} inserts enough dashes to fill
 out the line.
 
-Remember, ``You don't have to like Emacs to like it'' --- your own
+Remember, ``You don't have to like Emacs to like it''---your own
 Emacs can have different colors, different commands, and different
 keys than a default Emacs.
 
@@ -21946,7 +21947,7 @@ Here is the graph:
 @sp 2
 
 @noindent
-The largest group of functions contain 10 -- 19 words and symbols each.
+The largest group of functions contain 10--19 words and symbols each.
 
 @node Free Software and Free Manuals
 @appendix Free Software and Free Manuals
diff --git a/doc/lispref/buffers.texi b/doc/lispref/buffers.texi
index 6462788b34..6e337af6be 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/buffers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/buffers.texi
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ the last modification time of that directory, as recorded by Dired.
 For a new buffer visiting a not yet existing file, @var{high} is
 @minus{}1 and @var{low} is 65535, that is,
 @ifnottex
-@w{2**16 - 1.}
+@w{2**16 @minus{} 1.}
 @end ifnottex
 @tex
 @math{2^{16}-1}.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index f3b216e935..10007c8a9c 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ The command @code{quoted-insert} uses this function.
 @cindex control characters, reading
 @cindex nonprinting characters, reading
 This function is like @code{read-char}, except that if the first
-character read is an octal digit (0-7), it reads any number of octal
+character read is an octal digit (0--7), it reads any number of octal
 digits (but stopping if a non-octal digit is found), and returns the
 character represented by that numeric character code.  If the
 character that terminates the sequence of octal digits is @key{RET},
diff --git a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
index b2b73b380b..b51b13f33e 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ This is the @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}
 @end ifnottex
 corresponding to Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990--1996, 1998--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
index 66b1f081df..78a3a2b4cb 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ minimum range is @minus{}536870912 to 536870911 (30 bits; i.e.,
 @end tex
 to
 @ifnottex
-2**29 - 1),
+2**29 @minus{} 1),
 @end ifnottex
 @tex
 @math{2^{29}-1}),
diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index 85d7a3f460..8c9bb26c89 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ latter are unique to Emacs Lisp.
 @end tex
 to
 @ifnottex
-2**29 - 1)
+2**29 @minus{} 1)
 @end ifnottex
 @tex
 @math{2^{29}-1})
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
index 64bda1067e..e5e4fdd424 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
@@ -1411,23 +1411,23 @@ This stands for the day of month, blank-padded.
 @item %h
 This is a synonym for @samp{%b}.
 @item %H
-This stands for the hour (00-23).
+This stands for the hour (00--23).
 @item %I
-This stands for the hour (01-12).
+This stands for the hour (01--12).
 @item %j
-This stands for the day of the year (001-366).
+This stands for the day of the year (001--366).
 @item %k
-This stands for the hour (0-23), blank padded.
+This stands for the hour (0--23), blank padded.
 @item %l
-This stands for the hour (1-12), blank padded.
+This stands for the hour (1--12), blank padded.
 @item %m
-This stands for the month (01-12).
+This stands for the month (01--12).
 @item %M
-This stands for the minute (00-59).
+This stands for the minute (00--59).
 @item %n
 This stands for a newline.
 @item %N
-This stands for the nanoseconds (000000000-999999999).  To ask for
+This stands for the nanoseconds (000000000--999999999).  To ask for
 fewer digits, use @samp{%3N} for milliseconds, @samp{%6N} for
 microseconds, etc.  Any excess digits are discarded, without rounding.
 @item %p
@@ -1437,18 +1437,18 @@ This is a synonym for @samp{%I:%M:%S %p}.
 @item %R
 This is a synonym for @samp{%H:%M}.
 @item %S
-This stands for the seconds (00-59).
+This stands for the seconds (00--59).
 @item %t
 This stands for a tab character.
 @item %T
 This is a synonym for @samp{%H:%M:%S}.
 @item %U
-This stands for the week of the year (01-52), assuming that weeks
+This stands for the week of the year (01--52), assuming that weeks
 start on Sunday.
 @item %w
-This stands for the numeric day of week (0-6).  Sunday is day 0.
+This stands for the numeric day of week (0--6).  Sunday is day 0.
 @item %W
-This stands for the week of the year (01-52), assuming that weeks
+This stands for the week of the year (01--52), assuming that weeks
 start on Monday.
 @item %x
 This has a locale-specific meaning.  In the default locale (named
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ This has a locale-specific meaning.  In the default locale (named
 This has a locale-specific meaning.  In the default locale (named
 @samp{C}), it is equivalent to @samp{%T}.
 @item %y
-This stands for the year without century (00-99).
+This stands for the year without century (00--99).
 @item %Y
 This stands for the year with century.
 @item %Z
diff --git a/doc/lispref/windows.texi b/doc/lispref/windows.texi
index 44d6af6eb5..c4a59c0777 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/windows.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/windows.texi
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ default value is empty, i.e., @code{(nil . nil)}.
 @defopt display-buffer-alist
 The value of this option is an alist mapping conditions to display
 actions.  Each condition may be either a regular expression matching a
-buffer name or a function that takes two arguments - a buffer name and
+buffer name or a function that takes two arguments: a buffer name and
 the @var{action} argument passed to @code{display-buffer}.  If the name
 of the buffer passed to @code{display-buffer} either matches a regular
 expression in this alist or the function specified by a condition
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ height of the frame's root window.
 
 @item
 If the @sc{cdr} specifies a function, that function is called with one
-argument - the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the
+argument: the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the
 height of the window; its return value is ignored.  Suitable functions
 are @code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer} and
 @code{fit-window-to-buffer}, see @ref{Resizing Windows}.
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ width of the frame's root window.
 
 @item
 If the @sc{cdr} specifies a function, that function is called with one
-argument - the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the width
+argument: the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the width
 of the window; its return value is ignored.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -3618,10 +3618,10 @@ This parameter is installed by the buffer display functions
 (@pxref{Choosing Window}) and consulted by @code{quit-restore-window}
 (@pxref{Quitting Windows}).  It contains four elements:
 
-The first element is one of the symbols @code{window} - meaning that the
-window has been specially created by @code{display-buffer}, @code{frame}
-- a separate frame has been created, @code{same} - the window has
-displayed the same buffer before, or @code{other} - the window showed
+The first element is one of the symbols @code{window}, meaning that the
+window has been specially created by @code{display-buffer}; @code{frame},
+a separate frame has been created; @code{same}, the window has
+displayed the same buffer before; or @code{other}, the window showed
 another buffer before.
 
 The second element is either one of the symbols @code{window} or
diff --git a/doc/misc/ada-mode.texi b/doc/misc/ada-mode.texi
index 8bd05382b4..f4c29bb6e1 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ada-mode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ada-mode.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @settitle Ada Mode
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ Start a comment in default column.
 @item M-j
 Continue comment on next line.
 @item C-c ;
-Comment the selected region (add -- at the beginning of lines).
+Comment the selected region (add @samp{--} at the beginning of lines).
 @item C-c :
 Uncomment the selected region
 @item M-q
diff --git a/doc/misc/auth.texi b/doc/misc/auth.texi
index bf8b180f71..6f3a5fe0a3 100644
--- a/doc/misc/auth.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @copying
 This file describes the Emacs auth-source library.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2008--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/autotype.texi b/doc/misc/autotype.texi
index b2a128774e..9af47adfbe 100644
--- a/doc/misc/autotype.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/autotype.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @c  @cindex autotypist
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994-1995, 1999, 2001-2012
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994--1995, 1999, 2001--2012
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
diff --git a/doc/misc/bovine.texi b/doc/misc/bovine.texi
index 79a1b17771..f1a72f4cc3 100644
--- a/doc/misc/bovine.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/bovine.texi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 @c %**end of header
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2004, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2004, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi
index 97ab89d572..29332c9b02 100644
--- a/doc/misc/calc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ This file documents Calc, the GNU Emacs calculator, included with
 GNU Emacs @value{EMACSVER}.
 @end ifnotinfo
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990-1991, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990--1991, 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -17330,7 +17330,7 @@ daylight saving computations.  This is an internal version of
 the user-level @code{pwday} function described in the previous
 section. It takes four arguments:  The floating-point date value,
 the corresponding six-element date list, the day-of-month number,
-and the weekday number (0-6).
+and the weekday number (0--6).
 
 The default daylight saving hook ignores the time zone name, but a
 more sophisticated hook could use different algorithms for different
@@ -36629,7 +36629,7 @@ time zone number or name from the top of the stack.  @xref{Time Zones}.
 
 @c 17
 @item
-A prefix argument specifies a day number (0-6, 0-31, or 0-366).
+A prefix argument specifies a day number (0--6, 0--31, or 0--366).
 
 @c 18
 @item
diff --git a/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi b/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
index 031abba1f0..daa9c6f7ab 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ CC Mode
 @copying
 This manual is for CC Mode in Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Objective-C, Java, CORBA IDL (and the variants PSDL and CIDL), Pike
 and AWK code.  It provides syntax-based indentation, font locking, and
 has several handy commands and some minor modes to make the editing
 easier.  It does not provide tools to look up and navigate between
-functions, classes etc - there are other packages for that.
+functions, classes, etc.; there are other packages for that.
 
 @insertcopying
 @end ifnottex
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Late in 1997, Martin Stjernholm joined Barry on the @ccmode{}
 Maintainers Team, and implemented the Pike support.  In 2000 Martin
 took over as the sole maintainer.  In 2001 Alan Mackenzie joined the
 team, implementing AWK support in version 5.30.  @ccmode{} did not
-originally contain the font lock support for its languages --- that
+originally contain the font lock support for its languages; that
 was added in version 5.30.
 
 This manual describes @ccmode{}
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ increasing detail.
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
 The chapter ``Configuration Basics'' tells you @emph{how} to write
-customizations - whether in hooks, in styles, in both, or in neither,
+customizations: whether in hooks, in styles, in both, or in neither,
 depending on your needs.  It describes the @ccmode{} style system and
 lists the standard styles that @ccmode{} supplies.
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ The FAQ contains a list of common problems and questions.
 
 @item
 The next two chapters tell you how to get in touch with the @ccmode{}
-project - whether for updating @ccmode{} or submitting bug reports.
+project: whether for updating @ccmode{} or submitting bug reports.
 @end itemize
 
 @noindent
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ current line.
 When it is @code{nil}, @key{TAB} (re)indents the line only if point is
 to the left of the first non-whitespace character on the line.
 Otherwise it inserts some whitespace (a tab or an equivalent number of
-spaces - see below) at point.
+spaces; see below) at point.
 @item
 With some other value, the line is reindented.  Additionally, if point
 is within a string or comment, some whitespace is inserted.
@@ -820,10 +820,10 @@ often (in seconds) progress messages are to be displayed.
 @kindex C-c C-c
 @findex comment-region
 This command comments out the lines that start in the region.  With a
-negative argument, it does the opposite - it deletes the comment
+negative argument, it does the opposite: it deletes the comment
 delimiters from these lines.  @xref{Multi-Line Comments,,, emacs, GNU
 Emacs Manual}, for fuller details.  @code{comment-region} isn't
-actually part of @ccmode{} - it is given a @ccmode{} binding for
+actually part of @ccmode{}; it is given a @ccmode{} binding for
 convenience.
 
 @item @kbd{M-;} (@code{comment-dwim} or @code{indent-for-comment} @footnote{The name of this command varies between (X)Emacs versions.})
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ them yourself, e.g., after typing @samp{@}}s.  Its action is suppressed
 when electric mode is disabled.
 @item hungry-delete mode
 This lets you delete a contiguous block of whitespace with a single
-key - for example, the newline and indentation just inserted by
+key: for example, the newline and indentation just inserted by
 auto-newline when you want to back up and write a comment after the
 last statement.
 @item subword mode
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ are enabled but the other two modes are disabled.
 
 @ccmode{} displays the current state of the first four of these minor
 modes on the modeline by appending letters to the major mode's name,
-one letter for each enabled minor mode - @samp{l} for electric mode,
+one letter for each enabled minor mode: @samp{l} for electric mode,
 @samp{a} for auto-newline mode, @samp{h} for hungry delete mode, and
 @samp{w} for subword mode.  If all these modes were enabled, you'd see
 @samp{C/lahw}@footnote{The @samp{C} would be replaced with the name of
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ turn it (or them) off.
 @cindex electric characters
 @comment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
-Most punctuation keys provide @dfn{electric} behavior - as well as
+Most punctuation keys provide @dfn{electric} behavior: as well as
 inserting themselves they perform some other action, such as
 reindenting the line.  This reindentation saves you from having to
 reindent a line manually after typing, say, a @samp{@}}.  A few
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ initialization and the result is prepended.  For an example, see
 @code{javadoc-font-lock-keywords} in @file{cc-fonts.el}.
 
 If you add support for another doc comment style, please consider
-contributing it - send a note to @email{bug-cc-mode@@gnu.org}.
+contributing it: send a note to @email{bug-cc-mode@@gnu.org}.
 
 
 @comment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ more sophisticated facilities, hooks and styles.
 An Emacs @dfn{hook} is a place to put Lisp functions that you want
 Emacs to execute later in specific circumstances.
 @xref{Hooks,,,@lispref{}, @lispreftitle{}}.  @ccmode{} supplies a main
-hook and a language-specific hook for each language it supports - any
+hook and a language-specific hook for each language it supports; any
 functions you put onto these hooks get executed as the last part of a
 buffer's initialization.  Typically you put most of your customization
 within the main hook, and use the language-specific hooks to vary the
@@ -2683,7 +2683,7 @@ string.
 If none of the built-in styles is appropriate, you'll probably want to
 create a new @dfn{style definition}, possibly based on an existing
 style.  To do this, put the new style's settings into a list with the
-following format - the list can then be passed as an argument to the
+following format; the list can then be passed as an argument to the
 function @code{c-add-style}.  You can see an example of a style
 definition in @ref{Sample .emacs File}.
 
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ different ways, depending on the character just typed:
 @item Braces and Colons
 @ccmode{} first determines the syntactic context of the brace or colon
 (@pxref{Syntactic Symbols}), then looks for a corresponding element in
-an alist.  This element specifies where to put newlines - this is any
+an alist.  This element specifies where to put newlines: this is any
 combination of before and after the brace or colon.  If no alist
 element is found, newlines are inserted both before and after a brace,
 but none are inserted around a colon.  See @ref{Hanging Braces} and
@@ -3267,7 +3267,7 @@ syntactic symbol, the associated value is either @code{nil}, a list,
 or a function.
 
 @table @asis
-@item The Key - the syntactic symbol
+@item The Key: the syntactic symbol
 The syntactic symbols that are useful as keys in this list are
 @code{brace-list-intro}, @code{statement-cont},
 @code{inexpr-class-open}, @code{inexpr-class-close}, and all the
@@ -3290,7 +3290,7 @@ lists in this regard, even though they do for normal indentation
 purposes.  It's currently not possible to set automatic newlines on
 these constructs.
 
-@item The associated value - the ``ACTION'' list or function
+@item The associated value: the ``ACTION'' list or function
 The value associated with each syntactic symbol in this association
 list is called an @var{action}, which can be either a list or a
 function which returns a list.  @xref{Custom Braces}, for how to use
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@ that the brace appears on a line by itself.
 
 Using a mechanism similar to brace hanging (@pxref{Hanging Braces}),
 colons can also be made to hang using the style variable
-@code{c-hanging-colons-alist} - When a colon is typed, @ccmode
+@code{c-hanging-colons-alist}: when a colon is typed, @ccmode
 determines its syntactic context, looks this up in the alist
 @code{c-changing-colons-alist} and inserts up to two newlines
 accordingly.  Here, however, If @ccmode fails to find an entry for a
@@ -3471,17 +3471,17 @@ newly typed colon.
 @vindex hanging-colons-alist (c-)
 
 @table @asis
-@item The Key - the syntactic symbol
+@item The Key: the syntactic symbol
 The syntactic symbols appropriate as keys in this association list
 are: @code{case-label}, @code{label}, @code{access-label},
 @code{member-init-intro}, and @code{inher-intro}.  @xref{Syntactic
 Symbols}.  Elements with any other value as a key get ignored.
 
-@item The associate value - the ``ACTION'' list
+@item The associated value: the ``ACTION'' list
 The @var{action} here is simply a list containing a combination of the
 symbols @code{before} and @code{after}.  Unlike in
 @code{c-hanging-braces-alist}, functions as @var{actions} are not
-supported - there doesn't seem to be any need for them.
+supported; there doesn't seem to be any need for them.
 @end table
 @end defopt
 
@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ recognized, e.g., @code{statement}, @code{substatement},
 @code{class-open}, @code{class-close}, etc.  @xref{Syntactic Symbols},
 for a complete list of currently recognized syntactic symbols and
 their semantics.  The remaining entries are various data associated
-with the recognized construct - there might be zero or more.
+with the recognized construct; there might be zero or more.
 
 @cindex anchor position
 Conceptually, a line of code is always indented relative to some
@@ -4570,7 +4570,7 @@ example:
 Here, lines 4, 7, and 10 are all assigned @code{case-label} syntax,
 while lines 5 and 8 are assigned @code{statement-case-intro}.  Line 11
 is treated slightly differently since it contains a brace that opens a
-block --- it is given @code{statement-case-open} syntax.
+block; it is given @code{statement-case-open} syntax.
 
 @comment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 @node    Brace List Symbols, External Scope Symbols, Switch Statement Symbols, Syntactic Symbols
@@ -4798,7 +4798,7 @@ Line 2 is assigned the @code{func-decl-cont} syntax.
 @ssindex comment-intro
 Line 4 is assigned both @code{defun-block-intro} @emph{and}
 @code{comment-intro} syntax.  A syntactic element with
-@code{comment-intro} has no anchor point --- It is always accompanied
+@code{comment-intro} has no anchor point.  It is always accompanied
 by another syntactic element which does have one.
 
 @item
@@ -5282,15 +5282,15 @@ values that the special symbols correspond to:
 @item +
 @code{c-basic-offset} times 1
 @item -
-@code{c-basic-offset} times -1
+@code{c-basic-offset} times @minus{}1
 @item ++
 @code{c-basic-offset} times 2
 @item --
-@code{c-basic-offset} times -2
+@code{c-basic-offset} times @minus{}2
 @item *
 @code{c-basic-offset} times 0.5
 @item /
-@code{c-basic-offset} times -0.5
+@code{c-basic-offset} times @minus{}0.5
 @end table
 
 @item A vector
@@ -5332,10 +5332,10 @@ Use the first offset that doesn't evaluate to @code{nil}.  Subsequent
 elements of the list don't get evaluated.
 @item min
 Use the minimum of all the offsets.  All must be either relative or
-absolute - they can't be mixed.
+absolute; they can't be mixed.
 @item max
 Use the maximum of all the offsets.  All must be either relative or
-absolute - they can't be mixed.
+absolute; they can't be mixed.
 @item add
 Add all the evaluated offsets together.  Exactly one of them may be
 absolute, in which case the result is absolute.  Any relative offsets
@@ -5493,7 +5493,7 @@ any problems writing custom line-up functions for AWK mode.
 The calling convention for line-up functions is described fully in
 @ref{Custom Line-Up}.  Roughly speaking, the return value is either an
 offset itself (such as @code{+} or @code{[0]}) or it's @code{nil},
-meaning ``this function is inappropriate in this case - try a
+meaning ``this function is inappropriate in this case; try a
 different one''.  @xref{c-offsets-alist}.
 
 The subsections below describe all the standard line-up functions,
@@ -6514,12 +6514,12 @@ your setup for this by using the access functions
 @vindex c-syntactic-context
 @vindex syntactic-context (c-)
 Some syntactic symbols, e.g., @code{arglist-cont-nonempty}, have more
-info in the syntactic element - typically other positions that can be
+info in the syntactic element: typically other positions that can be
 interesting besides the anchor position.  That info can't be accessed
 through the passed argument, which is a cons cell.  Instead, you can
 get this information from the variable @code{c-syntactic-element},
 which is dynamically bound to the complete syntactic element.  The
-variable @code{c-syntactic-context} might also be useful - it gets
+variable @code{c-syntactic-context} might also be useful: it gets
 dynamically bound to the complete syntactic context.  @xref{Custom
 Braces}.
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi
index 485bda81b5..6c53c7643b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cl.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents the GNU Emacs Common Lisp emulation package.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/dbus.texi b/doc/misc/dbus.texi
index 610321f18c..0356f66c16 100644
--- a/doc/misc/dbus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/dbus.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @syncodeindex fn cp
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2007--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/dired-x.texi b/doc/misc/dired-x.texi
index ed10a2232f..439a05f341 100644
--- a/doc/misc/dired-x.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/dired-x.texi
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994-1995, 1999, 2001-2012
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994--1995, 1999, 2001--2012
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
diff --git a/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi b/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi
index 71f58b7d71..3294d10db2 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents Ebrowse, a C++ class browser for GNU Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2000--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/ede.texi b/doc/misc/ede.texi
index 704d5b1141..78fcefb9e7 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ede.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ede.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @copying
 This file describes EDE, the Emacs Development Environment.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1998-2001, 2004-2005, 2008-2012
+Copyright @copyright{} 1998--2001, 2004--2005, 2008--2012
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
diff --git a/doc/misc/ediff.texi b/doc/misc/ediff.texi
index 002a726d23..1aba0a446f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ediff.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ediff.texi
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 This file documents Ediff, a comprehensive visual interface to Unix diff
 and patch utilities.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ Makes the next difference region current.
 Makes the very first difference region current.
 
 @kbd{-j} makes the last region current.  Typing a number, N, and then `j'
-makes the difference region N current.  Typing -N (a negative number) then
-`j' makes current the region Last - N.
+makes the difference region N current.  Typing @minus{}N (a negative number) then
+`j' makes current the region Last @minus{} N.
 
 @item ga
 @kindex ga
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ difference.
 @vindex ediff-use-toolbar-p
 The use of the toolbar can also be specified via the variable
 @code{ediff-use-toolbar-p} (default is @code{t}).  This variable can be set
-only in @file{.emacs} --- do @strong{not} change it interactively.  Use the
+only in @file{.emacs}: do @strong{not} change it interactively.  Use the
 function @code{ediff-toggle-use-toolbar} instead.
 
 @item ediff-revert-buffers-then-recompute-diffs
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ Hooks run just before exiting a session group.
 @item ediff-meta-buffer-keymap-setup-hook
 @vindex ediff-meta-buffer-keymap-setup-hook
 @vindex ediff-meta-buffer-map
-Hooks run just after setting up the @code{ediff-meta-buffer-map} --- the
+Hooks run just after setting up the @code{ediff-meta-buffer-map}, the
 map that controls key bindings in the meta buffer.  Since
 @code{ediff-meta-buffer-map} is a local variable, you can set different
 bindings for different kinds of meta buffers.
diff --git a/doc/misc/edt.texi b/doc/misc/edt.texi
index 0ecaca7959..0707e34e35 100644
--- a/doc/misc/edt.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/edt.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents the EDT emulation package for Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1986, 1992, 1994-1995, 1999-2012
+Copyright @copyright{} 1986, 1992, 1994--1995, 1999--2012
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
@@ -102,25 +102,25 @@ how to customize it to your liking.
 @itemize
 
 @item
-@file{edt.texi} - This manual.
+@file{edt.texi}---This manual.
 
 @item
-@file{edt-user.el} - An example customization file.
+@file{edt-user.el}---An example customization file.
 
 @item
-@file{edt.el} - EDT emulation functions and default configuration.
+@file{edt.el}---EDT emulation functions and default configuration.
 
 @item
-@file{edt-lk201.el} - Built-in support for DEC LK-201 keyboards.
+@file{edt-lk201.el}---Built-in support for DEC LK-201 keyboards.
 
 @item
-@file{edt-vt100.el} - Built-in support for DEC VT-100 (and above) terminals.
+@file{edt-vt100.el}---Built-in support for DEC VT-100 (and above) terminals.
 
 @item
-@file{edt-pc.el} - Built-in support for PC 101 Keyboards under MS-DOS.
+@file{edt-pc.el}---Built-in support for PC 101 Keyboards under MS-DOS.
 
 @item
-@file{edt-mapper.el} - Create an EDT LK-201 map file for keyboards
+@file{edt-mapper.el}---Create an EDT LK-201 map file for keyboards
 without built-in support.
 
 @end itemize
diff --git a/doc/misc/eieio.texi b/doc/misc/eieio.texi
index 8b2a73b5f7..f898a2b331 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eieio.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eieio.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual documents EIEIO, an object framework for Emacs Lisp.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2007--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
index f26d80b598..d530837c6b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents the Emacs MIME interface functionality.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1998--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ Conformance Criteria and Examples
 Languages, and Continuations
 
 @item RFC1843
-HZ - A Data Format for Exchanging Files of Arbitrarily Mixed Chinese and
+HZ---A Data Format for Exchanging Files of Arbitrarily Mixed Chinese and
 @acronym{ASCII} characters
 
 @item draft-ietf-drums-msg-fmt-05.txt
diff --git a/doc/misc/epa.texi b/doc/misc/epa.texi
index c265f92bed..20824e0fc9 100644
--- a/doc/misc/epa.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/epa.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @copying
 This file describes EasyPG Assistant @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2007--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/erc.texi b/doc/misc/erc.texi
index d8b3843fd6..569750bd1e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/erc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/erc.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual is for ERC as distributed with Emacs @value{EMACSVER}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2005--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/ert.texi b/doc/misc/ert.texi
index 2cd51d5aec..4dd1961350 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ert.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ert.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @end direntry
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2008, 2010-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2008, 2010--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Appendix
 
 ERT allows you to define @emph{tests} in addition to functions,
 macros, variables, and the other usual Lisp constructs.  Tests are
-simply Lisp code --- code that invokes other code and checks whether
+simply Lisp code: code that invokes other code and checks whether
 it behaves as expected.
 
 ERT keeps track of the tests that are defined and provides convenient
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ will pass if the three calls to @code{equal} all return true
 better error reporting.  @xref{The @code{should} Macro}.
 
 Each test should have a name that describes what functionality it tests.
-Test names can be chosen arbitrarily --- they are in a
-namespace separate from functions and variables --- but should follow
+Test names can be chosen arbitrarily---they are in a
+namespace separate from functions and variables---but should follow
 the usual Emacs Lisp convention of having a prefix that indicates
 which package they belong to.  Test names are displayed by ERT when
 reporting failures and can be used when selecting which tests to run.
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ buffer if one is already visiting the requested file; and it runs
 Instead, it is better to use lower-level mechanisms with simple and
 predictable semantics like @code{with-temp-buffer}, @code{insert} or
 @code{insert-file-contents-literally}, and to activate any desired mode
-by calling the corresponding function directly --- after binding the
+by calling the corresponding function directly, after binding the
 hook variables to nil.  This avoids the above problems.
 
 
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ could be used instead.
 The reason why this test only checks the first line of the backtrace
 is that the remainder of the backtrace is dependent on ERT's internals
 as well as whether the code is running interpreted or compiled.  By
-looking only at the first line, the test checks a useful property
---- that the backtrace correctly captures the call to @code{signal} that
-results from the call to @code{ert-fail} --- without being brittle.
+looking only at the first line, the test checks a useful property---that
+the backtrace correctly captures the call to @code{signal} that
+results from the call to @code{ert-fail}---without being brittle.
 
 This example also shows that writing tests is much easier if the code
 under test was structured with testing in mind.
@@ -699,12 +699,12 @@ strips them out, so it is more convenient.
 failed.  This can be useful to figure out how far it got.
 
 @item You can instrument tests for debugging the same way you instrument
-@code{defun}s for debugging --- go to the source code of the test and
+@code{defun}s for debugging: go to the source code of the test and
 type @kbd{@kbd{C-u} @kbd{C-M-x}}.  Then, go back to the ERT buffer and
 re-run the test with @kbd{r} or @kbd{d}.
 
 @item If you have been editing and rearranging tests, it is possible that
-ERT remembers an old test that you have since renamed or removed ---
+ERT remembers an old test that you have since renamed or removed:
 renamings or removals of definitions in the source code leave around a
 stray definition under the old name in the running process (this is a
 common problem in Lisp).  In such a situation, hit @kbd{D} to let ERT
diff --git a/doc/misc/eshell.texi b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
index 926e09c591..5011910033 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eshell.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual is for Eshell, the Emacs shell.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/eudc.texi b/doc/misc/eudc.texi
index 02c5de0509..d5127cd3e0 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eudc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eudc.texi
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EUDC is the Emacs Unified Directory Client, a common interface to
 directory servers using various protocols such as LDAP or the CCSO white
 pages directory system (PH/QI)
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1998, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1998, 2000--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/faq.texi b/doc/misc/faq.texi
index ec0d6bfe4c..681f54956a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/faq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/faq.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @c appreciate a notice if you do).
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
 Reuven M. Lerner@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Steven Byrnes@*
@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@ type @kbd{C-h C-p} to read it.
 
 Old versions (i.e., anything before 19.29) of Emacs had problems editing
 files larger than 8 megabytes.  In versions 19.29 and later, the maximum
-buffer size is at least 2^27-1, or 134,217,727 bytes, or 132 MBytes.
+buffer size is at least 2^27@minus{}1, or 134,217,727 bytes, or 132 MBytes.
 The maximum buffer size on 32-bit machines increased to 256 MBytes in
 Emacs 22, and again to 512 MBytes in Emacs 23.2.
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/flymake.texi b/doc/misc/flymake.texi
index d27f078555..8eb9a5bc33 100644
--- a/doc/misc/flymake.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/flymake.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 This manual is for GNU Flymake (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}),
 which is a universal on-the-fly syntax checker for GNU Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ Which fringe (if any) should show the warning/error bitmaps.
 @cindex Adding support for a new syntax check tool
 
 @menu
-* Example -- Configuring a tool called directly::
-* Example -- Configuring a tool called via make::
+* Example---Configuring a tool called directly::
+* Example---Configuring a tool called via make::
 @end menu
 
 Syntax check tools are configured using the
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ the @code{flymake-err-line-patterns} list.
 The following sections contain some examples of configuring Flymake
 support for various syntax check tools.
 
-@node Example -- Configuring a tool called directly
-@subsection Example -- Configuring a tool called directly
+@node Example---Configuring a tool called directly
+@subsection Example---Configuring a tool called directly
 @cindex Adding support for perl
 
 In this example, we will add support for @code{perl} as a syntax check
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ Finally, we add an entry to @code{flymake-err-line-patterns}:
             flymake-err-line-patterns))
 @end lisp
 
-@node Example -- Configuring a tool called via make
-@subsection Example -- Configuring a tool called via make
+@node Example---Configuring a tool called via make
+@subsection Example---Configuring a tool called via make
 @cindex Adding support for C (gcc+make)
 
 In this example we will add support for C files syntax checked by
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ check-syntax:
 Syntax check is started by calling @code{flymake-start-syntax-check-for-current-buffer}.
 Flymake first determines whether it is able to do syntax
 check. It then saves a copy of the buffer in a temporary file in the
-buffer's directory (or in the system temp directory -- for java
+buffer's directory (or in the system temp directory, for java
 files), creates a syntax check command and launches a process with
 this command. The output is parsed using a list of error message patterns,
 and error information (file name, line number, type and text) is
diff --git a/doc/misc/forms.texi b/doc/misc/forms.texi
index b38718826c..cc621591f0 100644
--- a/doc/misc/forms.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/forms.texi
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents Forms mode, a form-editing major mode for GNU Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1997, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1997, 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
index 35ec212095..a06fb45bb2 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @syncodeindex pg cp
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2005, 2007-2012 Free Software
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2005, 2007--2012 Free Software
 Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ reason.
 @c (typically so far the only exception has been that the changes
 @c already exist in the trunk in modified form).
 Because of this, when the next major version of Gnus will be included in
-Emacs, it should be very easy -- just plonk in the files from the Gnus
+Emacs, it should be very easy---just plonk in the files from the Gnus
 trunk without worrying about lost changes from the Emacs tree.
 
 The effect of this is that as hacker, you should generally only have to
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ tree, and it will show up in the Gnus tree a few days later.
 
 If you don't have Emacs bzr access (or it's inconvenient), you can
 change such a file in the v5-10 branch, and it should propagate to Emacs
-bzr -- however, it will get some extra scrutiny (by Miles) to see if the
+bzr---however, it will get some extra scrutiny (by Miles) to see if the
 changes are possibly controversial and need discussion on the mailing
 list.  Many changes are obvious bug-fixes however, so often there won't
 be any problem.
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ including improvements on the documentation.
 If you know that there will be conflicts (perhaps because the affected
 source code is different in v5-10 and the Gnus git trunk), then you can
 install your change in both places, and when I try to sync them, there
-will be a conflict -- however, since in most such cases there would be a
+will be a conflict---however, since in most such cases there would be a
 conflict @emph{anyway}, it's often easier for me to resolve it simply if
 I see two @samp{identical} changes, and can just choose the proper one,
 rather than having to actually fix the code.
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
index 038b78cced..adc84f8e7d 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ want.
 
 This FAQ was maintained by Justin Sheehy until March 2002. He
 would like to thank Steve Baur and Per Abrahamsen for doing a wonderful
-job with this FAQ before him. We would like to do the same - thanks,
+job with this FAQ before him. We would like to do the same: thanks,
 Justin!
 
 This version is much nicer than the unofficial hypertext
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ mail groups. Is this a bug?
 
 No, that's a matter of design of Gnus, fixing this would
 mean reimplementation of major parts of Gnus'
-back ends. Gnus thinks "highest-article-number -
+back ends. Gnus thinks "highest-article-number @minus{}
 lowest-article-number = total-number-of-articles". This
 works OK for Usenet groups, but if you delete and move
 many messages in mail groups, this fails. To cure the
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 142d119467..2e6e4c040d 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @documentencoding UTF-8
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ subscribing these groups.
 variable defaults to @code{gnus-subscribe-alphabetically}.
 
 The ``options -n'' format is very simplistic.  The syntax above is all
-that is supports -- you can force-subscribe hierarchies, or you can
+that is supports: you can force-subscribe hierarchies, or you can
 deny hierarchies, and that's it.
 
 @vindex gnus-options-not-subscribe
@@ -2139,14 +2139,14 @@ In groups in some news servers, there might be a big gap between a few
 very old articles that will never be expired and the recent ones.  In
 such a case, the server will return the data like @code{(1 . 30000000)}
 for the @code{LIST ACTIVE group} command, for example.  Even if there
-are actually only the articles 1-10 and 29999900-30000000, Gnus doesn't
+are actually only the articles 1--10 and 29999900--30000000, Gnus doesn't
 know it at first and prepares for getting 30000000 articles.  However,
 it will consume hundreds megabytes of memories and might make Emacs get
 stuck as the case may be.  If you use such news servers, set the
 variable @code{gnus-newsgroup-maximum-articles} to a positive number.
 The value means that Gnus ignores articles other than this number of the
 latest ones in every group.  For instance, the value 10000 makes Gnus
-get only the articles 29990001-30000000 (if the latest article number is
+get only the articles 29990001--30000000 (if the latest article number is
 30000000 in a group).  Note that setting this variable to a number might
 prevent you from reading very old articles.  The default value of the
 variable @code{gnus-newsgroup-maximum-articles} is @code{nil}, which
@@ -3819,7 +3819,7 @@ So, to move a topic to the beginning of the list of topics, just hit
 @kbd{C-k} on it.  This is like the ``cut'' part of cut and paste.  Then,
 move the cursor to the beginning of the buffer (just below the ``Gnus''
 topic) and hit @kbd{C-y}.  This is like the ``paste'' part of cut and
-paste.  Like I said -- E-Z.
+paste.  Like I said---E-Z.
 
 You can use @kbd{C-k} and @kbd{C-y} on groups as well as on topics.  So
 you can move topics around as well as groups.
@@ -13661,7 +13661,7 @@ server.  The default value of this variable is @code{("XOVER"
 @vindex nntp-nov-gap
 @code{nntp} normally sends just one big request for @acronym{NOV} lines to
 the server.  The server responds with one huge list of lines.  However,
-if you have read articles 2-5000 in the group, and only want to read
+if you have read articles 2--5000 in the group, and only want to read
 article 1 and 5001, that means that @code{nntp} will fetch 4999 @acronym{NOV}
 lines that you will not need.  This variable says how
 big a gap between two consecutive articles is allowed to be before the
@@ -15932,7 +15932,7 @@ Decode Quoted Readable encoding.
 If you are a member of a couple of mailing lists, you will sometimes
 receive two copies of the same mail.  This can be quite annoying, so
 @code{nnmail} checks for and treats any duplicates it might find.  To do
-this, it keeps a cache of old @code{Message-ID}s---
+this, it keeps a cache of old @code{Message-ID}s:
 @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-file}, which is @file{~/.nnmail-cache} by
 default.  The approximate maximum number of @code{Message-ID}s stored
 there is controlled by the @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-length}
@@ -16596,8 +16596,8 @@ future.  Here are some high and low points on each:
 @table @code
 @item nnmbox
 
-UNIX systems have historically had a single, very common, and well-
-defined format.  All messages arrive in a single @dfn{spool file}, and
+UNIX systems have historically had a single, very common, and well-defined
+format.  All messages arrive in a single @dfn{spool file}, and
 they are delineated by a line whose regular expression matches
 @samp{^From_}.  (My notational use of @samp{_} is to indicate a space,
 to make it clear in this instance that this is not the RFC-specified
@@ -21144,7 +21144,7 @@ features (inspired by the Google search input language):
 AND, OR, and NOT are supported, and parentheses can be used to control
 operator precedence, e.g., (emacs OR xemacs) AND linux. Note that
 operators must be written with all capital letters to be
-recognized. Also preceding a term with a - sign is equivalent to NOT
+recognized. Also preceding a term with a @minus{} sign is equivalent to NOT
 term.
 
 @item Automatic AND queries
@@ -21192,7 +21192,8 @@ Note that operators must be written with all capital letters to be
 recognized.
 
 @item Required and excluded terms
-+ and - can be used to require or exclude terms, e.g., football -american
++ and @minus{} can be used to require or exclude terms, e.g., football
+@minus{}american
 
 @item Unicode handling
 The search engine converts all text to utf-8, so searching should work
@@ -21329,7 +21330,7 @@ This engine is obsolete.
 @table @code
 
 @item nnir-method-default-engines
-Alist of server backend - search engine pairs. The default associations
+Alist of pairs of server backends and search engines. The default associations
 are
 @example
 (nnimap . imap)
@@ -22544,7 +22545,7 @@ configuration function will use @code{group} as the key.  A full list of
 possible names is listed below.
 
 The @dfn{value} (i.e., the @dfn{split}) says how much space each buffer
-should occupy.  To take the @code{article} split as an example -
+should occupy.  To take the @code{article} split as an example:
 
 @lisp
 (article (vertical 1.0 (summary 0.25 point)
@@ -26321,9 +26322,9 @@ with the information when possible).
 
 On the January 31th 2012, Ma Gnus was begun.
 
-If you happen upon a version of Gnus that has a prefixed name --
-``(ding) Gnus'', ``September Gnus'', ``Red Gnus'', ``Quassia Gnus'',
-``Pterodactyl Gnus'', ``Oort Gnus'', ``No Gnus'', ``Ma Gnus'' -- don't
+If you happen upon a version of Gnus that has a prefixed name---``(ding)
+Gnus'', ``September Gnus'', ``Red Gnus'', ``Quassia Gnus'',
+``Pterodactyl Gnus'', ``Oort Gnus'', ``No Gnus'', ``Ma Gnus''---don't
 panic.  Don't let it know that you're frightened.  Back away.  Slowly.
 Whatever you do, don't run.  Walk away, calmly, until you're out of
 its reach.  Find a proper released version of Gnus and snuggle up to
@@ -26470,14 +26471,14 @@ on Son-of-RFC 1036.  They have produced a number of drafts proposing
 various changes to the format of news articles.  The Gnus towers will
 look into implementing the changes when the draft is accepted as an RFC.
 
-@item MIME - RFC 2045-2049 etc
+@item MIME---RFC 2045--2049 etc
 @cindex @acronym{MIME}
 All the various @acronym{MIME} RFCs are supported.
 
-@item Disposition Notifications - RFC 2298
+@item Disposition Notifications---RFC 2298
 Message Mode is able to request notifications from the receiver.
 
-@item PGP - RFC 1991 and RFC 2440
+@item PGP---RFC 1991 and RFC 2440
 @cindex RFC 1991
 @cindex RFC 2440
 RFC 1991 is the original @acronym{PGP} message specification,
@@ -26487,15 +26488,15 @@ non-@acronym{MIME} aware @acronym{PGP} format.  Gnus supports both
 encoding (signing and encryption) and decoding (verification and
 decryption).
 
-@item PGP/MIME - RFC 2015/3156
+@item PGP/MIME---RFC 2015/3156
 RFC 2015 (superseded by 3156 which references RFC 2440 instead of RFC
 1991) describes the @acronym{MIME}-wrapping around the RFC 1991/2440 format.
 Gnus supports both encoding and decoding.
 
-@item S/MIME - RFC 2633
+@item S/MIME---RFC 2633
 RFC 2633 describes the @acronym{S/MIME} format.
 
-@item IMAP - RFC 1730/2060, RFC 2195, RFC 2086, RFC 2359, RFC 2595, RFC 1731
+@item IMAP---RFC 1730/2060, RFC 2195, RFC 2086, RFC 2359, RFC 2595, RFC 1731
 RFC 1730 is @acronym{IMAP} version 4, updated somewhat by RFC 2060
 (@acronym{IMAP} 4 revision 1).  RFC 2195 describes CRAM-MD5
 authentication for @acronym{IMAP}.  RFC 2086 describes access control
@@ -26550,7 +26551,7 @@ circles) @dfn{snapshots}.  During this phase, Gnus is assumed to be
 unstable and should not be used by casual users.  Gnus alpha releases
 have names like ``Oort Gnus'' and ``No Gnus''.  @xref{Gnus Versions}.
 
-After futzing around for 10-100 alpha releases, Gnus is declared
+After futzing around for 10--100 alpha releases, Gnus is declared
 @dfn{frozen}, and only bug fixes are applied.  Gnus loses the prefix,
 and is called things like ``Gnus 5.10.1'' instead.  Normal people are
 supposed to be able to use these, and these are mostly discussed on the
@@ -28137,7 +28138,7 @@ The behavior can be changed by customizing @code{message-insert-canlock}.
 
 @item
 Gnus supports @acronym{PGP} (RFC 1991/2440), @acronym{PGP/MIME} (RFC
-2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME} (RFC 2630-2633).
+2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME} (RFC 2630--2633).
 
 It needs an external @acronym{S/MIME} and OpenPGP implementation, but no
 additional Lisp libraries.  This add several menu items to the
@@ -28556,10 +28557,10 @@ know that the server makes wrong @acronym{NOV} data.
 
 @item level
 @cindex levels
-Each group is subscribed at some @dfn{level} or other (1-9).  The ones
+Each group is subscribed at some @dfn{level} or other (1--9).  The ones
 that have a lower level are ``more'' subscribed than the groups with a
-higher level.  In fact, groups on levels 1-5 are considered
-@dfn{subscribed}; 6-7 are @dfn{unsubscribed}; 8 are @dfn{zombies}; and 9
+higher level.  In fact, groups on levels 1--5 are considered
+@dfn{subscribed}; 6--7 are @dfn{unsubscribed}; 8 are @dfn{zombies}; and 9
 are @dfn{killed}.  Commands for listing groups and scanning for new
 articles will all use the numeric prefix as @dfn{working level}.
 
@@ -29135,8 +29136,8 @@ return value.
 
 Some back ends could be said to be @dfn{server-forming} back ends, and
 some might be said not to be.  The latter are back ends that generally
-only operate on one group at a time, and have no concept of ``server''
----they have a group, and they deliver info on that group and nothing
+only operate on one group at a time, and have no concept of ``server'';
+they have a group, and they deliver info on that group and nothing
 more.
 
 Gnus identifies each message by way of group name and article number.  A
diff --git a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi
index 22b444c1a9..c9ada95cd0 100644
--- a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Emacs, and interacting with an IDL shell run as a subprocess.
 This is edition @value{EDITION} of the IDLWAVE User Manual for IDLWAVE
 @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Interactive Data Language (IDL), and running IDL as an inferior shell.
 
 Getting Started (Tutorial)
 
-* Lesson I -- Development Cycle::
-* Lesson II -- Customization::
-* Lesson III -- User Catalog::
+* Lesson I---Development Cycle::
+* Lesson II---Customization::
+* Lesson III---User Catalog::
 
 The IDLWAVE Major Mode
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ had to be renamed because of a name space conflict with CORBA's
 @code{idl-mode}, defined in Emacs in the file @file{cc-mode.el}.
 
 In this manual, each section ends with a list of related user options.
-Don't be confused by the sheer number of options available --- in most
+Don't be confused by the sheer number of options available: in most
 cases the default settings are just fine.  The variables are listed here
 to make sure you know where to look if you want to change anything.  For
 a full description of what a particular variable does and how to
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ at point.
 @cindex Getting Started
 
 @menu
-* Lesson I -- Development Cycle::
-* Lesson II -- Customization::
-* Lesson III -- User Catalog::
+* Lesson I---Development Cycle::
+* Lesson II---Customization::
+* Lesson III---User Catalog::
 @end menu
 
-@node  Lesson I -- Development Cycle, Lesson II -- Customization, Getting Started, Getting Started
+@node  Lesson I---Development Cycle, Lesson II---Customization, Getting Started, Getting Started
 @section Lesson I: Development Cycle
 
 The purpose of this tutorial is to guide you through a very basic
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ cursor after the @code{end} statement of the @code{for} loop and press
 @key{SPC}.  IDLWAVE blinks back to the beginning of the block and
 changes the generic @code{end} to the specific @code{endfor}
 automatically (as long as the variable @code{idlwave-expand-generic-end}
-is turned on --- @pxref{Lesson II -- Customization}).  Now place the
+is turned on; @pxref{Lesson II---Customization}).  Now place the
 cursor in any line you would like to split and press @kbd{M-@key{RET}}.
 The line is split at the cursor position, with the continuation @samp{$}
 and indentation all taken care of.  Use @kbd{C-/} to undo the last
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ Recompile with @kbd{C-c C-d C-c}. Jump back into the shell with
 @kbd{C-c C-s}, press the @key{UP} arrow to recall the previous command
 and execute again.
 
-This time we get a plot, but it is pretty ugly --- the points are all
+This time we get a plot, but it is pretty ugly: the points are all
 connected with a line.  Hmm, isn't there a way for @code{plot} to use
 symbols instead?  What was that keyword?  Position the cursor on the
 plot line after a comma (where you'd normally type a keyword), and hit
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ by now: @kbd{C-c C-d C-c}), go back to the shell (if it's vanished,
 you know what to do: @kbd{C-c C-s}) and execute again.  Now things
 look pretty good.
 
-Let's try a different day --- how about April fool's day?
+Let's try a different day.  How about April fool's day?
 
 @example
 plot_wday,1,4
@@ -551,14 +551,14 @@ command.  Everything should now work fine.  How about those leap years?
 Change the code to plot 100 years and see that every 28 years, the
 sequence of weekdays repeats.
 
-@node  Lesson II -- Customization, Lesson III -- User Catalog, Lesson I -- Development Cycle, Getting Started
+@node  Lesson II---Customization, Lesson III---User Catalog, Lesson I---Development Cycle, Getting Started
 @section Lesson II: Customization
 
 Emacs is probably the most customizable piece of software ever written,
 and it would be a shame if you did not make use of this to adapt IDLWAVE
 to your own preferences.  Customizing Emacs or IDLWAVE is accomplished
 by setting Lisp variables in the @file{.emacs} file in your home
-directory --- but do not be dismayed; for the most part, you can just
+directory---but do not be dismayed; for the most part, you can just
 copy and work from the examples given here.
 
 Let's first use a boolean variable.  These are variables which you turn
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ breakpoints (try it, it's easier).  You can enable this with:
 
 @noindent to get compilation on @kbd{S-c}.  Often, a modifier key like
 @key{SUPER} or @key{HYPER} is bound or can be bound to an otherwise
-unused key on your keyboard --- consult your system documentation.
+unused key on your keyboard; consult your system documentation.
 
 You can also assign specific commands to keys.  This you must do in the
 @emph{mode-hook}, a special function which is run when a new IDLWAVE
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ endless.  Here we set function keys f4-f8 to common debugging commands.
     (local-set-key [f8] 'idlwave-shell-clear-all-bp)))
 @end lisp
 
-@node  Lesson III -- User Catalog,  , Lesson II -- Customization, Getting Started
+@node  Lesson III---User Catalog,  , Lesson II---Customization, Getting Started
 @section Lesson III: User and Library Catalogs
 
 We have already used the routine info display in the first part of this
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ Directories} from the IDLWAVE entry in the menu bar.  If necessary,
 start the shell first with @kbd{C-c C-s} (@pxref{Starting the Shell}).
 IDLWAVE will find out about the IDL @code{!PATH} variable and offer a
 list of directories on the path.  Simply select them all (or whichever
-you want --- directories with existing library catalogs will not be
+you want; directories with existing library catalogs will not be
 selected by default) and click on the @samp{Scan&Save} button.  Then
 go for a cup of coffee while IDLWAVE collects information for each and
 every IDL routine on your search path.  All this information is
@@ -1251,8 +1251,8 @@ For IDL system routines, extensive documentation is supplied with IDL@.
 IDLWAVE can access the HTML version of this documentation very quickly
 and accurately, based on the local context.  This can be @emph{much}
 faster than using the IDL online help application, because IDLWAVE
-usually gets you to the right place in the documentation directly ---
-e.g., a specific keyword of a routine --- without any additional browsing
+usually gets you to the right place in the documentation directly---e.g.,
+a specific keyword of a routine---without any additional browsing
 and scrolling.
 
 For this online help to work, an HTML version of the IDL documentation
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ IDLWAVE offers completion for class names, routine names, keywords,
 system variables, system variable tags, class structure tags, regular
 structure tags and file names.  As in many programming modes, completion
 is bound to @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} (or simply @kbd{@key{TAB}} in the IDLWAVE
-Shell --- @pxref{Using the Shell}).  Completion uses exactly the same
+Shell; @pxref{Using the Shell}).  Completion uses exactly the same
 internal information as routine info, so when necessary (rarely) it can
 be updated with @kbd{C-c C-i} (@code{idlwave-update-routine-info}).
 
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ text.
 
 @cindex Completion, canceling
 @cindex Canceling completion
-Completion is not a blocking operation --- you are free to continue
+Completion is not a blocking operation; you are free to continue
 editing, enter commands, or simply ignore the @file{*Completions*}
 buffer during a completion operation.  If, however, the most recent
 command was a completion, @kbd{C-g} will remove the buffer and restore
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ used to insert code templates all start with a @samp{\} (the backslash),
 or, optionally, any other character set in
 @code{idlwave-abbrev-start-char}. IDLWAVE ensures that abbreviations are
 only expanded where they should be (i.e., not in a string or comment),
-and permits the point to be moved after an abbreviation expansion ---
+and permits the point to be moved after an abbreviation expansion:
 very useful for positioning the mark inside of parentheses, etc.
 
 Special abbreviations are pre-defined for code templates and other
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ interactively, to compile and run IDL programs in Emacs buffers and to
 debug these programs.  The IDLWAVE shell is built on @file{comint}, an
 Emacs packages which handles the communication with the IDL program.
 Unfortunately, IDL for Windows does not have command-prompt versions and
-thus do not allow the interaction with Emacs --- so the IDLWAVE shell
+thus do not allow the interaction with Emacs, so the IDLWAVE shell
 currently only works under Unix and MacOSX.
 
 @menu
@@ -2735,8 +2735,8 @@ the prefix key @kbd{C-c C-d}, so, for example, setting a breakpoint is
 done with @kbd{C-c C-d C-b}, and compiling a source file with @kbd{C-c
 C-d C-c}.  You can also easily configure IDLWAVE to use one or more
 modifier keys not in use by other commands, in lieu of the prefix
-@kbd{C-c C-d} (though these bindings will typically also be available
---- see @code{idlwave-shell-activate-prefix-keybindings}).  For
+@kbd{C-c C-d} (though these bindings will typically also be available;
+see @code{idlwave-shell-activate-prefix-keybindings}).  For
 example, if you include in @file{.emacs}:
 
 @lisp
@@ -2749,9 +2749,9 @@ source file will be on @kbd{C-S-c}, deleting a breakpoint @kbd{C-S-d},
 etc.  In the remainder of this chapter we will assume that the
 @kbd{C-c C-d} bindings are active, but each of these bindings will
 have an equivalent shortcut if modifiers are given in the
-@code{idlwave-shell-debug-modifiers} variable (@pxref{Lesson II --
-Customization}).  A much simpler and faster form of debugging for
-running code is also available by default --- see @ref{Electric Debug
+@code{idlwave-shell-debug-modifiers} variable (@pxref{Lesson
+II---Customization}).  A much simpler and faster form of debugging for
+running code is also available by default; see @ref{Electric Debug
 Mode}.
 
 @defopt idlwave-shell-prefix-key (@kbd{C-c C-d})
@@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ prefix arg of 1 (i.e., @kbd{C-1 C-c C-d C-b}), the breakpoint gets a
 With a numeric prefix greater than one (e.g., @kbd{C-4 C-c C-d C-b}),
 the breakpoint will only be active the @code{nth} time it is hit.
 With a single non-numeric prefix (i.e., @kbd{C-u C-c C-d C-b}), prompt
-for a condition --- an IDL expression to be evaluated and trigger the
+for a condition: an IDL expression to be evaluated and trigger the
 breakpoint only if true.  To clear the breakpoint in the current line,
 use @kbd{C-c C-d C-d} (@code{idlwave-clear-current-bp}).  When
 executed from the shell window, the breakpoint where IDL is currently
@@ -3118,10 +3118,10 @@ time (as long as the shell is running), and are very useful when
 execution is stopped in a buffer due to a triggered breakpoint or error,
 or while composing a long command in the IDLWAVE shell.  In the latter
 case, the command is sent to the shell and its output is visible, but
-point remains unmoved in the command being composed --- you can inspect
+point remains unmoved in the command being composed: you can inspect
 the constituents of a command you're building without interrupting the
 process of building it!  You can even print arbitrary expressions from
-older input or output further up in the shell window --- any expression,
+older input or output further up in the shell window; any expression,
 variable, number, or function you see can be examined.
 
 If the variable @code{idlwave-shell-separate-examine-output} is
@@ -3505,7 +3505,7 @@ Starting with version 5.0, there are two types of catalogs available
 with IDLWAVE@.  The traditional @emph{user catalog} and the newer
 @emph{library catalogs}.  Although they can be used interchangeably, the
 library catalogs are more flexible, and preferred.  There are few
-occasions when a user catalog might be preferred --- read below.  Both
+occasions when a user catalog might be preferred---read below.  Both
 types of catalogs can coexist without causing problems.
 
 To facilitate the catalog systems, IDLWAVE stores information it gathers
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ Library catalogs consist of files named @file{.idlwave_catalog} stored
 in directories containing @code{.pro} routine files.  They are
 discovered on the IDL search path and loaded automatically when routine
 information is read.  Each catalog file documents the routines found in
-that directory --- one catalog per directory.  Every catalog has a
+that directory---one catalog per directory.  Every catalog has a
 library name associated with it (e.g., @emph{AstroLib}).  This name will
 be shown briefly when the catalog is found, and in the routine info of
 routines it documents.
@@ -4061,7 +4061,7 @@ system.  I am assuming that IDLWAVE has been installed in
 
 @end lisp
 
-@noindent Furthermore, Windows sometimes tries to outsmart you --- make
+@noindent Furthermore, Windows sometimes tries to outsmart you; make
 sure you check the following things:
 
 @itemize @bullet
diff --git a/doc/misc/info.texi b/doc/misc/info.texi
index aec8052277..9914aa37d1 100644
--- a/doc/misc/info.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/info.texi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 This file describes how to use Info, the on-line, menu-driven GNU
 documentation system.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1992, 1996--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/mairix-el.texi b/doc/misc/mairix-el.texi
index 990bb87ae5..b4515cf64f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/mairix-el.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/mairix-el.texi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 @documentencoding ISO-8859-1
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2008--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ modify this GNU manual.''
 @end direntry
 
 @titlepage
-@title mairix.el - Mairix interface for Emacs
+@title mairix.el---Mairix interface for Emacs
 
 @author David Engster
 @page
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ modify this GNU manual.''
 @contents
 
 @node Top
-@top mairix.el - Mairix interface for Emacs
+@top mairix.el---Mairix interface for Emacs
 
 Mairix is a tool for indexing and searching words in locally stored
 mail.  It was written by Richard Curnow and is licensed under the
diff --git a/doc/misc/message.texi b/doc/misc/message.texi
index cbeac40400..0f8a383377 100644
--- a/doc/misc/message.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/message.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ You can use one or more of the above variables.  All their values are
 Now you are all set.  Just start composing a message as you normally do.
 And just send it; as always.  Just before the message is sent out, Gnus'
 MFT generation thingy kicks in and checks if the message already has a
-MFT field.  If there is one, it is left alone.  (Except if it's empty -
+MFT field.  If there is one, it is left alone.  (Except if it's empty;
 in that case, the field is removed and is not replaced with an
 automatically generated one.  This lets you disable MFT generation on a
 per-message basis.)  If there is none, then the list of recipient
@@ -2206,12 +2206,12 @@ This function won't add the header if the header is already present.
 
 @item message-send-mail-hook
 @vindex message-send-mail-hook
-Hook run before sending mail messages.  This hook is run very late --
+Hook run before sending mail messages.  This hook is run very late:
 just before the message is actually sent as mail.
 
 @item message-send-news-hook
 @vindex message-send-news-hook
-Hook run before sending news messages.  This hook is run very late --
+Hook run before sending news messages.  This hook is run very late:
 just before the message is actually sent as news.
 
 @item message-sent-hook
diff --git a/doc/misc/mh-e.texi b/doc/misc/mh-e.texi
index 353f45d741..7e4cc2fa6f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/mh-e.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/mh-e.texi
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 This is version @value{VERSION}@value{EDITION} of @cite{The MH-E
 Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 2001-2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 2001--2003, 2005--2012 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
 @c This dual license has been agreed upon by the FSF.
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ The MH-E package is distributed with Emacs@footnote{Version
 @value{VERSION} of MH-E appeared in Emacs 24.1. It is supported in GNU
 Emacs 23 and higher, as well as XEmacs 21.4.22 and 21.5.31. MH-E is
 known not to work with GNU Emacs versions 20 and below, and XEmacs
-version 21.5.9 - 21.5.16. It is compatible with MH versions 6.8.4 and
+version 21.5.9--21.5.16. It is compatible with MH versions 6.8.4 and
 higher, all versions of nmh, and GNU mailutils 1.0 and higher}, so you
 shouldn't have to do anything special to use it. Gnus is also
 required; version 5.10 or higher is recommended. This manual covers
@@ -5644,7 +5645,7 @@ The command @kbd{C-c C-w} (@code{mh-check-whom}) expands aliases so
 you can check the actual address(es) in the alias. A new buffer named
 @samp{*MH-E Recipients*} is created with the output of @command{whom}
 (@pxref{Miscellaneous})@footnote{See the section
-@uref{@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/senove.html#WhaPro, What now? -- and the
+@uref{@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/senove.html#WhaPro, What now?---and the
 whatnow Program} in the MH book.}.
 
 @node Sending Message, Killing Draft, Checking Recipients, Editing Drafts
@@ -7714,7 +7715,7 @@ all of your interesting messages and add a couple of points to be
 conservative. Add that many dots to the @samp{X-Spam-Level:} header
 field above to send messages with that score down the drain.
 
-In the example above, messages with a score of 5-9 are set aside in
+In the example above, messages with a score of 5--9 are set aside in
 the @samp{+spam} folder for later review. The major weakness of
 rules-based filters is a plethora of false positives so it is
 worthwhile to check.
@@ -8616,7 +8617,7 @@ In order to send mail within Gnus using MH-E, set this option to
 Since Gnus keeps track of which messages you have read, it would be
 bad if Gnus expired the last message, for example, message 100, and
 @command{rcvstore} gave the next new message number 1. Gnus would then
-ignore it since it thinks that you've read messages 1-100. Turning on
+ignore it since it thinks that you've read messages 1--100. Turning on
 this option ensures that the last message is never removed thereby
 eliminating this problem.
 @end vtable
@@ -8833,7 +8834,7 @@ same structure as MH-E (i.e., invoked MH programs), though it was
 simpler and the commands were slightly different. Unfortunately, I no
 longer have a copy so the differences are lost in the mists of time.
 
-In '82-83, I was working at BBN and wrote a lot of mlisp code in
+In '82--83, I was working at BBN and wrote a lot of mlisp code in
 Gosling Emacs to make it look more like Tennex Emacs. One of the
 packages that I picked up and improved was Reid's mail system. In '83,
 I went back to Berkeley. About that time, Stallman's first version of
diff --git a/doc/misc/newsticker.texi b/doc/misc/newsticker.texi
index 480fb64895..56702502f9 100644
--- a/doc/misc/newsticker.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/newsticker.texi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 This manual is for Newsticker (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}).
 
 @noindent
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ modify this GNU manual.''
 @end direntry
 
 @titlepage
-@title Newsticker -- a Newsticker for Emacs
+@title Newsticker---a Newsticker for Emacs
 @subtitle for version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}
 @author Ulf Jasper
 @author @email{ulf.jasper@@web.de}
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ which contains @file{xml.el} for XEmacs.
 Newsticker retrieves headlines either via Emacs's built-in retrieval
 functions, by an arbitrary external program that retrieves files via
 http and prints them to stdout (like
-@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html, wget}, or -- on a
-per feed basis -- via an arbitrary Lisp command.
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html, wget}, or---on a
+per feed basis---via an arbitrary Lisp command.
 
 
 @node Installation
diff --git a/doc/misc/nxml-mode.texi b/doc/misc/nxml-mode.texi
index 0bac8d3ad3..74971ae9e3 100644
--- a/doc/misc/nxml-mode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/nxml-mode.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 This manual documents nXML mode, an Emacs major mode for editing
 XML with RELAX NG support.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2007--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/org.texi b/doc/misc/org.texi
index 3dc98f66d2..b5e93d74fd 100644
--- a/doc/misc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/org.texi
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual is for Org version @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2004--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ default.  If you are using an earlier version of Emacs, add this line to your
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
 @end lisp
 
-Org mode buffers need font-lock to be turned on - this is the default in
+Org mode buffers need font-lock to be turned on: this is the default in
 Emacs@footnote{If you don't use font-lock globally, turn it on in Org buffer
 with @code{(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)}}.
 
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ computations in Lisp:
   '(concat (substring $1 1 2) (substring $1 0 1) (substring $1 2))
 @r{Add columns 1 and 2, equivalent to Calc's @code{$1+$2}}
   '(+ $1 $2);N
-@r{Compute the sum of columns 1-4, like Calc's @code{vsum($1..$4)}}
+@r{Compute the sum of columns 1--4, like Calc's @code{vsum($1..$4)}}
   '(apply '+ '($1..$4));N
 @end example
 
@@ -3374,7 +3374,7 @@ buffer:
 For Org files, if there is a @samp{<<target>>} at the cursor, the link points
 to the target.  Otherwise it points to the current headline, which will also
 be the description@footnote{If the headline contains a timestamp, it will be
-removed from the link and result in a wrong link -- you should avoid putting
+removed from the link and result in a wrong link---you should avoid putting
 timestamp in the headline.}.
 
 @vindex org-link-to-org-use-id
@@ -5236,8 +5236,8 @@ same summary information.
 The @code{est+} summary type requires further explanation.  It is used for
 combining estimates, expressed as low-high ranges.  For example, instead
 of estimating a particular task will take 5 days, you might estimate it as
-5-6 days if you're fairly confident you know how much work is required, or
-1-10 days if you don't really know what needs to be done.  Both ranges
+5--6 days if you're fairly confident you know how much work is required, or
+1--10 days if you don't really know what needs to be done.  Both ranges
 average at 5.5 days, but the first represents a more predictable delivery.
 
 When combining a set of such estimates, simply adding the lows and highs
@@ -5247,7 +5247,7 @@ from the sum.  For example, suppose you had ten tasks, each of which was
 estimated at 0.5 to 2 days of work.  Straight addition produces an estimate
 of 5 to 20 days, representing what to expect if everything goes either
 extremely well or extremely poorly.  In contrast, @code{est+} estimates the
-full job more realistically, at 10-15 days.
+full job more realistically, at 10--15 days.
 
 Here is an example for a complete columns definition, along with allowed
 values.
@@ -6539,7 +6539,7 @@ suggestion.}  for capturing new material.
 @table @kbd
 @orgcmd{C-c c,org-capture}
 Call the command @code{org-capture}.  Note that this keybinding is global and
-not active by default - you need to install it.  If you have templates
+not active by default; you need to install it.  If you have templates
 @cindex date tree
 defined @pxref{Capture templates}, it will offer these templates for
 selection or use a new Org outline node as the default template.  It will
@@ -8117,7 +8117,7 @@ February 1st, @kbd{9 w} to ISO week number 9.  When setting day, week, or
 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as well.  For
 example, @kbd{200712 w} will jump to week 12 in 2007.  If such a year
 specification has only one or two digits, it will be mapped to the interval
-1938-2037.  @kbd{v @key{SPC}} will reset to what is set in
+1938--2037.  @kbd{v @key{SPC}} will reset to what is set in
 @code{org-agenda-span}.
 @c
 @orgcmd{f,org-agenda-later}
@@ -8276,7 +8276,7 @@ You can then filter for an effort by first typing an operator, one of
 @kbd{<}, @kbd{>}, and @kbd{=}, and then the one-digit index of an effort
 estimate in your array of allowed values, where @kbd{0} means the 10th value.
 The filter will then restrict to entries with effort smaller-or-equal, equal,
-or larger-or-equal than the selected value.  If the digits 0-9 are not used
+or larger-or-equal than the selected value.  If the digits 0--9 are not used
 as fast access keys to tags, you can also simply press the index digit
 directly without an operator.  In this case, @kbd{<} will be assumed.  For
 application of the operator, entries without a defined effort will be treated
@@ -8334,7 +8334,7 @@ selected.
 @tsubheading{Remote editing}
 @cindex remote editing, from agenda
 
-@item 0-9
+@item 0--9
 Digit argument.
 @c
 @cindex undoing remote-editing events
@@ -11148,7 +11148,7 @@ files directly, or generate the required styles using an application like
 LibreOffice.  The latter method is suitable for expert and non-expert
 users alike, and is described here.
 
-@subsubsection Applying custom styles - the easy way
+@subsubsection Applying custom styles: the easy way
 
 @enumerate
 @item
@@ -11161,8 +11161,8 @@ to ODT format.
 
 @item
 Open the above @file{example.odt} using LibreOffice.  Use the @file{Stylist}
-to locate the target styles - these typically have the @samp{Org} prefix -
-and modify those to your taste.  Save the modified file either as an
+to locate the target styles---these typically have the @samp{Org} prefix---and
+modify those to your taste.  Save the modified file either as an
 OpenDocument Text (@file{.odt}) or OpenDocument Template (@file{.ott}) file.
 
 @item
@@ -11215,8 +11215,8 @@ with a cross-reference and sequence number of the labeled entity.
 @cindex tables, in DocBook export
 
 Export of native Org mode tables (@pxref{Tables}) and simple @file{table.el}
-tables is supported.  However, export of complex @file{table.el} tables -
-tables that have column or row spans - is not supported.  Such tables are
+tables is supported.  However, export of complex @file{table.el} tables---tables
+that have column or row spans---is not supported.  Such tables are
 stripped from the exported document.
 
 By default, a table is exported with top and bottom frames and with rules
@@ -11348,7 +11348,7 @@ height:width ratio, do the following
 @cindex #+ATTR_ODT
 You can control the manner in which an image is anchored by setting the
 @code{:anchor} property of it's @code{#+ATTR_ODT} line.  You can specify one
-of the the following three values for the @code{:anchor} property -
+of the the following three values for the @code{:anchor} property:
 @samp{"as-char"}, @samp{"paragraph"} and @samp{"page"}.
 
 To create an image that is anchored to a page, do the following:
@@ -11454,8 +11454,8 @@ or
 @node Labels and captions in ODT export, Literal examples in ODT export, Math formatting in ODT export, OpenDocument Text export
 @subsection Labels and captions in ODT export
 
-You can label and caption various category of objects - an inline image, a
-table, a @LaTeX{} fragment or a Math formula - using @code{#+LABEL} and
+You can label and caption various category of objects---an inline image, a
+table, a @LaTeX{} fragment or a Math formula---using @code{#+LABEL} and
 @code{#+CAPTION} lines.  @xref{Images and tables}.  ODT exporter enumerates
 each labeled or captioned object of a given category separately.  As a
 result, each such object is assigned a sequence number based on order of it's
@@ -11619,8 +11619,8 @@ the exporter.
 
 @item
 It contains @samp{<text:sequence-decl>}@dots{}@samp{</text:sequence-decl>}
-elements that control how various entities - tables, images, equations etc -
-are numbered.
+elements that control how various entities---tables, images, equations,
+etc.---are numbered.
 @end enumerate
 @end itemize
 
@@ -11754,7 +11754,7 @@ OpenDocument-v1.2 Specification}}
 
 
 
-@subsubheading Custom table styles - an illustration
+@subsubheading Custom table styles: an illustration
 
 To have a quick preview of this feature, install the below setting and export
 the table that follows.
@@ -11786,7 +11786,7 @@ Template} in @file{OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml}
 (@pxref{x-orgodtcontenttemplate-xml,,Factory styles}).  If you need
 additional templates you have to define these styles yourselves.
 
-@subsubheading Custom table styles - the nitty-gritty
+@subsubheading Custom table styles: the nitty-gritty
 To use this feature proceed as follows:
 
 @enumerate
@@ -14800,7 +14800,7 @@ These lines (several are allowed) specify link abbreviations.
 @vindex org-lowest-priority
 @vindex org-default-priority
 This line sets the limits and the default for the priorities.  All three
-must be either letters A-Z or numbers 0-9.  The highest priority must
+must be either letters A--Z or numbers 0--9.  The highest priority must
 have a lower ASCII number than the lowest priority.
 @item #+PROPERTY: Property_Name Value
 This line sets a default inheritance value for entries in the current
@@ -15104,7 +15104,7 @@ indentation shifts by two@footnote{See the variable
 stars but the last one are made invisible using the @code{org-hide}
 face@footnote{Turning on @code{org-indent-mode} sets
 @code{org-hide-leading-stars} to @code{t} and @code{org-adapt-indentation} to
-@code{nil}.} - see below under @samp{2.} for more information on how this
+@code{nil}.}; see below under @samp{2.} for more information on how this
 works.  You can turn on @code{org-indent-mode} for all files by customizing
 the variable @code{org-startup-indented}, or you can turn it on for
 individual files using
@@ -16713,7 +16713,7 @@ a great help, and the list would not be so active without him.
 @end table
 
 I received support from so many users that it is clearly impossible to be
-fair when shortlisting a few of them -- but Org's history would not be
+fair when shortlisting a few of them, but Org's history would not be
 complete if the ones above were not mentioned in this manual.
 
 @section List of contributions
diff --git a/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi b/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi
index 6ce746c9be..f55fb2cb3b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 \input texinfo  @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename ../../info/pcl-cvs
-@settitle PCL-CVS --- Emacs Front-End to CVS
+@settitle PCL-CVS---Emacs Front-End to CVS
 @syncodeindex vr fn
 @c %**end of header
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ modify this GNU manual.''
 @sp
 @center @titlefont{to}
 @sp
-@center @titlefont{PCL-CVS --- The Emacs Front-End to CVS}
+@center @titlefont{PCL-CVS---The Emacs Front-End to CVS}
 @ignore
 @sp 2
 @center release 2.9
diff --git a/doc/misc/pgg.texi b/doc/misc/pgg.texi
index 70d1d37108..d8da827681 100644
--- a/doc/misc/pgg.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/pgg.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 This file describes PGG @value{VERSION}, an Emacs interface to various
 PGP implementations.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2003--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/rcirc.texi b/doc/misc/rcirc.texi
index ffdb0268f7..c2ed68a0be 100644
--- a/doc/misc/rcirc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/rcirc.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @c %**end of header
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2006--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ client doesn't realize that it has been disconnected.  It takes several
 minutes until the client decides that the connection has in fact been
 lost.  The simple solution is to use @kbd{M-x rcirc}.  The problem is
 that this opens an @emph{additional} connection, so you'll have two
-copies of every channel buffer --- one dead and one live.
+copies of every channel buffer, one dead and one live.
 
 The real answer, therefore, is a @code{/reconnect} command:
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/reftex.texi b/doc/misc/reftex.texi
index 40cce472ee..f9f0fab9e4 100644
--- a/doc/misc/reftex.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/reftex.texi
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This manual documents @RefTeX{} (version @value{VERSION}), a package
 to do labels, references, citations and indices for LaTeX documents
 with Emacs.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1997--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ Promote the current section.  This will convert @code{\section} to
 @code{\chapter}, @code{\subsection} to @code{\section} etc. If there is
 an active region, all sections in the region will be promoted, including
 the one at point.  To avoid mistakes, @RefTeX{} requires a fresh
-document scan before executing this command -- if necessary, it will
+document scan before executing this command; if necessary, it will
 automatically do this scan and ask the user to repeat the promotion
 command.
 
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ useful when a package like @file{fancyref} is used where the label
 prefix determines the wording of a reference.  After a
 promotion/demotion it may be necessary to change a few labels from
 @samp{sec:xyz} to @samp{cha:xyz} or vice versa.  This command can be
-used to do this - it launches a query replace to rename the definition
+used to do this; it launches a query replace to rename the definition
 and all references of a label.
 
 @tablesubheading{Exiting}
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ records the figure counter, not the section counter.
 
 Several different environments can share a common counter and therefore
 a common label category.  For example labels in both @code{equation} and
-@code{eqnarray} environments record the value of the same counter -- the
+@code{eqnarray} environments record the value of the same counter: the
 equation counter.
 
 @menu
@@ -1448,8 +1448,8 @@ The empty pairs of brackets indicate the different arguments of the
 indicates that this is a figure label which will be listed together with
 labels from normal figure environments.  The @code{nil} entries for
 prefix and reference format mean to use the defaults for figure labels.
-The @samp{3} for the context method means to grab the third macro argument
--- the caption.
+The @samp{3} for the context method means to grab the third macro argument:
+the caption.
 
 As a side effect of this configuration, @code{reftex-label} will now
 insert the required naked label (without the @code{\label} macro) when
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ following is equivalent to the line above.
 @end lisp
 
 Note that this is automatically done by the @file{amsmath.el} style file
-of @AUCTeX{} (@pxref{Style Files}) -- so if you use @AUCTeX{},
+of @AUCTeX{} (@pxref{Style Files}); so if you use @AUCTeX{},
 this configuration will not be necessary.
 
 @node Non-Standard Environments, Putting it Together, Using \eqref, Defining Label Environments
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ package where a macro call like @code{\fref@{@var{fig:map-of-germany}@}}
 creates not only the number of the referenced counter but also the
 complete text around it, like @samp{Figure 3 on the preceding page}.  In
 order to make it work you need to use label prefixes like @samp{fig:}
-consistently -- something @RefTeX{} does automatically.  For each of
+consistently---something @RefTeX{} does automatically.  For each of
 these packages a variable could be configured to make its macros to take
 precedence over @code{\ref}.  Those were @code{reftex-vref-is-default}
 and @code{reftex-fref-is-default} respectively.  While still working,
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ format.  A phrase line looks like this:
 @code{<TABs>} stands for white space containing at least one @key{TAB}.
 @var{key} must be at the start of the line and is the character
 identifying one of the macros defined in the file header.  It is
-optional - when omitted, the first macro definition line in the file
+optional; when omitted, the first macro definition line in the file
 will be used for this phrase.  The @var{phrase} is the phrase to be
 searched for when indexing.  It may contain several words separated by
 spaces.  By default the search phrase is also the text entered as
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ and will therefore create two different index entries.
 @kindex C-c C-s
 Before indexing the phrases in the phrases buffer, they should be
 checked carefully for consistency.  A first step is to sort the phrases
-alphabetically - this is done with the command @kbd{C-c C-s}
+alphabetically; this is done with the command @kbd{C-c C-s}
 (@code{reftex-index-sort-phrases}).  It will sort all phrases in the
 buffer alphabetically by search phrase.  If you want to group certain
 phrases and only sort within the groups, insert empty lines between the
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ unique. @code{?i}, @code{?I}, and @code{?g} are reserved for the
 respectively.
 
 The following string is empty unless your macro adds a superordinate
-entry to the index key - this is the case for the @code{\astobj} macro.
+entry to the index key; this is the case for the @code{\astobj} macro.
 
 The next entry can be a hook function to exclude certain matches, it
 almost always can be @code{nil}.
@@ -3740,8 +3740,8 @@ library which is part of @AUCTeX{}, the string is first processed with the
 @deffn Command reftex-index-phrase-selection-or-word
 Add current selection or the word at point to the phrases buffer.
 When you are in transient-mark-mode and the region is active, the
-selection will be used - otherwise the word at point.
-You get a chance to edit the entry in the phrases buffer - to save the
+selection will be used; otherwise the word at point.
+You get a chance to edit the entry in the phrases buffer; to save the
 buffer and return to the @LaTeX{} document, finish with @kbd{C-c C-c}.
 @end deffn
 
@@ -3881,7 +3881,7 @@ removes the parse file associated with the current document.
 @cindex Options, list of
 
 Here is a complete list of @RefTeX{}'s configuration variables.  All
-variables have customize support - so if you are not familiar with Emacs
+variables have customize support, so if you are not familiar with Emacs
 Lisp (and even if you are) you might find it more comfortable to use
 @code{customize} to look at and change these variables. @kbd{M-x
 reftex-customize} will get you there.
@@ -4061,7 +4061,7 @@ Name of the environment (like @samp{table}) or macro (like
 @samp{\myfig}).  For macros, indicate the arguments, as in
 @samp{\myfig[]@{@}@{@}@{*@}@{@}}.  Use square brackets for optional
 arguments, a star to mark the label argument, if any.  The macro does
-not have to have a label argument - you could also use
+not have to have a label argument; you could also use
 @samp{\label@{...@}} inside one of its arguments.
 
 Special names: @code{section} for section labels, @code{any} to define a
@@ -4215,7 +4215,7 @@ names like @samp{chapter}, integer section levels (as given in
 @defopt reftex-default-context-regexps
 Alist with default regular expressions for finding context.  The emacs
 lisp form @w{@code{(format regexp (regexp-quote environment))}} is used
-to calculate the final regular expression - so @samp{%s} will be
+to calculate the final regular expression, so @samp{%s} will be
 replaced with the environment or macro.
 @end defopt
 
@@ -4404,7 +4404,7 @@ The available label types are: @code{s} (section), @code{f} (figure),
 @code{t} (table), @code{i} (item), @code{e} (equation), @code{n}
 (footnote), plus any definitions in @code{reftex-label-alist}.
 
-Most options can also be switched from the label menu itself - so if you
+Most options can also be switched from the label menu itself, so if you
 decide here to not have a table of contents in the label menu, you can
 still get one interactively during selection from the label menu.
 @end defopt
@@ -4462,7 +4462,7 @@ Non-@code{nil} means, @code{reftex-reference} will try to guess the
 label type.  To do that, @RefTeX{} will look at the word before the
 cursor and compare it with the magic words given in
 @code{reftex-label-alist}.  When it finds a match, @RefTeX{} will
-immediately offer the correct label menu - otherwise it will prompt you
+immediately offer the correct label menu; otherwise it will prompt you
 for a label type.  If you set this variable to @code{nil}, @RefTeX{}
 will always prompt for a label type.
 @end defopt
@@ -4726,11 +4726,11 @@ The final entry may also be a symbol.  It must have an association in
 the variable @code{reftex-index-macros-builtin} to specify the main
 indexing package you are using.  Valid values are currently
 @example
-default         @r{The @LaTeX{} default - unnecessary to specify this one}
+default         @r{The @LaTeX{} default; unnecessary to specify this one}
 multind         @r{The multind.sty package}
 index           @r{The index.sty package}
 index-shortcut  @r{The index.sty packages with the ^ and _ shortcuts.}
-                @r{Should not be used - only for old documents}
+                @r{Should not be used; only for old documents}
 @end example
 Note that @AUCTeX{} sets these things internally for @RefTeX{} as well,
 so with a sufficiently new version of @AUCTeX{}, you should not set the
@@ -4741,7 +4741,7 @@ package here.
 The default index macro for @code{reftex-index-selection-or-word}.
 This is a list with @code{(@var{macro-key} @var{default-tag})}.
 
-@var{macro-key} is a character identifying an index macro - see
+@var{macro-key} is a character identifying an index macro; see
 @code{reftex-index-macros}.
 
 @var{default-tag} is the tag to be used if the macro requires a
@@ -4829,7 +4829,7 @@ case, that match will be ignored.
 
 @defopt reftex-index-phrases-wrap-long-lines
 Non-@code{nil} means, when indexing from the phrases buffer, wrap lines.
-Inserting indexing commands in a line makes the line longer - often
+Inserting indexing commands in a line makes the line longer, often
 so long that it does not fit onto the screen.  When this variable is
 non-@code{nil}, newlines will be added as necessary before and/or after the
 indexing command to keep lines short.  However, the matched text
@@ -5007,7 +5007,7 @@ Non-@code{nil} means, search all specified directories before trying
 recursion.  Thus, in a path @samp{.//:/tex/}, search first @samp{./},
 then @samp{/tex/}, and then all subdirectories of @samp{./}.  If this
 option is @code{nil}, the subdirectories of @samp{./} are searched
-before @samp{/tex/}.  This is mainly for speed - most of the time the
+before @samp{/tex/}.  This is mainly for speed; most of the time the
 recursive path is for the system files and not for the user files.  Set
 this to @code{nil} if the default makes @RefTeX{} finding files with
 equal names in wrong sequence.
@@ -5128,7 +5128,7 @@ cannot be placed with certainty into the internal label list.
 @defopt reftex-use-multiple-selection-buffers
 Non-@code{nil} means use a separate selection buffer for each label
 type.  These buffers are kept from one selection to the next and need
-not to be created for each use - so the menu generally comes up faster.
+not be created for each use, so the menu generally comes up faster.
 The selection buffers will be erased (and therefore updated)
 automatically when new labels in its category are added.  See the
 variable @code{reftex-auto-update-selection-buffers}.
diff --git a/doc/misc/remember.texi b/doc/misc/remember.texi
index 2faa57b3dc..af1121a0d1 100644
--- a/doc/misc/remember.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/remember.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual is for Remember Mode, version 1.9
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2004-2005, 2007-2012
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2004--2005, 2007--2012
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
diff --git a/doc/misc/sasl.texi b/doc/misc/sasl.texi
index 1d65186c9a..86ef0e29b7 100644
--- a/doc/misc/sasl.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/sasl.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @copying
 This file describes the Emacs SASL library, version @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2000, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2000, 2004--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ SASL is a common interface to share several authentication mechanisms between
 applications using different protocols.
 
 @ifnottex
-@insertcopying 
+@insertcopying
 @end ifnottex
 
 @menu
 * Overview::                    What Emacs SASL library is.
 * How to use::                  Adding authentication support to your applications.
-* Data types::                  
+* Data types::
 * Back end drivers::             Writing your own drivers.
 * GNU Free Documentation License::  The license for this documentation.
-* Index::                       
-* Function Index::              
-* Variable Index::              
+* Index::
+* Function Index::
+* Variable Index::
 @end menu
 
 @node Overview
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ security layer---a mechanism, a client parameter and an authentication
 step.
 
 @menu
-* Mechanisms::                  
-* Clients::                     
-* Steps::                       
+* Mechanisms::
+* Clients::
+* Steps::
 @end menu
 
 @node Mechanisms
diff --git a/doc/misc/sc.texi b/doc/misc/sc.texi
index b1fd5475bd..95b011cbd7 100644
--- a/doc/misc/sc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/sc.texi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 This document describes Supercite, an Emacs package for citing and
 attributing replies to mail and news messages.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ recognizing specific alternative forms.
 @vindex sc-cite-frame-alist
 @vindex sc-uncite-frame-alist
 @vindex sc-recite-frame-alist
-For each of the actions -- citing, unciting, and reciting -- an alist is
+For each of the actions---citing, unciting, and reciting---an alist is
 consulted to find the frame to use (@code{sc-cite-frame-alist},
 @code{sc-uncite-frame-alist}, and @code{sc-recite-frame-alist}
 respectively).  These frames can contain alists of the form:
diff --git a/doc/misc/semantic.texi b/doc/misc/semantic.texi
index 7d966f2970..d4e3bcaa0b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/semantic.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/semantic.texi
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 @copying
 This manual documents the Semantic library and utilities.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2005, 2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2005, 2007, 2009--2012 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/ses.texi b/doc/misc/ses.texi
index 7b39603f1a..1d020c876e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ses.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ses.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents SES: the Simple Emacs Spreadsheet.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2002--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ Export a range of cells as tab-separated values (@code{ses-export-tsv}).
 Export a range of cells as tab-separated formulas (@code{ses-export-tsf}).
 @end table
 
-The exported text goes to the kill ring --- you can paste it into
+The exported text goes to the kill ring; you can paste it into
 another buffer.  Columns are separated by tabs, rows by newlines.
 
 To import text, use any of the yank commands where the text to paste
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ order to avoid a virus warning.
 You can define functions by making them values for the fake local
 variable @code{eval}.  Such functions can then be used in your
 formulas and printers, but usually each @code{eval} is presented to
-the user during file loading as a potential virus --- this can get
+the user during file loading as a potential virus.  This can get
 annoying.
 
 You can define functions in your @file{.emacs} file.  Other people can
diff --git a/doc/misc/sieve.texi b/doc/misc/sieve.texi
index 6d1897cee8..55e07f7508 100644
--- a/doc/misc/sieve.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/sieve.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @copying
 This file documents the Emacs Sieve package, for server-side mail filtering.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Bury the Manage Sieve buffer without closing the connection.
 @kindex ?
 @kindex h
 @findex sieve-help
-Displays help in the minibuffer. 
+Displays help in the minibuffer.
 
 @end table
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi b/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi
index 7b1c764120..6a2dc50519 100644
--- a/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @settitle Emacs SMTP Library
 @syncodeindex vr fn
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2003--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ not necessarily involve SMTP, however.  Here is short overview of what
 is involved.
 
 @cindex MUA
-   The mail program --- also called a mail user agent (MUA) ---
-usually sends outgoing mail to a mail host.  When your computer is
+   The mail program---also called a mail user agent (MUA)---usually
+sends outgoing mail to a mail host.  When your computer is
 permanently connected to the internet, it might even be a mail host
 itself.  In this case, the MUA will pipe mail to the
 @file{/usr/lib/sendmail} application.  It will take care of your mail
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ The variable @code{smtpmail-stream-type} controls what form of
 connection the SMTP library uses.  The default value is @code{nil},
 which means to use a plain connection, but try to switch to a STARTTLS
 encrypted connection if the server supports it.  Other possible values
-are: @code{starttls} - insist on STARTTLS; @code{ssl} - use TLS/SSL;
-and @code{plain} - no encryption.
+are: @code{starttls} to insist on STARTTLS; @code{ssl} to use TLS/SSL;
+and @code{plain} for encryption.
 
 Use of any form of TLS/SSL requires support in Emacs.  You can either
 use the built-in support (in Emacs 24.1 and later), or the
diff --git a/doc/misc/speedbar.texi b/doc/misc/speedbar.texi
index 70b5e2ad36..ac12d4a65a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/speedbar.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/speedbar.texi
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @syncodeindex fn cp
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ an expanded summary of the entry the expansion button is
 on.  @xref{Basic Navigation}.
 
 @ifnottex
-@insertcopying 
+@insertcopying
 @end ifnottex
 
 @menu
diff --git a/doc/misc/srecode.texi b/doc/misc/srecode.texi
index 0d1c02cf90..3000cd0caf 100644
--- a/doc/misc/srecode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/srecode.texi
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 @c %**end of header
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2007--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ show NAME
 This will enable that section.
 
 
-NOTE: May 11, 2008 - I haven't used this yet, so I don't know if it works.
+NOTE: May 11, 2008: I haven't used this yet, so I don't know if it works.
 
 
 @node Special Variables
@@ -575,10 +575,10 @@ macros which will enable different @var{sections}.  The automatic
 section variables are.
 
 @itemize @bullet
-@item @var{first} - The first entry in the table.
-@item @var{notfirst} - Not the first entry in the table.
-@item @var{last} - The last entry in the table
-@item @var{notlast} - Not the last entry in the table.
+@item @var{first}---The first entry in the table.
+@item @var{notfirst}---Not the first entry in the table.
+@item @var{last}---The last entry in the table
+@item @var{notlast}---Not the last entry in the table.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Compound Variable Values
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ This would be a field of the class being inserted into.
 
 Inside a body of code, such as a function or method body.
 
- - no conventions yet.
+ ---no conventions yet.
 
 @section Standard Dictionary Values
 
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ all template files for that application will be loaded.
 @end defun
 
 
- todo - Add examples.  Most core stuff is already described above.
+ todo: Add examples.  Most core stuff is already described above.
 
 
 @node GNU Free Documentation License
diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 0ca5df873f..670fc03b21 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 @end macro
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ transferred with the corresponding inline method.  It should provide a
 fair trade-off between both approaches.
 
 @table @asis
-@item @option{rcp}  ---  @command{rsh} and @command{rcp}
+@item @option{rcp}---@command{rsh} and @command{rcp}
 @cindex method rcp
 @cindex rcp method
 @cindex rcp (with rcp method)
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ The alternative method @option{remcp} uses the @command{remsh} and
 @command{remsh} is used instead of @command{rsh}.
 
 
-@item @option{scp}  ---  @command{ssh} and @command{scp}
+@item @option{scp}---@command{ssh} and @command{scp}
 @cindex method scp
 @cindex scp method
 @cindex scp (with scp method)
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ specify @samp{-p 42} in the argument list for @command{ssh}, and to
 specify @samp{-P 42} in the argument list for @command{scp}.
 
 
-@item @option{sftp}  ---  @command{ssh} and @command{sftp}
+@item @option{sftp}---@command{ssh} and @command{sftp}
 @cindex method sftp
 @cindex sftp method
 @cindex sftp (with sftp method)
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ within this session.  Instead of, @command{ssh} is used for login.
 This method supports the @samp{-p} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{rsync}  ---  @command{ssh} and @command{rsync}
+@item @option{rsync}---@command{ssh} and @command{rsync}
 @cindex method rsync
 @cindex rsync method
 @cindex rsync (with rsync method)
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ the corresponding buffer, visiting this file, is alive.
 This method supports the @samp{-p} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{scpx} --- @command{ssh} and @command{scp}
+@item @option{scpx}---@command{ssh} and @command{scp}
 @cindex method scpx
 @cindex scpx method
 @cindex scp (with scpx method)
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ to not print any shell prompt, which confuses @value{tramp} mightily.
 This method supports the @samp{-p} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{scpc} --- @command{ssh} and @command{scp}
+@item @option{scpc}---@command{ssh} and @command{scp}
 @cindex method scpc
 @cindex scpc method
 @cindex scp (with scpc method)
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ version, must be set to @option{no}.
 This method supports the @samp{-p} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{rsyncc}  ---  @command{ssh} and @command{rsync}
+@item @option{rsyncc}---@command{ssh} and @command{rsync}
 @cindex method rsyncc
 @cindex rsyncc method
 @cindex rsync (with rsyncc method)
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ which increases performance.
 This method supports the @samp{-p} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{pscp} --- @command{plink} and @command{pscp}
+@item @option{pscp}---@command{plink} and @command{pscp}
 @cindex method pscp
 @cindex pscp method
 @cindex pscp (with pscp method)
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ of PuTTY, an SSH implementation for Windows.
 This method supports the @samp{-P} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{psftp} --- @command{plink} and @command{psftp}
+@item @option{psftp}---@command{plink} and @command{psftp}
 @cindex method psftp
 @cindex psftp method
 @cindex psftp (with psftp method)
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ part of PuTTY, an SSH implementation for Windows.
 This method supports the @samp{-P} argument.
 
 
-@item @option{fcp} --- @command{fsh} and @command{fcp}
+@item @option{fcp}---@command{fsh} and @command{fcp}
 @cindex method fcp
 @cindex fcp method
 @cindex fsh (with fcp method)
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ This works only for unified filenames, see @ref{Issues}.
 @end ifset
 
 
-@item @option{smb} --- @command{smbclient}
+@item @option{smb}---@command{smbclient}
 @cindex method smb
 @cindex smb method
 
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ but it is not at the end of the buffer.
 This regular expression is used by @value{tramp} in the same way as
 @code{shell-prompt-pattern}, to match prompts from the remote shell.
 This second variable exists because the prompt from the remote shell
-might be different from the prompt from a local shell --- after all,
+might be different from the prompt from a local shell---after all,
 the whole point of @value{tramp} is to log in to remote hosts as a
 different user.  The default value of
 @code{tramp-shell-prompt-pattern} is the same as the default value of
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ This edits the same file, using the fully qualified domain name of
 the machine.
 
 @item @trampfn{, , melancholia, ~/.emacs}
-This also edits the same file --- the @file{~} is expanded to your
+This also edits the same file; the @file{~} is expanded to your
 home directory on the remote machine, just like it is locally.
 
 @item @trampfn{, , melancholia, ~daniel/.emacs}
@@ -2366,13 +2366,13 @@ For the time being, @code{tramp-syntax} can have the following values:
 
 @itemize @w{}
 @ifset emacs
-@item @code{ftp} -- That is the default syntax
-@item @code{url} -- URL-like syntax
+@item @code{ftp}---That is the default syntax
+@item @code{url}---URL-like syntax
 @end ifset
 @ifset xemacs
-@item @code{sep} -- That is the default syntax
-@item @code{url} -- URL-like syntax
-@item @code{ftp} -- EFS-like syntax
+@item @code{sep}---That is the default syntax
+@item @code{url}---URL-like syntax
+@item @code{ftp}---EFS-like syntax
 @end ifset
 @end itemize
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/url.texi b/doc/misc/url.texi
index cd8854d856..b12cd8addd 100644
--- a/doc/misc/url.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/url.texi
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 @copying
 This is the manual for the @code{url} Emacs Lisp library.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1993-1999, 2002, 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1993--1999, 2002, 2004--2012 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/vip.texi b/doc/misc/vip.texi
index d81ae182a1..f977387c41 100644
--- a/doc/misc/vip.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/vip.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @settitle VIP
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1987, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1987, 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/viper.texi b/doc/misc/viper.texi
index 2caad2090f..1297fdb672 100644
--- a/doc/misc/viper.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/viper.texi
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @setfilename ../../info/viper
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995-1997, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995--1997, 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Viper, formerly known as VIP-19, was written by Michael Kifer.  It is based
 on VIP version 3.5 by Masahiko Sato and VIP version 4.4 by Aamod Sane.
 About 15% of the code still comes from those older packages.
 
-Viper is intended to be usable without reading this manual --- the defaults
+Viper is intended to be usable without reading this manual; the defaults
 are set to make Viper as close to Vi as possible.  At startup, Viper will
 try to set the most appropriate default environment for you, based on
 your familiarity with Emacs.  It will also tell you the basic GNU Emacs window
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ Viper was written by Michael Kifer.  It is based on VIP version 3.5 by
 Masahiko Sato and VIP version 4.4 by Aamod Sane.  About 15% of the code
 still comes from those older packages.
 
-Viper is intended to be usable out of the box, without reading this manual
---- the defaults are set to make Viper as close to Vi as possible.  At
+Viper is intended to be usable out of the box, without reading this manual;
+the defaults are set to make Viper as close to Vi as possible.  At
 startup, Viper will attempt to set the most appropriate default environment
 for you, based on your familiarity with Emacs.  It will also tell you the
 basic GNU Emacs window management commands to help you start immediately.
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ doing soon!), you should learn about the meaning of the various keys in
 those special modes (typing @kbd{C-h m} in a buffer provides
 help with key bindings for the major mode of that buffer).
 
-If you switch to Vi in Dired or similar modes---no harm is done.  It is just
+If you switch to Vi in Dired or similar modes, no harm is done.  It is just
 that the special key bindings provided by those modes will be temporarily
 overshadowed by Viper's bindings.  Switching back to Viper's Emacs state
 will revive the environment provided by the current major mode.
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ If not @code{nil}, search wraps around the end/beginning of buffer.
 @item viper-search-scroll-threshold 2
 If search lands within this many lines of the window top or bottom, the
 window will be scrolled up or down by about 1/7-th of its size, to reveal
-the context.  If the value is negative---don't scroll.
+the context.  If the value is negative, don't scroll.
 @item viper-tags-file-name "TAGS"
 The name of the file used as the tag table.
 @item viper-re-query-replace nil
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@ type @kbd{C-x q} (for confirmation) or @kbd{C-u C-x q} (for prompt).
 For details, @pxref{Keyboard Macro Query,,Customization,emacs,The GNU Emacs
 Manual} @refill
 
-When the user finishes defining a macro (which is done by typing @kbd{C-x)} ---
+When the user finishes defining a macro (which is done by typing @kbd{C-x)},
 a departure from Vi), you will be asked whether you want this
 macro to be global, mode-specific, or buffer-specific.  You will also be
 given a chance to save the macro in your @file{~/.viper} file.
@@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@ inserts them automatically in front of the Ex command.
 @item <count>  $
 To the end of line <count> from the cursor.
 @item <count>  ^
-To the first CHAR <count> - 1 lines lower.
+To the first CHAR <count> @minus{} 1 lines lower.
 @item <count>  -
 To the first CHAR <count> lines higher.
 @item <count>  +  <cr>
@@ -3646,10 +3646,10 @@ Shift <count> lines one shiftwidth to the left.
 
 @table @kbd
 @item <count>  r<char>
-Replace <count> chars by <char> - no <esc>.
+Replace <count> chars by <char>; no <esc>.
 @item <count>  R
 Overwrite the rest of the line,
-appending change @var{count - 1} times.
+appending change @var{count} @minus{} 1 times.
 @item <count>  s
 Substitute <count> chars.
 @item <count>  S
@@ -3659,7 +3659,7 @@ Change from begin to endpoint of <count><move>.
 @item <count>  cc
 Change <count> lines.
 @item <count>  C
-The rest of the line and <count> - 1 next lines.
+The rest of the line and <count> @minus{} 1 next lines.
 @item <count>  =<move>
 Reindent the region described by move.
 @item <count>  ~
@@ -3912,7 +3912,7 @@ give file name, status, current line number
 and relative position.@*
 At user levels 2 and higher, abort the current command.
 @item C-c g
-Give file name, status, current line number and relative position -- all
+Give file name, status, current line number and relative position---all
 user levels.
 @item C-l
 Refresh the screen.
@@ -4021,7 +4021,7 @@ Save and kill buffer.
 @item :x!@: [<file>]
 @kbd{:w![<file>]} and @kbd{:q}.
 @item :pre
-Preserve the file -- autosave buffers.
+Preserve the file---autosave buffers.
 @item :rec
 Recover file from autosave.
 @item :f [<file>]
@@ -4253,7 +4253,7 @@ Run the make command in the current directory.
 @item autoindent
 @itemx ai
 @cindex autoindent
-autoindent -- In append mode after a <cr> the
+autoindent: In append mode after a <cr> the
 cursor will move directly below the first
 character on the previous line.
 This setting affects the current buffer only.
@@ -4269,7 +4269,7 @@ Cancel autoindent-global.
 @item ignorecase
 @itemx ic
 @cindex case and searching
-ignorecase -- No distinction between upper and lower cases when searching.
+ignorecase: No distinction between upper and lower cases when searching.
 @item noignorecase
 @itemx noic
 Cancel ignorecase.
@@ -4283,7 +4283,7 @@ Cancel magic.
 @item readonly
 @itemx ro
 @cindex readonly files
-readonly -- The file is not to be changed.
+readonly: The file is not to be changed.
 If the user attempts to write to this file, confirmation will be requested.
 @item noreadonly
 @itemx noro
@@ -4291,18 +4291,18 @@ Cancel readonly.
 @item shell=<string>
 @itemx sh=<string>
 @cindex shell
-shell -- The program to be used for shell escapes
+shell: The program to be used for shell escapes
 (default @samp{$SHELL} (default @file{/bin/sh})).
 @item shiftwidth=<count>
 @itemx sw=<count>
 @cindex layout
 @cindex shifting text
-shiftwidth -- Gives the shiftwidth (default 8 positions).
+shiftwidth: Gives the shiftwidth (default 8 positions).
 @item showmatch
 @itemx sm
 @cindex paren matching
 @cindex matching parens
-showmatch -- Whenever you append a @kbd{)}, Vi shows
+showmatch: Whenever you append a @kbd{)}, Vi shows
 its match if it's on the same page; also with
 @kbd{@{} and @kbd{@}}.  If there's no match, Vi will beep.
 @item noshowmatch
@@ -4312,7 +4312,7 @@ Cancel showmatch.
 @itemx ts=<count>
 @cindex changing tab width
 @cindex tabbing
-tabstop -- The length of a <ht>; warning: this is
+tabstop: The length of a <ht>; warning: this is
 only IN the editor, outside of it <ht>s have
 their normal length (default 8 positions).
 This setting affects the current buffer only.
@@ -4323,13 +4323,13 @@ Same as `tabstop', but affects all buffers.
 @itemx wm=<count>
 @cindex auto fill
 @cindex word wrap
-wrapmargin -- In append mode Vi automatically
+wrapmargin: In append mode Vi automatically
 puts a <lf> whenever there is a <sp> or <ht>
 within <wm> columns from the right margin.
 @item wrapscan
 @itemx ws
 @cindex searching
-wrapscan -- When searching, the end is
+wrapscan: When searching, the end is
 considered @samp{stuck} to the begin of the file.
 @item nowrapscan
 @itemx nows
diff --git a/doc/misc/widget.texi b/doc/misc/widget.texi
index 78048d07c7..d5514fc936 100644
--- a/doc/misc/widget.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/widget.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 @c %**end of header
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2000--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/misc/wisent.texi b/doc/misc/wisent.texi
index 97eb44e7d9..c2c52837b9 100644
--- a/doc/misc/wisent.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/wisent.texi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 @c %**end of header
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1988-1993, 1995, 1998-2004, 2007, 2012
+Copyright @copyright{} 1988--1993, 1995, 1998--2004, 2007, 2012
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @c Since we are both GNU manuals, we do not need to ack each other here.
diff --git a/doc/misc/woman.texi b/doc/misc/woman.texi
index 574eeb9a16..d805aa2006 100644
--- a/doc/misc/woman.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/woman.texi
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 This file documents WoMan: A program to browse Unix manual pages `W.O.
 (without) man'.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document