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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-09-12 21:03:47 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-09-12 21:03:47 +0000
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@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ and news readers.
It is often used as an enhanced email address book.
-EUDC considers BBDB as a directory server backend just like LDAP or
-PH/QI servers though BBDB has no client/server protocol and thus always
+EUDC considers BBDB as a directory server back end just like LDAP or
+PH/QI servers, though BBDB has no client/server protocol and thus always
resides locally on your machine. The point in this is not to offer an
alternate way to query your BBDB database (BBDB itself provides much
-more flexible ways to do that) but rather to offer an interface to your
+more flexible ways to do that), but rather to offer an interface to your
local directory that is consistent with the interface to external
directories (LDAP, PH/QI). This is particularly interesting when
performing queries on multiple servers.
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ submenu of the @samp{Tools} submenu.
* Display of Query Results:: Controlling how query results are presented
* Inline Query Expansion:: How to use and customize inline queries
* The Server Hotlist:: How to use and manage the server hotlist
-* Multi-server Queries:: How to query multiple servers sucessively
+* Multi-server Queries:: How to query multiple servers successively
* Creating BBDB Records:: How to insert query results into your BBDB
* Server/Protocol Locals:: Customizing on a per server/protocol basis
@end menu
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ may be specified by appending a colon and a number to the name of the
server. You will not need this unless your server runs on a port other
than the default (which depends on the protocol).
If the directory server resides on your own computer (which is the case
-if you use the BBDB backend) then `localhost' is a reasonable value but
+if you use the BBDB back end) then `localhost' is a reasonable value but
it will be ignored anyway.
@end defvar
@@ -407,11 +407,11 @@ default method for all fields or a method for each individual field.
@defvar eudc-duplicate-attribute-handling-method
A method to handle entries containing duplicate attributes. This is
-either an alist @code{(@var{attr} . @var{method})} or a symbol
+either an alist of elements @code{(@var{attr} . @var{method})}, or a symbol
@var{method}. The alist form of the variable associates a method to an
-individual attribute name, the second form specifies a method applicable
+individual attribute name; the second form specifies a method applicable
to all attribute names. Available methods are: @code{list},
-@code{first}, @code{concat}, @code{duplicate} (see above). Defaults to
+@code{first}, @code{concat}, and @code{duplicate} (see above). The default is
@code{list}.
@end defvar
@@ -483,8 +483,9 @@ are controlled by @code{eudc-default-return-attributes} (@pxref{Return
Attributes}).
The display of each individual field can be performed by an arbitrary
-function which allows specific processing for binary values like images
-or audio samples as well as values with computer semantics like URLs.
+function which allows specific processing for binary values, such as
+images or audio samples, as well as values with semantics, such as
+URLs.
@defvar eudc-attribute-display-method-alist
An alist specifying methods to display attribute values. Each member of
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ loaded.
The hotlist edit buffer offers a means to manage a list of frequently
used servers. Commands are available in the context pop-up menu
generally bound to the right mouse button. Those commands also have
-equivalent keybindings.
+equivalent key bindings.
@deffn Command eudc-hotlist-add-server
Bound to @kbd{a}.
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ With EUDC, you can automatically create BBDB records
directory server. You do this by moving point to the appropriate
record in a query result display buffer and invoking the command
@kbd{M-x eudc-insert-record-at-point-into-bbdb} with the
-keyboard binding @kbd{b} @footnote{This keybinding does not actually
+keyboard binding @kbd{b} @footnote{This key binding does not actually
call @code{eudc-insert-record-at-point-into-bbdb} but uses
@code{eudc-try-bbdb-insert} instead.}, or with the menu. EUDC
cannot update an existing BBDB record and will signal an error if you
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ Return non-@code{nil} if @var{var} has protocol-local bindings
@end defun
The following functions allow you to set the value of a variable with
-various degrees of localness.
+various degrees of locality.
@defun eudc-default-set var val
Set the EUDC default value of @var{var} to @var{val}.