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| author | Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> | 2016-01-24 20:30:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> | 2016-01-24 20:30:39 +0000 |
| commit | fbce4757a874cc43806eb41b8637538b101c3c69 (patch) | |
| tree | 029f7e1407ed659d9966a29c723197a545148795 | |
| parent | fef1b3066ae02ec6dd37b0358905491fabbedfdf (diff) | |
Expunge "allow" + infinitive without direct object from source and doc.
Do the same for "permit", "enable", and "prevent".
* doc/emacs/mule.texi:
* doc/lispref/control.texi:
* doc/lispref/display.texi:
* doc/lispref/frames.texi:
* doc/lispref/functions.texi:
* doc/lispref/nonascii.texi:
* doc/lispref/streams.texi:
* doc/lispref/windows.texi:
* doc/misc/dbus.texi:
* doc/misc/eww.texi:
* doc/misc/flymake.texi:
* doc/misc/octave-mode.texi:
* doc/misc/org.texi:
* doc/misc/reftex.texi:
* doc/misc/tramp.texi:
* doc/misc/wisent.texi:
* etc/NEWS:
* lisp/autorevert.el:
* lisp/cedet/mode-local.el:
* lisp/cedet/semantic/senator.el:
* lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent.el:
* lisp/dos-fns.el:
* lisp/frameset.el:
* lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el:
* lisp/gnus/mm-util.el:
* lisp/international/characters.el:
* lisp/ldefs-boot.el:
* lisp/mail/mailclient.el:
* lisp/man.el:
* lisp/mh-e/mh-search.el:
* lisp/net/tramp-cmds.el:
* lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el:
* lisp/org/org-crypt.el:
* lisp/org/org-element.el:
* lisp/org/org-feed.el:
* lisp/org/org.el:
* lisp/org/ox-ascii.el:
* lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el:
* lisp/org/ox-publish.el:
* lisp/org/ox.el:
* lisp/play/gamegrid.el:
* lisp/play/gomoku.el:
* lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el:
* lisp/progmodes/python.el:
* lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el:
* lisp/strokes.el:
* lisp/textmodes/ispell.el:
* lisp/tree-widget.el:
* lisp/vc/pcvs.el:
* lisp/window.el:
* src/lisp.h:
* src/w32.c:
* src/w32heap.c:
* src/w32term.c:
* src/window.c:
* src/xfaces.c:
Replace solecisms like "This allow to do something" with a correct
alternative, such as "This allow you to do something", "This allows
something to be done" or "This allows the doing of something".
56 files changed, 131 insertions, 129 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index bcde81b182..40206d902b 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ using the internal Emacs representation. When Emacs runs on MS-Windows versions that are descendants of the NT family (Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8), the value of @code{file-name-coding-system} is largely ignored, as Emacs -by default uses APIs that allow to pass Unicode file names directly. +by default uses APIs that allow passing Unicode file names directly. By contrast, on Windows 9X, file names are encoded using @code{file-name-coding-system}, which should be set to the codepage (@pxref{Coding Systems, codepage}) pertinent for the current system diff --git a/doc/lispref/control.texi b/doc/lispref/control.texi index df60347f83..6fa802d9fd 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/control.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/control.texi @@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ predicate conditions that compare values of expressions against specific values known and written in advance. However, sometimes it is useful to select alternatives based on more general conditions that distinguish between broad classes of values. The @code{pcase} macro -allows to choose between alternatives based on matching the value of -an expression against a series of patterns. A pattern can be a +allows you to choose between alternatives based on matching the value +of an expression against a series of patterns. A pattern can be a literal value (comparison to literal values is what @code{cond} does), or it can be a more general description of the expected structure of the expression's value. @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ when called with the value being matched as its argument. @var{predfun} can be one of the possible forms described below. @item (guard @var{boolean-expression}) Matches if @var{boolean-expression} evaluates to non-@code{nil}. This -allows to include in a UPattern boolean conditions that refer to +allows you to include in a UPattern boolean conditions that refer to symbols bound to values (including the value being matched) by previous UPatterns. Typically used inside an @code{and} UPattern, see below. For example, @w{@code{(and x (guard (< x 10)))}} is a pattern @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ which matches any number smaller than 10 and let-binds the variable @code{x} to that number. @item (let @var{upattern} @var{expression}) Matches if the specified @var{expression} matches the specified -@var{upattern}. This allows to match a pattern against the value of +@var{upattern}. This allows matching a pattern against the value of an @emph{arbitrary} expression, not just the expression that is the first argument to @code{pcase}. (It is called @code{let} because @var{upattern} can bind symbols to values using the @var{symbol} @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ Here's an illustrative example of using UPatterns: (code (message "Unknown return code %S" code))) @end example -The QPatterns are more powerful. They allow to match the value of the +The QPatterns are more powerful. They allow matching the value of the @var{expression} that is the first argument of @code{pcase} against specifications of its @emph{structure}. For example, you can specify that the value must be a list of 2 elements whose first element is a diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index d77059916f..eaba03d573 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -4303,7 +4303,7 @@ divider ends above the bottom divider. Dividers can be dragged with the mouse and are therefore useful for adjusting the sizes of adjacent windows with the mouse. They also serve to visually set apart adjacent windows when no scroll bars or mode lines -are present. The following three faces allow to customize the +are present. The following three faces allow the customization of the appearance of dividers: @table @code diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi index 614b7db0ca..55d7242754 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi @@ -2403,8 +2403,8 @@ The resulting mouse position is not constrained to the native frame of The return value is not significant. @end defun -On a graphical terminal the following two functions allow to retrieve -and set the absolute position of the mouse cursor. +On a graphical terminal the following two functions allow the absolute +position of the mouse cursor to be retrieved and set. @defun mouse-absolute-pixel-position This function returns a cons cell (@var{x} . @var{y}) of the coordinates @@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ This predicate function returns non-@code{nil} if the mouse pointer displayed on @var{frame} is visible; otherwise it returns @code{nil}. @var{frame} omitted or @code{nil} means the selected frame. This is useful when @code{make-pointer-invisible} is set to @code{t}: it -allows to know if the pointer has been hidden. +allows you to know if the pointer has been hidden. @xref{Mouse Avoidance,,,emacs, The Emacs Manual}. @end defun diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi index c5f5b4c22c..a2e94c34b6 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ Parent type: @code{array}. @item font-object @end table -The optional @var{qualifier} allows to combine several applicable +The optional @var{qualifier} allows combining several applicable methods. If it is not present, the defined method is a @dfn{primary} method, responsible for providing the primary implementation of the generic function for the specialized arguments. You can also define @@ -1270,8 +1270,8 @@ The most specific of such methods will be run before any other method. Such methods normally use @code{cl-call-next-method}, described below, to invoke the other auxiliary or primary methods. @item :extra @var{string} -This allows to add more methods, distinguished by @var{string}, for -the same specializers and qualifiers. +This allows you to add more methods, distinguished by @var{string}, +for the same specializers and qualifiers. @end table @end defmac diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi index fca4023880..9cf3b5750f 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi @@ -1338,9 +1338,9 @@ operates on the contents of @var{string} instead of bytes in the buffer. @cindex null bytes, and decoding text @defvar inhibit-null-byte-detection If this variable has a non-@code{nil} value, null bytes are ignored -when detecting the encoding of a region or a string. This allows to -correctly detect the encoding of text that contains null bytes, such -as Info files with Index nodes. +when detecting the encoding of a region or a string. This allows the +encoding of text that contains null bytes to be correctly detected, +such as Info files with Index nodes. @end defvar @defvar inhibit-iso-escape-detection diff --git a/doc/lispref/streams.texi b/doc/lispref/streams.texi index 80c194b1bd..41bc71e6ae 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/streams.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/streams.texi @@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ shared structures. @xref{Circular Objects}. Its default value is When reading or writing from the standard input/output streams of the Emacs process in batch mode, it is sometimes required to make sure any arbitrary binary data will be read/written verbatim, and/or that no -translation of newlines to or from CR-LF pairs are performed. This +translation of newlines to or from CR-LF pairs is performed. This issue does not exist on Posix hosts, only on MS-Windows and MS-DOS@. -The following function allows to control the I/O mode of any standard -stream of the Emacs process. +The following function allows you to control the I/O mode of any +standard stream of the Emacs process. @defun set-binary-mode stream mode Switch @var{stream} into binary or text I/O mode. If @var{mode} is diff --git a/doc/lispref/windows.texi b/doc/lispref/windows.texi index 7186791f94..fee4b0c714 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/windows.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/windows.texi @@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ as if @var{mini} were @code{nil}. If it doesn't find a suitable window, this function returns @code{nil}. @end defun -The following function allows to retrieve the entire window tree of a -frame: +The following function allows the entire window tree of a frame to be +retrieved: @defun window-tree &optional frame This function returns a list representing the window tree for frame @@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ displaying a buffer only temporarily (@pxref{Temporary Displays}), and you want to continue working with the initial layout. The behavior can be fixed by making a new parent window when splitting -@var{W2}. The variable described next allows to do that. +@var{W2}. The variable described next allows that to be done. @defopt window-combination-limit This variable controls whether splitting a window shall make a new @@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ combination limit of @var{W4} (the parent window of @var{W6} and Alternatively, the problems sketched above can be avoided by always resizing all windows in the same combination whenever one of its windows -is split or deleted. This also permits to split windows that would be +is split or deleted. This also permits spliting windows that would be otherwise too small for such an operation. @defopt window-combination-resize @@ -2522,11 +2522,11 @@ windows are dedicated to another buffer (@pxref{Dedicated Windows}). @defun display-buffer-no-window buffer alist If @var{alist} has a non-@code{nil} @code{allow-no-window} entry, then -this function does not display @code{buffer}. This allows to override -the default action and avoid displaying the buffer. It is assumed that -when the caller specifies a non-@code{nil} @code{allow-no-window} value -it can handle a @code{nil} value returned from @code{display-buffer} in -this case. +this function does not display @code{buffer}. This allows you to +override the default action and avoid displaying the buffer. It is +assumed that when the caller specifies a non-@code{nil} +@code{allow-no-window} value it can handle a @code{nil} value returned +from @code{display-buffer} in this case. @end defun To illustrate the use of action functions, consider the following diff --git a/doc/misc/dbus.texi b/doc/misc/dbus.texi index c5901aff10..f4ebfebcbe 100644 --- a/doc/misc/dbus.texi +++ b/doc/misc/dbus.texi @@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ name could be @samp{org.gnu.Emacs.TextEditor} or @section D-Bus version. D-Bus has evolved over the years. New features have been added with -new D-Bus versions. There are two variables, which allow to determine -the used D-Bus version. +new D-Bus versions. There are two variables, which allow the determination +of the D-Bus version used. @defvar dbus-compiled-version This variable, a string, determines the version of D-Bus Emacs is diff --git a/doc/misc/eww.texi b/doc/misc/eww.texi index 16511de957..9bc80fbd10 100644 --- a/doc/misc/eww.texi +++ b/doc/misc/eww.texi @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ You can view stored bookmarks with @kbd{B} @kindex S @cindex Multiple Buffers To get summary of currently opened EWW buffers, press @kbd{S} -(@code{eww-list-buffers}). The @file{*eww buffers*} buffer allows to -quickly kill, flip through and switch to specific EWW buffer. +(@code{eww-list-buffers}). The @file{*eww buffers*} buffer allows you +to quickly kill, flip through and switch to specific EWW buffer. @findex eww-browse-with-external-browser @vindex shr-external-browser diff --git a/doc/misc/flymake.texi b/doc/misc/flymake.texi index 99633b60c7..1c4644bba1 100644 --- a/doc/misc/flymake.texi +++ b/doc/misc/flymake.texi @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ sort error menu items, which shows error messages first. Flymake is also able to interpret error message patterns missing err-text-idx information. This is done by merely taking the rest of the matched line (@code{(substring line (match-end 0))}) as error text. This trick allows -to make use of a huge collection of error message line patterns from +making use of a huge collection of error message line patterns from @code{compile.el}. All these error patterns are appended to the end of @code{flymake-err-line-patterns}. diff --git a/doc/misc/octave-mode.texi b/doc/misc/octave-mode.texi index 65cc6a431e..0307873df0 100644 --- a/doc/misc/octave-mode.texi +++ b/doc/misc/octave-mode.texi @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ when Octave is waiting for input, or done sending output. @c You can use either 'plain' Emacs Info or the function @code{octave-help} @c as your Octave info reader (for @samp{help -i}). In the former case, @c use @code{info_program ("info-emacs-info")}. -@c The latter is perhaps more attractive because it allows to look up keys +@c The latter is perhaps more attractive because it allows you to look up keys @c in the indices of @emph{several} info files related to Octave (provided @c that the Emacs variable @code{octave-help-files} is set correctly). In @c this case, use @code{info_program ("info-emacs-octave-help")}. diff --git a/doc/misc/org.texi b/doc/misc/org.texi index ec676fca1d..a5239acb59 100644 --- a/doc/misc/org.texi +++ b/doc/misc/org.texi @@ -12890,9 +12890,9 @@ including DocBook.}. When processing a document, @samp{texinfo} back-end generates a minimal file header along with a title page, a copyright page, and a menu. You control the latter through the structure of the document (@pxref{Headings and -sectioning structure}). Various keywords allow to tweak the other parts. It -is also possible to give directions to install the document in the @samp{Top} -node. +sectioning structure}). Various keywords allow you to tweak the other parts. +It is also possible to give directions to install the document in the +@samp{Top} node. @subsubheading File header diff --git a/doc/misc/reftex.texi b/doc/misc/reftex.texi index 3dc3ed47b2..dccb2f2a4e 100644 --- a/doc/misc/reftex.texi +++ b/doc/misc/reftex.texi @@ -5421,8 +5421,8 @@ after words. Disabled indexing in comment lines. New command @code{reftex-create-bibtex-file} to create a new database with all entries referenced in the current document. @item -New keys @kbd{e} and @kbd{E} allow to produce a BibTeX database file -from entries marked in a citation selection buffer. +New keys @kbd{e} and @kbd{E} allow you to produce a BibTeX database +file from entries marked in a citation selection buffer. @end itemize @noindent @b{Version 4.21} @@ -5610,8 +5610,8 @@ demand. @item Index support, along with many new options. @item -The selection of keys for @code{\ref} and @code{\cite} now allows to -select multiple items by marking entries with the @kbd{m} key. +The selection of keys for @code{\ref} and @code{\cite} now allows you +to select multiple items by marking entries with the @kbd{m} key. @item Fancyref support. @end itemize diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi index 1b2b89e8e4..14cd7fc062 100644 --- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi +++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi @@ -915,8 +915,9 @@ can still access remote files using UNC file names instead of @value{tramp}: //melancholia/daniel$$/.emacs @end example -UNC file name specification does not allow to specify a different user -name for authentication like the @command{smbclient} can. +UNC file name specification does not allow the specification of a +different user name for authentication like the @command{smbclient} +can. @item @option{adb} @@ -2990,7 +2991,7 @@ longer open. That is why @value{tramp} prompts for the password again even if there is an @command{ssh} already open. Some @command{ssh} versions support a @code{ControlPersist} option, -which allows to set the @code{ControlPath} provided the variable +which allows you to set the @code{ControlPath} provided the variable @code{tramp-ssh-controlmaster-options} is customized as follows: @lisp diff --git a/doc/misc/wisent.texi b/doc/misc/wisent.texi index a4462937f1..b4efbdad1b 100644 --- a/doc/misc/wisent.texi +++ b/doc/misc/wisent.texi @@ -1155,8 +1155,8 @@ It defaults to the start symbol defined in the grammar @end table @end defun -The following two normal hooks permit to do some useful processing -respectively before to start parsing, and after the parser terminated. +The following two normal hooks permit doing some useful processing +respectively before starting parsing, and after the parser terminated. @vindex wisent-pre-parse-hook @defvar wisent-pre-parse-hook @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ and silent rules are now quieter. To get the old behavior where build with 'make V=1'. --- -** The configure option '--with-gameuser' now allows to specify a +** The configure option '--with-gameuser' now allows you to specify a group instead of a user if its argument is prefixed by ':' (a colon). This will cause the game score files in ${localstatedir}/games/emacs to be owned by that group, and the helper program for updating them to @@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ select-enable-primary is ineffective since the system doesn't have the equivalent of a primary selection. +++ -** New option `switch-to-buffer-in-dedicated-window' allows to customize -how `switch-to-buffer' proceeds interactively when the selected window -is strongly dedicated to its buffer. +** New option `switch-to-buffer-in-dedicated-window' allows you to +customize how `switch-to-buffer' proceeds interactively when the +selected window is strongly dedicated to its buffer. +++ ** The option `even-window-heights' has been renamed to @@ -855,11 +855,12 @@ plist will contain a :peer element that has the output of ** Tramp +++ -*** New connection method "afp", which allows to access Mac OS X +*** New connection method "afp", which allows you to access Mac OS X volumes via the Apple Filing Protocol. +++ -*** New connection method "nc", which allows to access dumb busyboxes. +*** New connection method "nc", which allows you to access dumb +busyboxes. +++ *** Method-specific parameters can be overwritten now with variable @@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@ node "Generic Functions" in the Emacs Lisp manual for more details. let-bind the values stored in an alist. --- -** `tildify-mode' allows to automatically insert hard spaces as one +** `tildify-mode' allows automatic insertion of hard spaces as one types the text. Breaking line after a single-character words is forbidden by Czech and Polish typography (and may be discouraged in other languages), so `auto-tildify-mode' makes it easier to create @@ -1424,7 +1425,7 @@ commands other than the predefined `C-u'. +++ ** New functions `filepos-to-bufferpos' and `bufferpos-to-filepos'. -These allow to convert between buffer positions and the corresponding +These allow conversion between buffer positions and the corresponding file byte offsets, given the file's encoding. +++ @@ -1547,14 +1548,14 @@ called interactively. ** New function `function-put' to use instead of `put' for function properties. +++ -** The new function `bidi-find-overridden-directionality' allows to +** The new function `bidi-find-overridden-directionality' allows you to find characters whose directionality was, perhaps maliciously, overridden by directional override control characters. Lisp programs can use this to detect potential phishing of URLs and other links that exploits bidirectional display reordering. +++ -** The new function `buffer-substring-with-bidi-context' allows to +** The new function `buffer-substring-with-bidi-context' allows you to copy a portion of a buffer into a different location while preserving the visual appearance both of the copied text and the text at destination, even when the copied text includes mixed bidirectional @@ -1677,7 +1678,7 @@ undocumented integer-pair format. Instead, they return a list of two integers. +++ -** New function `set-binary-mode' allows to switch a standard stream +** New function `set-binary-mode' allows switching a standard stream of the Emacs process to binary I/O mode. +++ @@ -1788,8 +1789,8 @@ fullwidth frames, the behavior may depend on the toolkit used. number of columns or lines it displays. +++ -*** New function `window-preserve-size' allows to preserve the size of -windows without "fixing" it. It's supported by `fit-window-to-buffer', +*** New function `window-preserve-size' allows you to preserve the size of +a window without "fixing" it. It's supported by `fit-window-to-buffer', `temp-buffer-resize-mode' and `display-buffer'. +++ diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el index 5851a89ec9..14e39bddd2 100644 --- a/lisp/autorevert.el +++ b/lisp/autorevert.el @@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ This is an internal function used by Auto-Revert Mode." (not (eq revert 'fast))) (message "Reverting buffer `%s'." (buffer-name))) ;; If point (or a window point) is at the end of the buffer, we - ;; want to keep it at the end after reverting. This allows to - ;; tail a file. + ;; want to keep it at the end after reverting. This allows one + ;; to tail a file. (when buffer-file-name (setq eob (eobp)) (walk-windows diff --git a/lisp/cedet/mode-local.el b/lisp/cedet/mode-local.el index ce367485c1..c7e6615e0d 100644 --- a/lisp/cedet/mode-local.el +++ b/lisp/cedet/mode-local.el @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ BINDINGS is a list of (VARIABLE . VALUE). Optional argument PLIST is a property list each VARIABLE symbol will be set to. The following properties have special meaning: -- `constant-flag' if non-nil, prevent to rebind variables. +- `constant-flag' if non-nil, prevent rebinding variables. - `mode-variable-flag' if non-nil, define mode variables. - `override-flag' if non-nil, define override functions. @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ default is to call the function `NAME-default' with the appropriate arguments. BODY can also include an override form that specifies which part of -BODY is specifically overridden. This permits to specify common code +BODY is specifically overridden. This permits specifying common code run for both default and overridden implementations. An override form is one of: diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic/senator.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic/senator.el index a45077e50e..38abc9ebbd 100644 --- a/lisp/cedet/semantic/senator.el +++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic/senator.el @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ if available." (setq isearch-adjusted t) (isearch-update)) -;; Recent versions of GNU Emacs allow to override the isearch search +;; Recent versions of GNU Emacs allow overriding the isearch search ;; function for special needs, and avoid to advice the built-in search ;; function :-) (defun senator-isearch-search-fun () diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent.el index 2df4b2a2e1..d0632f1640 100644 --- a/lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent.el +++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic/wisent.el @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ and will be collected in `semantic-lex' form: (SYMBOL START . END)." ;; Parser plug-ins ;; -;; The following functions permit to plug the Wisent LALR parser in +;; The following functions permit plugging the Wisent LALR parser in ;; Semantic toolkit. They use the standard API provided by Semantic ;; to plug parsers in. ;; diff --git a/lisp/dos-fns.el b/lisp/dos-fns.el index 0ce2b23527..7188ae0bce 100644 --- a/lisp/dos-fns.el +++ b/lisp/dos-fns.el @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ sure to obey the 8.3 limitations." string)) (aset string i ?_)) ;; If we don't have a period in the first 8 chars, insert one. - ;; This enables to have 3 more characters from the original + ;; This enables having 3 more characters from the original ;; name in the extension. (if (> (or (string-match "\\." string) (length string)) 8) diff --git a/lisp/frameset.el b/lisp/frameset.el index b8d86c649e..2453f57e22 100644 --- a/lisp/frameset.el +++ b/lisp/frameset.el @@ -354,12 +354,12 @@ Properties can be set with ;; Now, what about the filter alist variables? There are three of them, ;; though only two sets of parameters: ;; -;; - `frameset-session-filter-alist' contains these filters that allow to -;; save and restore framesets in-session, without the need to serialize -;; the frameset or save it to disk (for example, to save a frameset in a -;; register and restore it later). Filters in this list do not remove -;; live objects, except in `minibuffer', which is dealt especially by -;; `frameset-save' / `frameset-restore'. +;; - `frameset-session-filter-alist' contains these filters that allow +;; saving and restoring framesets in-session, without the need to +;; serialize the frameset or save it to disk (for example, to save a +;; frameset in a register and restore it later). Filters in this +;; list do not remove live objects, except in `minibuffer', which is +;; dealt especially by `frameset-save' / `frameset-restore'. ;; ;; - `frameset-persistent-filter-alist' is the whole deal. It does all ;; the filtering described above, and the result is ready to be saved on @@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ FORCE-ONSCREEN can be: - a list (LEFT TOP WIDTH HEIGHT), describing the workarea. It must return non-nil to force the frame onscreen, nil otherwise. -CLEANUP-FRAMES allows to \"clean up\" the frame list after restoring a frameset: +CLEANUP-FRAMES allows \"cleaning up\" the frame list after restoring a frameset: t Delete all frames that were not created or restored upon. nil Keep all frames. FUNC A function called with two arguments: diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el index 9219ce04c1..80753c1181 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el @@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ minor mode in all Gnus buffers." (defun gnus-agent-queue-setup (&optional group-name) "Make sure the queue group exists. -Optional arg GROUP-NAME allows to specify another group." +Optional arg GROUP-NAME allows another group to be specified." (unless (gnus-gethash (format "nndraft:%s" (or group-name "queue")) gnus-newsrc-hashtb) (gnus-request-create-group (or group-name "queue") '(nndraft "")) diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el b/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el index fb97479302..106d010a3d 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-util.el @@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ Unless LIST is given, `mm-codepage-ibm-list' is used." (windows-1257 . (mm-codepage-setup 1257 t)))) "An alist of (CHARSET . FORM) pairs. If an article is encoded in an unknown CHARSET, FORM is -evaluated. This allows to load additional libraries providing -charsets on demand. If supported by your Emacs version, you -could use `autoload-coding-system' here." +evaluated. This allows the loading of additional libraries +providing charsets on demand. If supported by your Emacs +version, you could use `autoload-coding-system' here." :version "22.1" ;; Gnus 5.10.9 :type '(list (set :inline t (const (windows-1250 . (mm-codepage-setup 1250 t))) diff --git a/lisp/international/characters.el b/lisp/international/characters.el index 2e947331ab..a43c0f6807 100644 --- a/lisp/international/characters.el +++ b/lisp/international/characters.el @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ with L, LRE, or LRO Unicode bidi character type.") table))) ;; Load uni-mirrored.el and uni-brackets.el if available, so that they -;; get dumped into Emacs. This allows to start Emacs with +;; get dumped into Emacs. This allows starting Emacs with ;; force-load-messages in ~/.emacs, and avoid infinite recursion in ;; bidi_initialize, which needs to load uni-mirrored.el and ;; uni-brackets.el in order to display the "Loading" messages. diff --git a/lisp/ldefs-boot.el b/lisp/ldefs-boot.el index 311b698deb..7d7e635271 100644 --- a/lisp/ldefs-boot.el +++ b/lisp/ldefs-boot.el @@ -11632,7 +11632,7 @@ FORCE-ONSCREEN can be: - a list (LEFT TOP WIDTH HEIGHT), describing the workarea. It must return non-nil to force the frame onscreen, nil otherwise. -CLEANUP-FRAMES allows to \"clean up\" the frame list after restoring a frameset: +CLEANUP-FRAMES allows \"cleaning up\" the frame list after restoring a frameset: t Delete all frames that were not created or restored upon. nil Keep all frames. FUNC A function called with two arguments: @@ -30613,8 +30613,8 @@ Usage: according to option `vhdl-argument-list-indent'. If option `vhdl-indent-tabs-mode' is nil, spaces are used instead of - tabs. `\\[tabify]' and `\\[untabify]' allow to convert spaces to tabs - and vice versa. + tabs. `\\[tabify]' and `\\[untabify]' allow the conversion of spaces to + tabs and vice versa. Syntax-based indentation can be very slow in large files. Option `vhdl-indent-syntax-based' allows you to use faster but simpler indentation. diff --git a/lisp/mail/mailclient.el b/lisp/mail/mailclient.el index bfd6e7d142..eb1305a5e3 100644 --- a/lisp/mail/mailclient.el +++ b/lisp/mail/mailclient.el @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ;;; Commentary: -;; This package allows to hand over a buffer to be sent off +;; This package allows handing over a buffer to be sent off ;; via the system's designated e-mail client. ;; Note that the e-mail client will display the contents of the buffer ;; again for editing. diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el index 40b77e6eee..04a7fc3fe7 100644 --- a/lisp/man.el +++ b/lisp/man.el @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ;; ============= TODO =========== ;; - Add a command for printing. ;; - The awk script deletes multiple blank lines. This behavior does -;; not allow to understand if there was indeed a blank line at the +;; not allow one to understand if there was indeed a blank line at the ;; end or beginning of a page (after the header, or before the ;; footer). A different algorithm should be used. It is easy to ;; compute how many blank lines there are before and after the page diff --git a/lisp/mh-e/mh-search.el b/lisp/mh-e/mh-search.el index 30b3891994..6e607444ad 100644 --- a/lisp/mh-e/mh-search.el +++ b/lisp/mh-e/mh-search.el @@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ is used to search." (forward-line))) ;; All implementations of pick have special options -cc, -date, -from and -;; -subject that allow to search for corresponding components. Any other +;; -subject that allow searching for corresponding components. Any other ;; component is searched using option --COMPNAME, for example: `pick ;; --x-mailer mh-e'. Mailutils "pick" supports this option using a certain ;; kludge, but it prefers the following syntax for this purpose: diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-cmds.el b/lisp/net/tramp-cmds.el index e714e4fc9f..e7901bb786 100644 --- a/lisp/net/tramp-cmds.el +++ b/lisp/net/tramp-cmds.el @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Before reproducing the bug, you might apply M-x tramp-cleanup-all-connections -This allows to investigate from a clean environment. Another +This allows us to investigate from a clean environment. Another useful thing to do is to put (setq tramp-verbose 9) diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el index 0379acc07a..e19ceae89d 100644 --- a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el +++ b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ;; Restrictions: -;; * The current GVFS implementation does not allow to write on the +;; * The current GVFS implementation does not allow writing on the ;; remote bluetooth device via OBEX. ;; ;; * Two shares of the same SMB server cannot be mounted in parallel. diff --git a/lisp/org/org-crypt.el b/lisp/org/org-crypt.el index 22b02c8488..8abe32befe 100644 --- a/lisp/org/org-crypt.el +++ b/lisp/org/org-crypt.el @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ See `org-crypt-disable-auto-save'." ;; outline property starts at the \n of the heading. (delete-region (1- (point)) end) ;; Store a checksum of the decrypted and the encrypted - ;; text value. This allow to reuse the same encrypted text + ;; text value. This allow reusing the same encrypted text ;; if the text does not change, and therefore avoid a ;; re-encryption process. (insert "\n" (propertize decrypted-text diff --git a/lisp/org/org-element.el b/lisp/org/org-element.el index e47d65f103..91b1b00760 100644 --- a/lisp/org/org-element.el +++ b/lisp/org/org-element.el @@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ still has an entry since one of its properties (`:title') does.") ;; Provide four accessors: `org-element-type', `org-element-property' ;; `org-element-contents' and `org-element-restriction'. ;; -;; Setter functions allow to modify elements by side effect. There is -;; `org-element-put-property', `org-element-set-contents', +;; Setter functions allow modification of elements by side effect. +;; There is `org-element-put-property', `org-element-set-contents', ;; `org-element-set-element' and `org-element-adopt-element'. Note ;; that `org-element-set-element' and `org-element-adopt-elements' are ;; higher level functions since also update `:parent' property. @@ -4023,8 +4023,8 @@ position of point and CDR is nil." ;; `org-element-parse-secondary-string', which parses objects within ;; a given string. ;; -;; The (almost) almighty `org-element-map' allows to apply a function -;; on elements or objects matching some type, and accumulate the +;; The (almost) almighty `org-element-map' allows applying a function +;; on elements or objects matching some type, and accumulating the ;; resulting values. In an export situation, it also skips unneeded ;; parts of the parse tree. diff --git a/lisp/org/org-feed.el b/lisp/org/org-feed.el index 2d71c8b6fc..6d6f996954 100644 --- a/lisp/org/org-feed.el +++ b/lisp/org/org-feed.el @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ;; ;;; Commentary: ;; -;; This module allows to create and change entries in an Org-mode +;; This module allows entries to be created and changed in an Org-mode ;; file triggered by items in an RSS feed. The basic functionality is ;; geared toward simply adding new items found in a feed as outline nodes ;; to an Org file. Using hooks, arbitrary actions can be triggered for diff --git a/lisp/org/org.el b/lisp/org/org.el index 960b874bc7..6e7d54d39c 100644 --- a/lisp/org/org.el +++ b/lisp/org/org.el @@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ fast, while still showing the whole path to the entry." :type 'boolean) (defcustom org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes nil - "Non-nil means allow to create new nodes as refile targets. + "Non-nil means allow the creation of new nodes as refile targets. New nodes are then created by adding \"/new node name\" to the completion of an existing node. When the value of this variable is `confirm', new node creation must be confirmed by the user (recommended). diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el b/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el index 1907dc0c74..dcca608b30 100644 --- a/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el +++ b/lisp/org/ox-ascii.el @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ ;;; Define Back-End ;; -;; The following setting won't allow to modify preferred charset +;; The following setting won't allow modifying preferred charset ;; through a buffer keyword or an option item, but, since the property -;; will appear in communication channel nonetheless, it allows to -;; override `org-ascii-charset' variable on the fly by the ext-plist +;; will appear in communication channel nonetheless, it allows +;; overriding `org-ascii-charset' variable on the fly by the ext-plist ;; mechanism. ;; ;; We also install a filter for headlines and sections, in order to diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el b/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el index 44480673db..0d34ba19f4 100644 --- a/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el +++ b/lisp/org/ox-icalendar.el @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ for timed events. If non-zero, alarms are created. (defcustom org-icalendar-exclude-tags nil "Tags that exclude a tree from export. -This variable allows to specify different exclude tags from other +This variable allows specifying different exclude tags from other back-ends. It can also be set with the ICAL_EXCLUDE_TAGS keyword." :group 'org-export-icalendar diff --git a/lisp/org/ox-publish.el b/lisp/org/ox-publish.el index ec33bbda52..38fdce1d0b 100644 --- a/lisp/org/ox-publish.el +++ b/lisp/org/ox-publish.el @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ publishing directory." "Return numbering for headline matching FUZZY search in FILE. Return value is a list of numbers, or nil. This function allows -to resolve external fuzzy links like: +the resolution of external fuzzy links like: [[file.org::*fuzzy][description]]" (when org-publish-cache diff --git a/lisp/org/ox.el b/lisp/org/ox.el index cc5a2d2bcf..89d79738a6 100644 --- a/lisp/org/ox.el +++ b/lisp/org/ox.el @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ is nil. You can also allow them through local buffer variables." (defcustom org-export-snippet-translation-alist nil "Alist between export snippets back-ends and exporter back-ends. -This variable allows to provide shortcuts for export snippets. +This variable allows providing shortcuts for export snippets. For example, with a value of \((\"h\" . \"html\")), the HTML back-end will recognize the contents of \"@@h:<b>@@\" as @@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ output is restricted to body only, \"s\" when it is restricted to the current subtree, \"v\" when only visible elements are considered for export, \"f\" when publishing functions should be passed the FORCE argument and \"a\" when the export should be -asynchronous). Also, [?] allows to switch back to standard +asynchronous). Also, [?] allows switching back to standard mode." :group 'org-export-general :version "24.4" @@ -3657,9 +3657,9 @@ INFO is the plist used as a communication channel." ;; `org-export-get-relative-level' is a shortcut to get headline ;; level, relatively to the lower headline level in the parsed tree. ;; -;; `org-export-get-headline-number' returns the section number of an -;; headline, while `org-export-number-to-roman' allows to convert it -;; to roman numbers. +;; `org-export-get-headline-number' returns the section number of a +;; headline, while `org-export-number-to-roman' allows it to be +;; converted to roman numbers. ;; ;; `org-export-low-level-p', `org-export-first-sibling-p' and ;; `org-export-last-sibling-p' are three useful predicates when it @@ -4093,8 +4093,8 @@ Otherwise, only provided element's type is considered. Optional argument PREDICATE is a function returning a non-nil value if the current element or object should be counted in. It accepts two arguments: the element or object being considered and -the plist used as a communication channel. This allows to count -only a certain type of objects (i.e. inline images). +the plist used as a communication channel. This allows counting +only a certain type of object (i.e. inline images). Return value is a list of numbers if ELEMENT is a headline or an item. It is nil for keywords. It represents the footnote number @@ -5458,7 +5458,7 @@ to `:default' encoding. If it fails, return S." ;; returned results in the current process. ;; ;; At a higher level, `org-export-to-buffer' and `org-export-to-file' -;; allow to export to a buffer or a file, asynchronously or not. +;; allow exporting to a buffer or a file, asynchronously or not. ;; ;; `org-export-output-file-name' is an auxiliary function meant to be ;; used with `org-export-to-file'. With a given extension, it tries @@ -5985,7 +5985,7 @@ is nil when this menu hasn't been selected yet. EXPERTP, when non-nil, triggers expert UI. In that case, no help buffer is provided, but indications about currently active -options are given in the prompt. Moreover, [?] allows to switch +options are given in the prompt. Moreover, [?] allows switching back to standard interface." (let* ((fontify-key (lambda (key &optional access-key) diff --git a/lisp/play/gamegrid.el b/lisp/play/gamegrid.el index 0a63644ab7..2c557ba754 100644 --- a/lisp/play/gamegrid.el +++ b/lisp/play/gamegrid.el @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static unsigned char gamegrid_bits[] = { (dotimes (i height) (insert line)) ;; Adjust the height of the default face to the height of the - ;; images. Unlike XEmacs, Emacs doesn't allow to make the default + ;; images. Unlike XEmacs, Emacs doesn't allow making the default ;; face buffer-local; so we do this with an overlay. (when (eq gamegrid-display-mode 'glyph) (overlay-put (make-overlay (point-min) (point-max)) diff --git a/lisp/play/gomoku.el b/lisp/play/gomoku.el index c1372fa36d..02ac240ad6 100644 --- a/lisp/play/gomoku.el +++ b/lisp/play/gomoku.el @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ that DVAL has been added on SQUARE." ;;; ;; Several variables are used to monitor a game, including a GAME-HISTORY (the -;; list of all (SQUARE . PREVSCORE) played) that allows to take moves back +;; list of all (SQUARE . PREVSCORE) played) that allows you to take moves back ;; (anti-updating the score table) and to compute the table from scratch in ;; case of an interruption. diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el index 20880a806f..f33609c1d0 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el @@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ corresponding kind, i.e., looks like \(OPTION-DEF...). Each OPTION-DEF looks like \(OPTION-NAME EXTRA-FN VALUE-SPEC...) which defines a file/grammar/rule/subrule option with name OPTION-NAME. The OPTION-NAMEs are used for the creation of the \"Insert XXX Option\" -submenus, see `antlr-options-use-submenus', and to allow to insert the -option name with completion when using \\[antlr-insert-option]. +submenus, see `antlr-options-use-submenus', and to allow the insersion +of the option name with completion when using \\[antlr-insert-option]. If EXTRA-FN is a function, it is called at different phases of the insertion with arguments \(PHASE OPTION-NAME). PHASE can have the diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/python.el b/lisp/progmodes/python.el index fd700463ac..5aeefe47a5 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/python.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/python.el @@ -2737,7 +2737,7 @@ killed." (process (get-buffer-process buffer)) ;; Users can override the interpreter and args ;; interactively when calling `run-python', let-binding - ;; these allows to have the new right values in all + ;; these allows having the new right values in all ;; setup code that is done in `inferior-python-mode', ;; which is important, especially for prompt detection. (python-shell--interpreter interpreter) @@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ def __PYTHON_EL_native_completion_setup(): if not completion: if self.last_completion != '1__dummy_completion__': # When no more completions are available, returning a - # dummy with non-sharing prefix allow to ensure output + # dummy with non-sharing prefix allow ensuring output # while preventing changes to current input. # Coincidentally it's also the end of output. completion = '1__dummy_completion__' diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el index d20a6b2f68..b176e64652 100644 --- a/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el +++ b/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el @@ -4422,8 +4422,8 @@ Usage: according to option `vhdl-argument-list-indent'. If option `vhdl-indent-tabs-mode' is nil, spaces are used instead of - tabs. `\\[tabify]' and `\\[untabify]' allow to convert spaces to tabs - and vice versa. + tabs. `\\[tabify]' and `\\[untabify]' allow the conversion of spaces to + tabs and vice versa. Syntax-based indentation can be very slow in large files. Option `vhdl-indent-syntax-based' allows you to use faster but simpler indentation. diff --git a/lisp/strokes.el b/lisp/strokes.el index 8bdabc9e59..5a2020d3ca 100644 --- a/lisp/strokes.el +++ b/lisp/strokes.el @@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ The command will be executed provided one exists for that stroke, based on the variable `strokes-minimum-match-score'. If no stroke matches, nothing is done and return value is nil." ;; FIXME: Undocument return value. It is not documented for all cases, - ;; and doesn't allow to difference between no stroke matches and + ;; and doesn't allow differentiating between no stroke matches and ;; command-execute returning nil, anyway. (let* ((match (strokes-match-stroke stroke strokes-global-map)) (command (car match)) diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el index 97e64c906c..db03a3244a 100644 --- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el +++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el @@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ and pass it the output of the last Ispell invocation." (defun ispell-send-replacement (misspelled replacement) "Notify Aspell that MISSPELLED should be spelled REPLACEMENT. -This allows to improve the suggestion list based on actual misspellings." +This allows improving the suggestion list based on actual misspellings." (and ispell-really-aspell (ispell-send-string (concat "$$ra " misspelled "," replacement "\n")))) diff --git a/lisp/tree-widget.el b/lisp/tree-widget.el index c1bb2a7adc..fd502dd184 100644 --- a/lisp/tree-widget.el +++ b/lisp/tree-widget.el @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ This hook should be local in the buffer setup to display widgets.") (flags (widget-get tree :tree-widget--guide-flags)) (indent (widget-get tree :indent)) ;; Setup widget's image support. Looking up for images, and - ;; setting widgets' :tag-glyph is done here, to allow to + ;; setting widgets' :tag-glyph is done here, to allow us to ;; dynamically change the image theme. (widget-image-enable (tree-widget-use-image-p)) ; Emacs (widget-glyph-enable widget-image-enable) ; XEmacs diff --git a/lisp/vc/pcvs.el b/lisp/vc/pcvs.el index 36a1d91d90..573feedd04 100644 --- a/lisp/vc/pcvs.el +++ b/lisp/vc/pcvs.el @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ ;; ******** FIX THE DOCUMENTATION ********* ;; ;; - rework the displaying of error messages. -;; - allow to flush messages only -;; - allow to protect files like ChangeLog from flushing +;; - allow the flushing of messages only +;; - allow the protection of files like ChangeLog from flushing ;; - query the user for cvs-get-marked (for some cmds or if nothing's selected) ;; - don't return the first (resp last) FI if the cursor is before ;; (resp after) it. diff --git a/lisp/window.el b/lisp/window.el index 620f4ed26a..948e2dae2f 100644 --- a/lisp/window.el +++ b/lisp/window.el @@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ SIDE can be any of the symbols `left', `top', `right' or ;; Predecessors to the below have been devised by Julian Assange in ;; change-windows-intuitively.el and Hovav Shacham in windmove.el. -;; Neither of these allow to selectively ignore specific windows +;; Neither of these allow one to selectively ignore specific windows ;; (windows whose `no-other-window' parameter is non-nil) as targets of ;; the movement. (defun window-in-direction (direction &optional window ignore sign wrap mini) diff --git a/src/lisp.h b/src/lisp.h index ee055e9069..6be2104ef9 100644 --- a/src/lisp.h +++ b/src/lisp.h @@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ struct Lisp_Marker /* For markers that point somewhere, this is used to chain of all the markers in a given buffer. */ /* We could remove it and use an array in buffer_text instead. - That would also allow to preserve it ordered. */ + That would also allow us to preserve it ordered. */ struct Lisp_Marker *next; /* This is the char position where the marker points. */ ptrdiff_t charpos; @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ typedef struct _MEMORY_STATUS_EX { } MEMORY_STATUS_EX,*LPMEMORY_STATUS_EX; /* These are here so that GDB would know about these data types. This - allows to attach GDB to Emacs when a fatal exception is triggered + allows attaching GDB to Emacs when a fatal exception is triggered and Windows pops up the "application needs to be closed" dialog. At that point, _gnu_exception_handler, the top-level exception handler installed by the MinGW startup code, is somewhere on the diff --git a/src/w32heap.c b/src/w32heap.c index 3d1c5ff50a..00da86a959 100644 --- a/src/w32heap.c +++ b/src/w32heap.c @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ typedef struct _RTL_HEAP_PARAMETERS { special segment to the executable. In order to be able to do this without losing too much space, we need to create a Windows heap at the specific address of the static array. The RtlCreateHeap - available inside the NT kernel since XP will do this. It allows to - create a non-growable heap at a specific address. So before + available inside the NT kernel since XP will do this. It allows the + creation of a non-growable heap at a specific address. So before dumping, we create a non-growable heap at the address of the dumped_data[] array. After dumping, we reuse memory allocated there without being able to free it (but most of it is not meant to diff --git a/src/w32term.c b/src/w32term.c index 54fd2953d7..36a5021237 100644 --- a/src/w32term.c +++ b/src/w32term.c @@ -3616,8 +3616,8 @@ w32_set_horizontal_scroll_bar_thumb (struct scroll_bar *bar, si.fMask = SIF_PAGE | SIF_POS | SIF_RANGE; si.nMin = 0; si.nMax = whole; - /* Allow nPage to be one larger than nPos so we don't allow to scroll - an already fully visible buffer. */ + /* Allow nPage to be one larger than nPos so we don't allow the scrolling + of an already fully visible buffer. */ si.nPage = min (portion, si.nMax) + 1; si.nPos = min (position, si.nMax); SetScrollInfo (w, SB_CTL, &si, TRUE); diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c index 9e065ead3b..8953d3cec0 100644 --- a/src/window.c +++ b/src/window.c @@ -7263,7 +7263,7 @@ resizing a window preferably resizes one adjacent window only. If this variable is t, splitting a window tries to get the space proportionally from all windows in the same combination. This also -allows to split a window that is otherwise too small or of fixed size. +allows splitting a window that is otherwise too small or of fixed size. Resizing and deleting a window proportionally resize all windows in the same combination. diff --git a/src/xfaces.c b/src/xfaces.c index 0bf4f0cefd..2880eedc1e 100644 --- a/src/xfaces.c +++ b/src/xfaces.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ specs overwrite the font-spec in the 14th attribute. - Faces are frame-local by nature because Emacs allows to define the + Faces are frame-local by nature because Emacs allows you to define the same named face (face names are symbols) differently for different frames. Each frame has an alist of face definitions for all named faces. The value of a named face in such an alist is a Lisp vector |