diff lispref/modes.texi @ 24934:f5e3b4ecd255

*** empty log message ***

--- a/lispref/modes.texi	Wed Jul 07 22:50:13 1999 +0000
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi	Wed Jul 07 23:14:06 1999 +0000
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 The documentation string may include the special documentation
 substrings, @samp{\[@var{command}]}, @samp{\@{@var{keymap}@}}, and
-@samp{\<@var{keymap}>}, that enable the documentation to adapt
+@samp{\<@var{keymap}>}, which enable the documentation to adapt
 automatically to the user's own key bindings.  @xref{Keys in
 Documentation}.
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
 @end smallexample
 
   Finally, here is the complete major mode function definition for
-Emacs Lisp mode.  
+Lisp mode.  
 
 @smallexample
 @group
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
 
 @defvar interpreter-mode-alist
 This variable specifies major modes to use for scripts that specify a
-command interpreter in an @samp{#!} line.  Its value is a list of
+command interpreter in a @samp{#!} line.  Its value is a list of
 elements of the form @code{(@var{interpreter} . @var{mode})}; for
 example, @code{("perl" . perl-mode)} is one element present by default.
 The element says to use mode @var{mode} if the file specifies
@@ -915,8 +915,8 @@
 @subsection Easy-Mmode
 
   The easy-mmode package provides a convenient way of implementing a
-minor mode; with it, you can specify all about a simple minor mode in
-one self-contained definition.
+minor mode; with it, you can specify everything about a simple minor
+mode in one self-contained definition.
 
 @defmac easy-mmode-define-minor-mode mode doc &optional init-value mode-indicator keymap
 @tindex easy-mmode-define-minor-mode
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@
 
   There are several variables that control how Font Lock mode highlights
 text.  But major modes should not set any of these variables directly.
-Instead, it should set @code{font-lock-defaults} as a buffer-local
+Instead, they should set @code{font-lock-defaults} as a buffer-local
 variable.  The value assigned to this variable is used, if and when Font
 Lock mode is enabled, to set all the other variables.
 
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@
 The fifth element, @var{syntax-begin}, specifies the value of
 @code{font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function} (see below).
 
-Any further elements @var{other-vars} are have form
+Any further elements @var{other-vars} are of the form
 @code{(@var{variable} . @var{value})}.  This kind of element means to
 make @var{variable} buffer-local and then set it to @var{value}.  This
 is used to set other variables that affect fontification.
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@
 match data to describe the match that was found.
 
 @item (@var{matcher} . @var{match})
-In this kind of element, @var{matcher} stands for either a regular
+In this kind of element, @var{matcher} is either a regular
 expression or a function, as described above.  The @sc{cdr},
 @var{match}, specifies which subexpression of @var{matcher} should be
 highlighted (instead of the entire text that @var{matcher} matched).