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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-07-30 11:01:41 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-07-30 11:01:41 +0000
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Proofreading changes from JDonner <jdonner0@earthlink.net>.
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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ not edit these files manually, but you may if you know how.
@node Summary of Gnus
@subsection Summary of Gnus Commands
-Reading news is a two step process:
+Reading news is a two-step process:
@enumerate
@item
@@ -906,17 +906,17 @@ to the bottom before inserting.
@vindex comint-scroll-show-maximum-output
If @code{comint-scroll-show-maximum-output} is non-@code{nil}, then
-scrolling due to arrival of output tries to place the last line of text
-at the bottom line of the window, so as to show as much useful text as
-possible. (This mimics the scrolling behavior of many terminals.)
-The default is @code{nil}.
+scrolling due to the arrival of output tries to place the last line of
+text at the bottom line of the window, so as to show as much useful
+text as possible. (This mimics the scrolling behavior of many
+terminals.) The default is @code{nil}.
@vindex comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output
By setting @code{comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output}, you can opt for
having point jump to the end of the buffer whenever output arrives---no
matter where in the buffer point was before. If the value is
@code{this}, point jumps in the selected window. If the value is
-@code{all}, point jumps in each window that shows the comint buffer. If
+@code{all}, point jumps in each window that shows the Comint buffer. If
the value is @code{other}, point jumps in all nonselected windows that
show the current buffer. The default value is @code{nil}, which means
point does not jump to the end.
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ temporarily visible, but will be erased when you hit return. (This
happens automatically; there is no special password processing.)
When you log in to a different machine, you need to specify the type
-of terminal your using. Terminal types @samp{ansi} or @samp{vt100}
+of terminal you're using. Terminal types @samp{ansi} or @samp{vt100}
will work on most systems.
@c If you are talking to a Bourne-compatible
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ will work on most systems.
@c as long as Emacs can access the source files specified by gdb.
@ignore
- You cannot log into to a remote computer using the Shell mode.
+ You cannot log in to a remote computer using the Shell mode.
@c (This will change when Shell is re-written to use Term.)
Instead, Emacs provides two commands for logging in to another computer
and communicating with it through an Emacs buffer using Comint mode:
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ variable @env{EDITOR} to specify which editor to run. If you set
@env{EDITOR} to @samp{emacs}, they invoke Emacs---but in an
inconvenient fashion, by starting a new, separate Emacs process. This
is inconvenient because it takes time and because the new Emacs process
-doesn't share the buffers in the existing Emacs process.
+doesn't share the buffers in any existing Emacs process.
You can arrange to use your existing Emacs process as the editor for
programs like @code{mail} by using the Emacs client and Emacs server
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ to edit various files, and selects the next such file.
You can switch to a server buffer manually if you wish; you don't
have to arrive at it with @kbd{C-x #}. But @kbd{C-x #} is the way to
-say that you are ``finished'' with one.
+say that you are finished with one.
@vindex server-kill-new-buffers
@vindex server-temp-file-regexp
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ instructs the printer to use built-in fonts for @sc{ascii} and Latin-1
characters, and Intlfonts BDF fonts for the rest.
@vindex bdf-directory-list
- To be able to use the BDF fonts, Emacs should know where to find
+ To be able to use the BDF fonts, Emacs needs to know where to find
them. The variable @code{bdf-directory-list} holds the list of
directories where Emacs should look for the fonts; the default value
includes a single directory @file{/usr/local/share/emacs/fonts/bdf}.
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ Specify which field to sort by with a numeric argument: 1 to sort by
field 1, etc. A negative argument means count fields from the right
instead of from the left; thus, minus 1 means sort by the last field.
If several lines have identical contents in the field being sorted, they
-keep same relative order that they had in the original buffer.
+keep the same relative order that they had in the original buffer.
@item M-x sort-numeric-fields
Like @kbd{M-x sort-fields} except the specified field is converted
@@ -1664,8 +1664,8 @@ the mode line whenever narrowing is in effect.
@findex narrow-to-region
The primary narrowing command is @kbd{C-x n n} (@code{narrow-to-region}).
It sets the current buffer's restrictions so that the text in the current
-region remains accessible but all text before the region or after the region
-is inaccessible. Point and mark do not change.
+region remains accessible, but all text before the region or after the
+region is inaccessible. Point and mark do not change.
@kindex C-x n p
@findex narrow-to-page
@@ -1832,8 +1832,8 @@ invoked @code{hexl-mode}.
@noindent
Other Hexl commands let you insert strings (sequences) of binary
-bytes, move by short's or int's, etc.; type @kbd{C-h a hexl-
-@key{RET}} for details.
+bytes, move by @code{short}s or @code{int}s, etc.; type @kbd{C-h a
+hexl-@key{RET}} for details.
@node Saving Emacs Sessions, Recursive Edit, Editing Binary Files, Top
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ but also quits the unfinished command immediately. Use the command
The mode line shows you when you are in a recursive edit by displaying
square brackets around the parentheses that always surround the major and
-minor mode names. Every window's mode line shows this, in the same way,
+minor mode names. Every window's mode line shows this in the same way,
since being in a recursive edit is true of Emacs as a whole rather than
any particular window or buffer.
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ Find the definition of the function that @var{key} invokes.
These commands provide an easy way to find the definitions of Emacs
Lisp functions and variables. They are similar in purpose to the Tags
facility (@pxref{Tags}), but don't require a tags table; on the other
-hand, they only works for function and variable definitions that are
+hand, they only work for function and variable definitions that are
already loaded in the Emacs session.
@findex find-function