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authorGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2012-05-02 21:41:54 -0400
committerGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2012-05-02 21:41:54 -0400
commit0244c17ae63341234b50f81955fbf702fc46ea1a (patch)
tree7e1a447d935e5865c22390b2ea1b3fd9ff07c0e0 /doc
parent187c4f85ade8364f210546d789ec953f1e54af90 (diff)
Tweak page breaks in doc/emacs/buffers.texi
* doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Buffers, Kill Buffer, Several Buffers) (Indirect Buffers): Tweak line- and page-breaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/buffers.texi21
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index edc89a02f3..f8c9c79cc8 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2012-05-03 Glenn Morris <[email protected]>
+ * buffers.texi (Buffers, Kill Buffer, Several Buffers)
+ (Indirect Buffers): Tweak line- and page-breaks.
+
* fixit.texi (Fixit, Undo): Reword to improve page-breaks.
2012-05-01 Glenn Morris <[email protected]>
diff --git a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
index 90d5084e3d..5dd95cc2a6 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions using that data type.
For typical 64-bit machines, this maximum buffer size is @math{2^61 -
2} bytes, or about 2 EiB. For typical 32-bit machines, the maximum is
usually @math{2^29 - 2} bytes, or about 512 MiB. Buffer sizes are
-also limited by the amount of memory present in the system.
+also limited by the amount of memory in the system.
@menu
* Select Buffer:: Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one.
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ for a mere hour.
@cindex Midnight mode
@vindex midnight-mode
@vindex midnight-hook
- You can also have this buffer purging done for you, every day at
-midnight, by enabling Midnight mode. Midnight mode operates each day
+ You can also have this buffer purging done for you, once a day,
+by enabling Midnight mode. Midnight mode operates each day
at midnight; at that time, it runs @code{clean-buffer-list}, or
whichever functions you have placed in the normal hook
@code{midnight-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). To enable Midnight mode, use
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ the buffer menu in another window, and selects that window.
The buffer menu is a read-only buffer, and can be changed only
through the special commands described in this section. The usual
-Emacs cursor motion commands can be used in this buffer. The
+cursor motion commands can be used in this buffer. The
following commands apply to the buffer described on the current line:
@table @kbd
@@ -476,13 +476,13 @@ Auto Revert mode applies to the @file{*Buffer List*} buffer only if
An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which
is called the @dfn{base buffer} of the indirect buffer. In some ways it
-is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link between files.
+is a buffer analogue of a symbolic link between files.
@table @kbd
@findex make-indirect-buffer
@item M-x make-indirect-buffer @key{RET} @var{base-buffer} @key{RET} @var{indirect-name} @key{RET}
-Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} whose base buffer
-is @var{base-buffer}.
+Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} with base buffer
+@var{base-buffer}.
@findex clone-indirect-buffer
@item M-x clone-indirect-buffer @key{RET}
Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer.
@@ -520,10 +520,9 @@ buffer in another window. These functions run the hook
@code{clone-indirect-buffer-hook} after creating the indirect buffer.
The more general way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
-@kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}. It creates an indirect buffer from
-buffer @var{base-buffer}, under the name @var{indirect-name}. It
-prompts for both @var{base-buffer} and @var{indirect-name} using the
-minibuffer.
+@kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}. It creates an indirect buffer
+named @var{indirect-name} from a buffer @var{base-buffer}, prompting for
+both using the minibuffer.
@node Buffer Convenience
@section Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling