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* doc/lispref/files.texi (File Attributes, Changing Files):
Use a more-natural notation for octal numbers.
* doc/misc/gnus.texi (Mail Source Customization, Mail Back End Variables):
Use octal notation for file permissions, which are normally
thought of in octal.
(Mail Back End Variables): Use more-plausible modes in example.

* doc/lispref/windows.texi (Window History): New node.  Move text here
from Buffers and Windows.
(Switching Buffers): Rename from Displaying Buffers, since we
don't document display-buffer here; callers changed.  Document
FORCE-SAME-WINDOW arg to switch-to-buffer and
switch-to-buffer-other-frame.  Delete duplicate
replace-buffer-in-windows doc.
(Choosing Window): Document display actions.

* doc/emacs/files.texi (File Archives):
* doc/emacs/cal-xtra.texi (Diary Display):
* doc/emacs/help.texi (Help Mode): Add xref to View Mode.

* doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Misc Buffer): Move view-buffer to View Mode.

* doc/emacs/display.texi (View Mode): New node.  Move view-file here from
Misc File Ops.  Move view-buffer here from Misc Buffer.

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Misc File Ops): Document new
delete-by-moving-to-trash behavior.  Remove view-file.

* doc/lispref/files.texi (Changing Files, Create/Delete Dirs): Document new
arguments for delete-file, delete-directory, and copy-directory.

* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired Deletion): Shorten description of Trash.

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Misc File Ops): Document new
delete-by-moving-to-trash behavior.

* doc/lispref/files.texi (Changing Files, Create/Delete Dirs): Document TRASH
argument.

* files.texi (File Attributes):
ino_t values no longer map to anything larger than a single cons.

* files.texi (File Attributes): Document ino_t values better.
* numbers.texi (Integer Basics, Integer Basics, Arithmetic Operations):
(Bitwise Operations):
* objects.texi (Integer Type): Integers are typically 62 bits now.
* os.texi (Time Conversion): Document time_t values better.

* lisp/files.el (file-truename): Doc fix.

* doc/lispref/files.texi (Truenames): Minor clarification.

 files.texi (Visiting Functions): Document find-file-literally,
 both the command and the variable.

* doc/emacs/files.texi (File Aliases): Move directory-abbrev-alist doc from Lisp
manual.  Explain why directory-abbrev-alist elements should be anchored
(Bug#7777).

* doc/lispref/files.texi (Directory Names): Move directory-abbrev-alist doc to
Emacs manual.

* files.texi (Directory Names): Explain why directory-abbrev-alist
elements should be anchored (Bug#7777).

* doc/lispref/files.texi: Likewise.

 lisp/files.el (directory-abbrev-alist): Doc fix.
 doc/lispref/files.texi (Directory Names): Explain why FROM in
 directory-abbrev-alist should begin with \`.

* lisp/subr.el (directory-sep-char): Remove obsolete variable.
* lisp/net/tramp-compat.el: Don't mess about with the byte-compiler unless
it is "necessary".

* doc/lispref/files.texi (File Name Components): Remove ignored
section about deleted variable directory-sep-char.

* etc/NEWS: Mention above change.

* lisp/files.el (directory-abbrev-alist): Use \` as default regexp.

* abbrevs.texi, commands.texi, compile.texi, debugging.texi:
* display.texi, edebug.texi, elisp.texi, eval.texi, files.texi:
* frames.texi, functions.texi, internals.texi, keymaps.texi:
* loading.texi, minibuf.texi, numbers.texi, os.texi, processes.texi:
* searching.texi, sequences.texi, strings.texi, syntax.texi:
* text.texi, tips.texi, vol1.texi, vol2.texi, windows.texi:
Untabify Texinfo files.

in particular so `info-lookup-symbol' can find its docs.

directories are not replaced with "~".

Update attributes of files.texi example to be more representative.

parameter RECURSIVE.

* backups.texi (Making Backups): backup-directory-alist and
make-backup-file-name-function are options.
(Auto-Saving): auto-save-list-file-prefix is an option.

* buffers.texi (Killing Buffers): buffer-offer-save is an
option.

* display.texi (Refresh Screen): no-redraw-on-reenter is an
option.
(Echo Area Customization): echo-keystrokes is an option.
(Selective Display): selective-display-ellipses is an option.
(Temporary Displays): temp-buffer-show-function is an option.
(Face Attributes): underline-minimum-offset and x-bitmap-file-path
are options.
(Font Selection): face-font-family-alternatives,
face-font-selection-order, face-font-registry-alternatives, and
scalable-fonts-allowed are options.
(Fringe Indicators): indicate-buffer-boundaries is an option.
(Fringe Cursors): overflow-newline-into-fringe is an option.
(Scroll Bars): scroll-bar-mode is an option.

* eval.texi (Eval): max-lisp-eval-depth is an option.

* files.texi (Visiting Functions): find-file-hook is an option.
(Directory Names): directory-abbrev-alist is an option.
(Unique File Names): temporary-file-directory and
small-temporary-file-directory are options.

* frames.texi (Initial Parameters): initial-frame-alist,
minibuffer-frame-alist and default-frame-alist are options.
(Cursor Parameters): blink-cursor-alist and
cursor-in-non-selected-windows ar options.
(Window System Selections): selection-coding-system is an
option.
(Display Feature Testing): display-mm-dimensions-alist is an
option.

* help.texi (Help Functions): help-char and help-event-list are
options.

* keymaps.texi (Functions for Key Lookup): meta-prefix-char is
an option.

* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer History): history-length and
history-delete-duplicates are options.
(High-Level Completion): read-buffer-function and
read-buffer-completion-ignore-case are options.
(Reading File Names): read-file-name-completion-ignore-case is
an option.

* modes.texi (Mode Line Top): mode-line-format is an option.
(Mode Line Variables): mode-line-position and mode-line-modes
are options.

* nonascii.texi (Text Representations):
enable-multibyte-characters is an option.
(Default Coding Systems): auto-coding-regexp-alist,
file-coding-system-alist, auto-coding-alist and
auto-coding-functions are options.
(Specifying Coding Systems): inhibit-eol-conversion is an
option.

* os.texi (Init File): site-run-file is an option.
(System Environment): mail-host-address is an option.
(User Identification): user-mail-address is an option.
(Terminal Output): baud-rate is an option.

* positions.texi (Word Motion): words-include-escapes is an
option.

* searching.texi (Standard Regexps): page-delimiter,
paragraph-separate, paragraph-separate and sentence-end are
options.

* text.texi (Margins): left-margin and fill-nobreak-predicate
are options.

* variables.texi (Local Variables): max-specpdl-size is an
option.

* windows.texi (Choosing Window):
split-window-preferred-function, special-display-function and
display-buffer-function are options.

arguments to syntax-ppss-flush-cache.

* processes.texi (Input to Processes): Mark PROCESS arg to
process-running-child-p as optional.
(Network Options): Document NO-ERROR arg to
set-network-process-option.

* buffers.texi (Indirect Buffers): Mark clone-indirect-buffer as a
command.

* searching.texi (POSIX Regexps): Mark posix-search-forward and
posix-search-backward as commands.

* os.texi (Killing Emacs): Mark kill-emacs as a command.
(Suspending Emacs): Mark suspend-emacs as a command.
(Processor Run Time): Mark emacs-uptime and emacs-init-time as
commands.
(Terminal Output): Remove obsolete function baud-rate.  Document
TERMINAL arg for send-string-to-terminal.

* nonascii.texi (Terminal I/O Encoding): Document TERMINAL arg for
terminal-coding-system and set-terminal-coding-system.
(Explicit Encoding): Mark DESTINATION arg of decode-coding-region
as optional.
(Character Sets): Document RESTRICTION arg of char-charset.
(Character Codes): Mark POS argument to get-byte as optional.

* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Misc): Document ARGS arg for
minibuffer-message.

* files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): Mark make-directory and
delete-directory as commands.

* abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Tables): Fix arglist for make-abbrev-table.

* text.texi (Base 64): Mark base64-decode-string and
base64-encode-string as commands.
(Columns): Mark move-to-column as a command.
(Mode-Specific Indent): Document RIGID arg to
indent-for-tab-command.
(Region Indent): Mark TO-COLUMN arg to indent-region as optional.
Mark indent-code-rigidly as a command.
(Substitution): Mark translate-region as a command.

* frames.texi (Size and Position): Remove obsolete functions
screen-height and screen-width.

Changing Files to File Attributes.
(Create/Delete Dirs): Note that mkdir is an alias for this.

write-region-annotate-functions.  Document
write-region-post-annotation-function.

files.