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authorBasil L. Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie>2019-03-05 20:24:41 +0000
committerBasil L. Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie>2019-03-05 20:24:41 +0000
commit099ef446c2c1014727cfe98268fe468eb2e8828b (patch)
treedd2cb05133c1862b85197c4dd727e38a96b896cf
parent52fd40068e0f8b41bd29eaec1334299eb86d0bff (diff)
downloademacs-099ef446c2c1014727cfe98268fe468eb2e8828b.tar.gz
Minor spelling and grammar fixes (bug#34756)
doc/misc/cc-mode.texi (Style Variables, Customizing Indentation): doc/misc/ede.texi (Extending EDE, ede-project-placeholder) (ede-target, ede-proj-target, ede-compilation-program, ede-compiler) (ede-linker): Remove apostrophe from possessive "it's". doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Find a File): doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 2-2): Write "an other" as a single word. doc/misc/gnus.texi (Article Buttons): lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el (gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic-alist) (gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic): Write singular number of Message-IDs, rather than plural. lisp/gnus/message.el (message-user-fqdn): Capitalize initialism.
-rw-r--r--doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi2
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/cc-mode.texi4
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/ede.texi16
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi2
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/gnus.texi2
-rw-r--r--lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el4
-rw-r--r--lisp/gnus/message.el2
7 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 3305f5b3add..c4b19a4e50a 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -14824,7 +14824,7 @@ According to its documentation as shown by @kbd{C-h f} (the
@code{describe-function} command), the @code{find-file-noselect}
function reads the named file into a buffer and returns the buffer.
(Its most recent version includes an optional @var{wildcards} argument,
-too, as well as another to read a file literally and an other you
+too, as well as another to read a file literally and another to
suppress warning messages. These optional arguments are irrelevant.)
However, the @code{find-file-noselect} function does not select the
diff --git a/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi b/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
index 1a77a64e01c..47ae83ab396 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
@@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ Basics}).
@item
The style variable @code{c-offsets-alist} (@pxref{c-offsets-alist}) is
an association list with an element for each syntactic symbol. It's
-handled a little differently from the other style variables. It's
+handled a little differently from the other style variables. Its
default global binding is the empty list @code{nil}, rather than
@code{set-from-style}. Before the style system is initialized, you
can add individual elements to @code{c-offsets-alist} by calling
@@ -5286,7 +5286,7 @@ The simplest and most used kind of ``offset'' setting in
@defopt c-basic-offset
@vindex basic-offset @r{(c-)}
This style variable holds the basic offset between indentation levels.
-It's factory default is 4, but all the built-in styles set it
+Its factory default is 4, but all the built-in styles set it
themselves, to some value between 2 (for @code{gnu} style) and 8 (for
@code{bsd}, @code{linux}, and @code{python} styles).
@end defopt
diff --git a/doc/misc/ede.texi b/doc/misc/ede.texi
index 513461d0e0f..4edb53d9533 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ede.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ede.texi
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ details on using @eieio{} to extending classes, and writing methods.
If you intend to extend @ede{}, it is most likely that a new target type is
needed in one of the existing project types. The rest of this chapter
-will discuss extending the @code{ede-project} class, and it's targets.
+will discuss extending the @code{ede-project} class, and its targets.
See @file{project-am.el} for basic details on adding targets to it.
For the @code{ede-project} type, the core target class is called
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ Get the inode of the directory project @var{PROJ} is in.
@end deffn
@deffn Method ede-project-root :AFTER this
-If a project knows it's root, return it here.
+If a project knows its root, return it here.
Allows for one-project-object-for-a-tree type systems.
@end deffn
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ Find a subproject of @var{PROJ} that corresponds to @var{DIR}.
@end deffn
@deffn Method ede-project-root-directory :AFTER this &optional file
-If a project knows it's root, return it here.
+If a project knows its root, return it here.
Allows for one-project-object-for-a-tree type systems.
Optional @var{FILE} is the file to test. It is ignored in preference
of the anchor file for the project.
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ In sources for @var{THIS}, change version numbers to @var{VERSION}.
@end deffn
@deffn Method project-delete-target :AFTER ot
-Delete the current target @var{OT} from it's parent project.
+Delete the current target @var{OT} from its parent project.
@end deffn
@deffn Method ede-target-sourcecode :AFTER this
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ Converts all symbols into the objects to be used.
@end deffn
@deffn Method project-delete-target :AFTER this
-Delete the current target @var{THIS} from it's parent project.
+Delete the current target @var{THIS} from its parent project.
@end deffn
@deffn Method ede-proj-makefile-target-name :AFTER this
@@ -4013,7 +4013,7 @@ Type: @code{list}
The commands used to execute this compiler.
The object which uses this compiler will place these commands after
-it's rule definition.
+its rule definition.
@item :autoconf
Type: @code{list} @*
@@ -4125,7 +4125,7 @@ Type: @code{list}
The commands used to execute this compiler.
The object which uses this compiler will place these commands after
-it's rule definition.
+its rule definition.
@item :objectextention
Type: @code{string}
@@ -4265,7 +4265,7 @@ Type: @code{list}
The commands used to execute this compiler.
The object which uses this compiler will place these commands after
-it's rule definition.
+its rule definition.
@item :objectextention
Type: @code{string}
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
index 55010d4e430..d4be7b1f0ce 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ what's this?
@subsubheading Answer
You get the message described in the q/a pair above while
-starting Gnus, right? It's an other symptom for the same
+starting Gnus, right? It's another symptom for the same
problem, so read the answer above.
@node FAQ 2-3
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index a0c57329433..4ee80eacb2e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -9394,7 +9394,7 @@ function must return @code{mid}, @code{mail}, @code{invalid} or
@item gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic
@findex gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic
Function that guesses whether its argument is a message ID or a mail
-address. Returns @code{mid} if it's a message IDs, @code{mail} if
+address. Returns @code{mid} if it's a message ID, @code{mail} if
it's a mail address, @code{ask} if unsure and @code{invalid} if the
string is invalid.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
index 9cd5a1f6435..4eb6249490e 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el
@@ -7504,7 +7504,7 @@ must return `mid', `mail', `invalid' or `ask'."
(2.0 . "^[A-Z][a-z][A-Z][a-z][a-z][^a-z]")) ;; ^[A-Z][a-z]{4,4}
"An alist of (RATE . REGEXP) pairs for `gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic'.
-A negative RATE indicates a message IDs, whereas a positive indicates a mail
+A negative RATE indicates a message ID, whereas a positive indicates a mail
address. The REGEXP is processed with `case-fold-search' set to nil."
:version "22.1"
:group 'gnus-article-buttons
@@ -7513,7 +7513,7 @@ address. The REGEXP is processed with `case-fold-search' set to nil."
(defun gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic (mid-or-mail)
"Guess whether MID-OR-MAIL is a message ID or a mail address.
-Returns `mid' if MID-OR-MAIL is a message IDs, `mail' if it's a mail
+Returns `mid' if MID-OR-MAIL is a message ID, `mail' if it's a mail
address, `ask' if unsure and `invalid' if the string is invalid."
(let ((case-fold-search nil)
(list gnus-button-mid-or-mail-heuristic-alist)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/message.el b/lisp/gnus/message.el
index 0d166fb8ce0..d260bdb2a2c 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/message.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/message.el
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ no, only reply back to the author."
:type 'boolean)
(defcustom message-user-fqdn nil
- "Domain part of Message-Ids."
+ "Domain part of Message-IDs."
:version "22.1"
:group 'message-headers
:link '(custom-manual "(message)News Headers")