; Fix some ungrammatical uses of "allows to"

* doc/emacs/anti.texi (Antinews):
* etc/NEWS:
* etc/NEWS.29:
* lib/cdefs.h:
* lisp/tab-bar.el (tab-bar-select-restore-windows):
* lisp/vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-print-log-follow):
* m4/gnulib-common.m4 (gl_CHECK_FUNCS_SET_RESULTS):
(gl_CHECK_FUNCS_ANDROID): Fix ungrammatical uses of "allows to".

doc/emacs/anti.texi

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ tool bars on the bottom.  For the same reasons @code{modifier-bar-mode}
 is now gone.
 
 @item
-The command @code{recover-file} no longer allows to display the diffs
+The command @code{recover-file} no longer allows displaying the diffs
 between a file and its auto-save file.  You either want to recover a
 file or you don't; confusing users with a third alternative when they
 are anxious already by the possibility of losing precious edits is

etc/NEWS

@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ in size.
 
 +++
 *** 'dired-listing-switches' handles connection-local values if exist.
-This allows to customize different switches for different remote machines.
+This allows customizing different switches for different remote machines.
 
 ** Ediff
 

etc/NEWS.29

@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ The intention is that this command can be used to access a wide
 variety of version control system-specific functionality from VC
 without complexifying either the VC command set or the backend API.
 
-*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer allows to commit only some of the changes.
+*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer allows committing only some of the changes.
 This command is intended to allow you to commit only some of the
 changes you have in your working tree.  Begin by creating a buffer
 with the changes against the last commit, e.g. with 'C-x v D'
@@ -3529,7 +3529,7 @@ The variables 'connection-local-profile-alist' and
 make it more convenient to inspect and modify them.
 
 *** New function 'connection-local-update-profile-variables'.
-This function allows to modify the settings of an existing
+This function allows modifying the settings of an existing
 connection-local profile.
 
 *** New macro 'with-connection-local-application-variables'.
@@ -4046,8 +4046,8 @@ measured will be counted for the purpose of calculating the text
 dimensions.
 
 ** 'window-text-pixel-size' understands a new meaning of FROM.
-Specifying a cons as the FROM argument allows to start measuring text
-from a specified amount of pixels above or below a position.
+Specifying a cons as the FROM argument allows starting the measurement
+of text from a specified amount of pixels above or below a position.
 
 ** 'window-body-width' and 'window-body-height' can use remapped faces.
 Specifying 'remap' as the PIXELWISE argument now checks if the default

lib/cdefs.h

@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* ISO C99 also allows to declare arrays as non-overlapping.  The syntax is
+/* ISO C99 also allows declaring arrays as non-overlapping.  The syntax is
      array_name[restrict]
    GCC 3.1 and clang support this.
    This syntax is not usable in C++ mode.  */

lisp/tab-bar.el

@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ in the same window to give information about the killed buffer."
 
 (defun tab-bar-select-restore-windows (_frame windows _type)
   "Display a placeholder buffer in the window whose buffer was killed.
-A button in the window allows to restore the killed buffer,
+A button in the window allows restoring the killed buffer,
 if it was visiting a file."
   (dolist (quad windows)
     (when (window-live-p (nth 0 quad))

lisp/vc/vc-git.el

@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ way may omit certain (merge) commits, and that `log-view-diff'
 fails on commits that used the previous name, in that log buffer.
 
 When this variable is nil, and the log ends with a rename, we
-show a button below that which allows to show the log for the
+show a button below that which allows showing the log for the
 file name before the rename."
   :type 'boolean
   :version "26.1")

m4/gnulib-common.m4

@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ dnl
 dnl This macro sets two variables:
 dnl   - gl_cv_onwards_func_<func>   to yes / no / "future OS version"
 dnl   - ac_cv_func_<func>           to yes / no / no
-dnl The first variable allows to distinguish all three cases.
+dnl The first variable allows distinguishing all three cases.
 dnl The second variable is set, so that an invocation
 dnl   gl_CHECK_FUNCS_ANDROID([func], [[#include <foo.h>]])
 dnl can be used as a drop-in replacement for
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ dnl
 dnl This macro sets two variables:
 dnl   - gl_cv_onwards_func_<func>   to yes / no / "future OS version"
 dnl   - ac_cv_func_<func>           to yes / no / no
-dnl The first variable allows to distinguish all three cases.
+dnl The first variable allows distinguishing all three cases.
 dnl The second variable is set, so that an invocation
 dnl   gl_CHECK_FUNCS_MACOS([func], [[#include <foo.h>]])
 dnl can be used as a drop-in replacement for