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diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi
index 2811c4caa3ca97cc5e8de7356958bc8622c37dc0..6240504e5cbe6b5d72d7d2ffc4bcb4059aae5ff6 100644 (file)
--- a/man/custom.texi
+++ b/man/custom.texi
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ the first line as well.
 
 @cindex shell scripts, and local file variables
   In shell scripts, the first line is used to identify the script
-interpreter, so you cannot put any local variables there.  To accomodate
+interpreter, so you cannot put any local variables there.  To accommodate
 for this, when Emacs visits a shell script, it looks for local variable
 specifications in the @emph{second} line.
 
@@ -1030,7 +1030,6 @@ about to type @kbd{C-n C-d} forty times, you can speed your work by
 defining a keyboard macro to do @kbd{C-n C-d} and calling it with a
 repeat count of forty.
 
-@c widecommands
 @table @kbd
 @item C-x (
 Start defining a keyboard macro (@code{start-kbd-macro}).

diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index 078cc5411a6a16eb6dcbf3fe59d407b3207625fe..df35f996a6b5d7e5ceb2c19767f8f112e4efb503 100644 (file)
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ variable @code{file-name-coding-system} to a non-@code{nil} value.
 @section Visiting Files
 @cindex visiting files
 
-@c WideCommands
 @table @kbd
 @item C-x C-f
 Visit a file (@code{find-file}).
@@ -803,7 +802,7 @@ A @dfn{shadow cluster} is a group of hosts that share directories, so
 that copying to or from one of them is sufficient to update the file
 on all of them.  Each shadow cluster has a name, and specifies the
 network address of a primary host (the one we copy files to), and a
-regular expression that matches the hostnames of all the other hosts
+regular expression that matches the host names of all the other hosts
 in the cluster.  You can define a shadow cluster with @kbd{M-x
 shadow-define-cluster}.
 
@@ -1927,7 +1926,7 @@ the repository, and picking up changes from other users into one's own
 working area, then works by direct interactions with the CVS server.
 
   One difficulty is that access to the CVS server is often slow, and
-that developers might need to work offline as well.  VC is designed
+that developers might need to work off-line as well.  VC is designed
 to reduce the amount of network interaction necessary.
 
 @menu
@@ -2049,7 +2048,7 @@ that you can refer to it later if you wish.)
 While using local RCS, you can pick up recent changes from the CVS
 repository into your local file, or commit some of your changes back
 to CVS, without terminating local RCS version control.  To do this,
-switch to the CVS backend temporarily, with the @kbd{C-x v b} command:
+switch to the CVS back end temporarily, with the @kbd{C-x v b} command:
 
 @table @kbd
 @item C-x v b
@@ -2518,7 +2517,7 @@ automatically.
 users, but there is a mode called @dfn{non-strict locking} in which
 you can check-in changes without locking the file first.  Use
 @samp{rcs -U} to switch to non-strict locking for a particular file,
-see the @code{rcs} manpage for details.
+see the @code{rcs} manual page for details.
 
   When deducing the version control state of an RCS file, VC first
 looks for an RCS version header string in the file (@pxref{Version
@@ -2566,9 +2565,9 @@ locking.
   For one thing, you can set the @env{CVSREAD} environment variable
 (the value you use makes no difference).  If this variable is defined,
 CVS makes your work files read-only by default.  In Emacs, you must
-type @kbd{C-x C-q} to make the file writeable, so that editing works
+type @kbd{C-x C-q} to make the file writable, so that editing works
 in fact similar as if locking was used.  Note however, that no actual
-locking is performed, so several users can make their files writeable
+locking is performed, so several users can make their files writable
 at the same time.  When setting @env{CVSREAD} for the first time, make
 sure to check out all your modules anew, so that the file protections
 are set correctly.
@@ -2578,7 +2577,7 @@ are set correctly.
   Another way to achieve something similar to locking is to use the
 @dfn{watch} feature of CVS.  If a file is being watched, CVS makes it
 read-only by default, and you must also use @kbd{C-x C-q} in Emacs to
-make it writable.  VC calls @code{cvs edit} to make the file writeable,
+make it writable.  VC calls @code{cvs edit} to make the file writable,
 and CVS takes care to notify other developers of the fact that you
 intend to change the file.  See the CVS documentation for details on
 using the watch feature.
@@ -2606,7 +2605,7 @@ do in @code{vc-next-action} (@kbd{C-x v v}), just as it does for local
 repositories.  It also does not make any version backups.
 
   You can also set @code{vc-cvs-stay-local} to a regular expression
-that is matched against the repository hostname; VC then stays local
+that is matched against the repository host name; VC then stays local
 only for repositories from hosts that match the pattern.
 
 @node Directories
@@ -2898,7 +2897,7 @@ requires the appropriate uncompression program.
 the programs @code{arc}, @code{jar}, @code{lzh}, @code{zip}, and
 @code{zoo}, which have extensions corresponding to the program names.
 
-  The keybindings of Archive mode are similar to those in Tar mode,
+  The key bindings of Archive mode are similar to those in Tar mode,
 with the addition of the @kbd{m} key which marks a file for subsequent
 operations, and @kbd{M-@key{DEL}} which unmarks all the marked files.
 Also, the @kbd{a} key toggles the display of detailed file

diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi
index 1676860ac50fe3218a63f07bba59a639e4b62e36..ec1f53c95ee759498f8aec6eafef9f11416b3356 100644 (file)
--- a/man/misc.texi
+++ b/man/misc.texi
@@ -1643,7 +1643,6 @@ any time is called the buffer's @dfn{restriction}.
 paragraph by eliminating clutter.  It can also be used to restrict the
 range of operation of a replace command or repeating keyboard macro.
 
-@c WideCommands
 @table @kbd
 @item C-x n n
 Narrow down to between point and mark (@code{narrow-to-region}).
@@ -1969,11 +1968,11 @@ the order you choose.
 @cindex other editors
 @cindex EDT
 @cindex vi
-@cindex PC keybindings
+@cindex PC key bindings
 @cindex scrolling all windows
-@cindex PC selecion
-@cindex Motif keybindings
-@cindex Macintosh keybindings
+@cindex PC selection
+@cindex Motif key bindings
+@cindex Macintosh key bindings
 @cindex WordStar
 
   GNU Emacs can be programmed to emulate (more or less) most other
@@ -1988,7 +1987,7 @@ editors.  Standard facilities can emulate these:
 @cindex Brief emulation
 @cindex emulation of Brief
 @cindex mode, CRiSP
-You can turn on keybindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with
+You can turn on key bindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with
 @kbd{M-x crisp-mode}.  Note that this rebinds @kbd{M-x} to exit Emacs
 unless you change the user option @code{crisp-override-meta-x}.  You can
 also use the command @kbd{M-x scroll-all-mode} or set the user option
@@ -2025,10 +2024,10 @@ to beginning and end of buffer and @kbd{C-Escape} does
 @cindex selection, PC
 The command @kbd{M-x pc-selection-mode} enables a global minor mode
 that emulates the mark, copy, cut and paste commands of various other
-systems---an interface known as CUA.  It establishes the keybindings
+systems---an interface known as CUA.  It establishes the key bindings
 of PC mode, and also modifies the bindings of the cursor keys and the
 @kbd{next}, @kbd{prior}, @kbd{home} and @kbd{end} keys.  It does not
-provide the full set of CUA keybindings---the fundamental Emacs keys
+provide the full set of CUA key bindings---the fundamental Emacs keys
 @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-v} and @kbd{C-x} are not changed.
 
 The standard keys for moving around (@kbd{right}, @kbd{left},
@@ -2089,7 +2088,7 @@ not use it.
 @item WordStar (old wordprocessor)
 @findex wordstar-mode
 @kbd{M-x wordstar-mode} provides a major mode with WordStar-like
-keybindings.
+key bindings.
 @end table
 
 @node Hyperlinking, Dissociated Press, Emulation, Top