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authorNeil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>2001-08-30 20:02:13 +0000
committerNeil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>2001-08-30 20:02:13 +0000
commit6c997de26654216147ccd53afcc474e73243f6cf (patch)
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* Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from the stable CVS branch.
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diff --git a/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi b/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
index 3303881ec..0adf9abfc 100755
--- a/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ the sum of whose squares is equal to 1.0.
Thinking of vect as coordinates in space of
dimension n = (vector-length vect), the coordinates
are uniformly distributed over the surface of the
-unit n-shere.
+unit n-sphere.
@end deffn
@deffn primitive random:normal [state]
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ Fills vect with inexact real random numbers
the sum of whose squares is less than 1.0.
Thinking of vect as coordinates in space of
dimension n = (vector-length vect), the coordinates
-are uniformly distributed within the unit n-shere.
+are uniformly distributed within the unit n-sphere.
The sum of the squares of the numbers is returned.
@end deffn
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ characters enclosed in double quotes (@code{"}). @footnote{Actually, the
current implementation restricts strings to a length of 2^24
characters.} If you want to insert a double quote character into a
string literal, it must be prefixed with a backslash @code{\} character
-(called an @emph{escape character}).
+(called an @dfn{escape character}).
The following are examples of string literals:
@@ -1410,8 +1410,7 @@ fulfills some specified property.
@rnindex string?
@deffn primitive string? obj
-Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is a string, else returns
-@code{#f}.
+Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is a string, else @code{#f}.
@end deffn
@deffn primitive string-null? str
@@ -1522,9 +1521,9 @@ exact integers satisfying:
@node String Modification
@subsection String Modification
-These procedures are for modifying strings in-place. That means, that
-not a new string is the result of a string operation, but that the
-actual memory representation of a string is modified.
+These procedures are for modifying strings in-place. This means that the
+result of the operation is not a new string; instead, the original string's
+memory representation is modified.
@rnindex string-set!
@deffn primitive string-set! str k chr
@@ -1821,7 +1820,7 @@ A @dfn{regular expression} (or @dfn{regexp}) is a pattern that
describes a whole class of strings. A full description of regular
expressions and their syntax is beyond the scope of this manual;
an introduction can be found in the Emacs manual (@pxref{Regexps,
-, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, or
+, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}), or
in many general Unix reference books.
If your system does not include a POSIX regular expression library, and