Re: typos

Eric Blake <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.m4.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:

> > 
> > Here's a couple of typo fixes again.

Other fixes I noticed:

2006-12-22  Eric Blake  <[email protected]>

	* doc/m4.texinfo (Operation modes): Avoid underfull hbox.
	(M4wrap, Eval, Errprint): Fix typos.
	(Divnum): Not necessary to redivert in example.

Index: doc/m4.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -u -r1.83 m4.texinfo
--- doc/m4.texinfo	21 Dec 2006 14:17:17 -0000	1.83
+++ doc/m4.texinfo	22 Dec 2006 21:41:48 -0000
@@ -652,12 +652,13 @@
 with respect to file names is significant.
 
 @item --safer
-Cripple the builtins @code{maketemp}, @code{mkstemp} (@pxref{Mkstemp}),
+Cripple the following builtins, since each can perform potentially
+unsafe actions: @code{maketemp}, @code{mkstemp} (@pxref{Mkstemp}),
 @code{mkdtemp} (@pxref{Mkdtemp}), @code{debugfile} (@pxref{Debugfile}),
-@code{syscmd} (@pxref{Syscmd}), and @code{esyscmd} (@pxref{Esyscmd}),
-since they can perform potentially unsafe actions.  An attempt to use
-these macros will result in an error.  This option is intended to make
-it safer to preprocess an input file of unknown origin.
+@code{syscmd} (@pxref{Syscmd}), and @code{esyscmd} (@pxref{Esyscmd}).
+An attempt to use any of these macros will result in an error.  This
+option is intended to make it safer to preprocess an input file of
+unknown origin.
 
 @item -W
 @itemx --warnings
@@ -4201,7 +4202,7 @@
 @end deffn
 
 @example
-define(`cleanup', `This is the `cleanup' actions.
+define(`cleanup', `This is the `cleanup' action.
 ')
 @result{}
 m4wrap(`cleanup')
@@ -4209,7 +4210,7 @@
 This is the first and last normal input line.
 @result{}This is the first and last normal input line.
 ^D
-@result{}This is the cleanup actions.
+@result{}This is the cleanup action.
 @end example
 
 The saved input is only reread when the end of normal input is seen, and
@@ -4635,8 +4636,6 @@
 Diversion one: divnum
 divert(`2')
 Diversion two: divnum
-divert
-@result{}
 ^D
 @result{}
 @result{}Diversion one: 1
@@ -5411,7 +5410,7 @@
 exponentiate for @samp{^}, it now computes the bitwise exclusive-or.
 
 Numbers without special prefix are given decimal.  A simple @samp{0}
-prefix introduces an octal number.  @samp{0x} introduces an hexadecimal
+prefix introduces an octal number.  @samp{0x} introduces a hexadecimal
 number.  @samp{0b} introduces a binary number.  @samp{0r} introduces a
 number expressed in any radix between 1 and 36: the prefix should be
 immediately followed by the decimal expression of the radix, a colon,
@@ -5880,9 +5879,9 @@
 @end deffn
 
 @example
-errprint(`Illegal arguments to forloop
+errprint(`Invalid arguments to forloop
 ')
-@error{}Illegal arguments to forloop
+@error{}Invalid arguments to forloop
 @result{}
 errprint(`1')errprint(`2',`3
 ')
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