Minor cleanups for overfull hboxes.

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Richard M. Stallman 1996-12-20 00:09:23 +00:00
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16 changed files with 68 additions and 61 deletions

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@ -553,13 +553,13 @@ part of the prompt.
@end deffn
@defun interactive-p
This function returns @code{t} if the containing function (the one that
called @code{interactive-p}) was called interactively, with the function
@code{call-interactively}. (It makes no difference whether
@code{call-interactively} was called from Lisp or directly from the
editor command loop.) If the containing function was called by Lisp
evaluation (or with @code{apply} or @code{funcall}), then it was not
called interactively.
This function returns @code{t} if the containing function (the one whose
code includes the call to @code{interactive-p}) was called
interactively, with the function @code{call-interactively}. (It makes
no difference whether @code{call-interactively} was called from Lisp or
directly from the editor command loop.) If the containing function was
called by Lisp evaluation (or with @code{apply} or @code{funcall}), then
it was not called interactively.
The most common use of @code{interactive-p} is for deciding whether to
print an informative message. As a special exception,
@ -2187,8 +2187,8 @@ returned.
@defvar current-prefix-arg
This variable holds the raw prefix argument for the @emph{current}
command. Commands may examine it directly, but the usual way to access
it is with @code{(interactive "P")}.
command. Commands may examine it directly, but the usual method for
accessing it is with @code{(interactive "P")}.
@end defvar
@defvar prefix-arg
@ -2197,9 +2197,9 @@ The value of this variable is the raw prefix argument for the
the following command work by setting this variable.
@end defvar
Do not call the functions @code{universal-argument},
@code{digit-argument}, or @code{negative-argument} unless you intend to
let the user enter the prefix argument for the @emph{next} command.
Do not call @code{universal-argument}, @code{digit-argument}, or
@code{negative-argument} unless you intend to let the user enter the
prefix argument for the @emph{next} command.
@deffn Command universal-argument
This command reads input and specifies a prefix argument for the

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@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ the @code{byte-compile} function. You can compile a whole file with
@code{byte-compile-file}, or several files with
@code{byte-recompile-directory} or @code{batch-byte-compile}.
When you run the byte compiler, you may get warnings in a buffer
called @samp{*Compile-Log*}. These report things in your program that
suggest a problem but are not necessarily erroneous.
The byte compiler produces error messages and warnings about each file
in a buffer called @samp{*Compile-Log*}. These report things in your
program that suggest a problem but are not necessarily erroneous.
@cindex macro compilation
Be careful when byte-compiling code that uses macros. Macro calls are

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@ -821,10 +821,10 @@ that are being exited and executes the cleanups of all
@code{unwind-protect} forms that are exited. Once control arrives at
the handler, the body of the handler is executed.
After execution of the handler body, execution continues by returning
from the @code{condition-case} form. Because the protected form is
exited completely before execution of the handler, the handler cannot
resume execution at the point of the error, nor can it examine variable
After execution of the handler body, execution returns from the
@code{condition-case} form. Because the protected form is exited
completely before execution of the handler, the handler cannot resume
execution at the point of the error, nor can it examine variable
bindings that were made within the protected form. All it can do is
clean up and proceed.

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@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ Set a conditional breakpoint which stops the program only if
breakpoint is temporary.
@item B
Move point to the next breakpoint in the definition
Move point to the next breakpoint in the current definition
(@code{edebug-next-breakpoint}).
@end table
@ -505,9 +505,9 @@ evaluating the condition gets an error, execution does not stop.
@findex edebug-set-global-break-condition
@vindex edebug-global-break-condition
You can set or edit the condition expression, stored in
@code{edebug-global-break-condition}, using the @kbd{X} command
(@code{edebug-set-global-break-condition}).
The condition expression is stored in
@code{edebug-global-break-condition}. You can specify a new expression
using the @kbd{X} command (@code{edebug-set-global-break-condition}).
The global break condition is the simplest way to find where in your
code some event occurs, but it makes code run much more slowly. So you

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@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
@xref{Read Only Buffers}.
@item cyclic-function-indirection
@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections contains a loop"}@*
@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections contains a@*
loop"}@*
@xref{Function Indirection}.
@item end-of-buffer

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@ -1081,9 +1081,9 @@ In the first part of the following example, we list two files,
@end group
@end example
Then we evaluate the form @code{(add-name-to-file "~/lewis/foo"
"~/lewis/foo2")}. Again we list the files. This shows two names,
@file{foo} and @file{foo2}.
Now we create a hard link, by calling @code{add-name-to-file}, then list
the files again. This shows two names for one file, @file{foo} and
@file{foo2}.
@example
@group
@ -1683,8 +1683,8 @@ The argument @var{partial-filename} must be a file name containing no
directory part and no slash. The current buffer's default directory is
prepended to @var{directory}, if @var{directory} is not absolute.
In the following example, suppose that the current default directory,
@file{~rms/lewis}, has five files whose names begin with @samp{f}:
In the following example, suppose that @file{~rms/lewis} is the current
default directory, and has five files whose names begin with @samp{f}:
@file{foo}, @file{file~}, @file{file.c}, @file{file.c.~1~}, and
@file{file.c.~2~}.@refill
@ -1948,26 +1948,30 @@ Here are the operations that a magic file name handler gets to handle:
@code{delete-file},@*
@code{diff-latest-backup-file},
@code{directory-file-name},
@code{directory-files}, @code{dired-call-process},
@code{directory-files},@*
@code{dired-call-process},
@code{dired-compress-file}, @code{dired-uncache},
@code{expand-file-name},@*
@code{file-accessible-directory-p},
@code{file-attributes}, @code{file-directory-p},
@code{file-attributes}, @code{file-directory-p},@*
@code{file-executable-p}, @code{file-exists-p}, @code{file-local-copy},
@code{file-modes}, @code{file-name-all-completions},
@code{file-name-as-directory}, @code{file-name-completion},
@code{file-name-directory}, @code{file-name-nondirectory},
@code{file-name-as-directory}, @code{file-name-completion},@*
@code{file-name-directory},
@code{file-name-nondirectory},
@code{file-name-sans-versions}, @code{file-newer-than-file-p},
@code{file-ownership-preserved-p},
@code{file-readable-p}, @code{file-regular-p}, @code{file-symlink-p},
@code{file-truename}, @code{file-writable-p},
@code{find-backup-file-name},
@code{get-file-buffer},
@code{insert-directory}, @code{insert-file-contents},
@code{insert-directory},@*
@code{insert-file-contents},
@code{load}, @code{make-directory},
@code{make-symbolic-link}, @code{rename-file}, @code{set-file-modes},
@code{set-visited-file-modtime}, @code{shell-command}.
@code{unhandled-file-name-directory}, @code{vc-registered},
@code{unhandled-file-name-directory},@*
@code{vc-registered},
@code{verify-visited-file-modtime}, @code{write-region}.
Handlers for @code{insert-file-contents} typically need to clear the

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@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ but provides more information.
---------- Buffer: *Help* ----------
goal-column Option
*Semipermanent goal column for vertical motion, as set by C-x C-n, or nil.
*Semipermanent goal column for vertical motion, as set by @dots{}
@end group
@c Do not blithely break or fill these lines.
@c That makes them incorrect.

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@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ appearance.)
@smallexample
@group
DEFUN ("or", For, Sor, 0, UNEVALLED, 0,
"Eval args until one of them yields non-nil, then return that value.\n\
"Eval args until one of them yields non-nil; return that value.\n\
The remaining args are not evalled at all.\n\
@end group
@group

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@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ the definition for @code{run-prolog} includes the following code:
@smallexample
(defun run-prolog ()
"Run an inferior Prolog process, input and output via buffer *prolog*."
"Run an inferior Prolog process, with I/O via buffer *prolog*."
(interactive)
(require 'comint)
(switch-to-buffer (make-comint "prolog" prolog-program-name))

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@ -861,9 +861,9 @@ Command name?
If the user types @kbd{forward-c @key{RET}}, then this function returns
@code{forward-char}.
The @code{read-command} function is a simplified interface to the
function @code{completing-read}. It uses the variable @code{obarray} so
as to complete in the set of extant Lisp symbols, and it uses the
The @code{read-command} function is a simplified interface to
@code{completing-read}. It uses the variable @code{obarray} so as to
complete in the set of extant Lisp symbols, and it uses the
@code{commandp} predicate so as to accept only command names:
@cindex @code{commandp} example

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@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ complement} notation.)
1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1011
@end example
In this implementation, the largest 28-bit binary integer is the
decimal integer 134,217,727. In binary, it looks like this:
In this implementation, the largest 28-bit binary integer value is
134,217,727 in decimal. In binary, it looks like this:
@example
0111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111

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@ -1158,9 +1158,10 @@ uniquely).
sizes, and contents of the windows in a frame, so you can recreate the
same arrangement of windows later.
Window configurations do not have a read syntax. They print as
@samp{#<window-configuration>}. @xref{Window Configurations}, for a
description of several functions related to window configurations.
Window configurations do not have a read syntax; their print syntax
looks like @samp{#<window-configuration>}. @xref{Window
Configurations}, for a description of several functions related to
window configurations.
@node Process Type
@subsection Process Type
@ -1427,11 +1428,11 @@ types. In most cases, it is more convenient to use type predicates than
@defun type-of object
This function returns a symbol naming the primitive type of
@var{object}. The value is one of @code{symbol}, @code{integer},
@code{float}, @code{string}, @code{cons}, @code{vector}, @code{marker},
@code{overlay}, @code{window}, @code{buffer}, @code{subr},
@code{compiled-function}, @code{window-configuration}, or
@code{process}.
@var{object}. The value is one of the symbols @code{symbol},
@code{integer}, @code{float}, @code{string}, @code{cons}, @code{vector},
@code{marker}, @code{overlay}, @code{window}, @code{buffer},
@code{subr}, @code{compiled-function}, @code{process}, or
@code{window-configuration}.
@example
(type-of 1)

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@ -370,8 +370,9 @@ is a grouping construct that serves three purposes:
@enumerate
@item
To enclose a set of @samp{\|} alternatives for other operations.
Thus, @samp{\(foo\|bar\)x} matches either @samp{foox} or @samp{barx}.
To enclose a set of @samp{\|} alternatives for other operations. Thus,
the regular expression @samp{\(foo\|bar\)x} matches either @samp{foox}
or @samp{barx}.
@item
To enclose an expression for a suffix operator such as @samp{*} to act

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@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ paragraphs are removed. This function justifies as well as filling when
In an interactive call, any prefix argument requests justification.
In Adaptive Fill mode, which is enabled by default,
In Adaptive Fill mode, which is enabled by default, calling the function
@code{fill-region-as-paragraph} on an indented paragraph when there is
no fill prefix uses the indentation of the second line of the paragraph
as the fill prefix.
@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ of justification. It can be @code{left}, @code{right}, @code{full},
follow specified justification style (see @code{current-justification},
below). @code{nil} means to do full justification.
If @var{eop} is non-@code{nil}, that means do left-justification when
If @var{eop} is non-@code{nil}, that means do left-justification if
@code{current-justification} specifies full justification. This is used
for the last line of a paragraph; even if the paragraph as a whole is
fully justified, the last line should not be.

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@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ single-quotes for those symbols.)
@item
Don't write key sequences directly in documentation strings. Instead,
use the @samp{\\[@dots{}]} construct to stand for them. For example,
instead of writing @samp{C-f}, write @samp{\\[forward-char]}. When
Emacs displays the documentation string, it substitutes whatever key is
currently bound to @code{forward-char}. (This is normally @samp{C-f},
but it may be some other character if the user has moved key bindings.)
@xref{Keys in Documentation}.
instead of writing @samp{C-f}, write the construct
@samp{\\[forward-char]}. When Emacs displays the documentation string,
it substitutes whatever key is currently bound to @code{forward-char}.
(This is normally @samp{C-f}, but it may be some other character if the
user has moved key bindings.) @xref{Keys in Documentation}.
@item
In documentation strings for a major mode, you will want to refer to the

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@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Here is the complete function definition for it:
@smallexample
@group
(defun split-window-vertically (&optional arg)
"Split current window into two windows, one above the other."
"Split current window into two windows, @dots{}"
(interactive "P")
(split-window nil (and arg (prefix-numeric-value arg))))
@end group