# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1375646919 25200
# Node ID d6499c14021c90f8c23766cad75f170f295aca9b
# Parent  9ba57ed052079ac36586235bf10e7dd46fac9fd4
doc: Periodic grammarcheck of documentation.

* doc/interpreter/basics.txi, doc/interpreter/expr.txi,
doc/interpreter/install.txi, doc/interpreter/java.txi,
doc/interpreter/plot.txi, doc/interpreter/sparse.txi,
doc/interpreter/vectorize.txi, libinterp/corefcn/cellfun.cc,
libinterp/corefcn/debug.cc, libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc,
libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc, libinterp/corefcn/matrix_type.cc,
libinterp/corefcn/pr-output.cc, libinterp/parse-tree/oct-parse.in.yy,
liboctave/numeric/LSODE-opts.in, scripts/image/imformats.m,
scripts/image/imread.m, scripts/image/imwrite.m,
scripts/miscellaneous/error_ids.m, scripts/miscellaneous/fileattrib.m,
scripts/miscellaneous/mex.m, scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m,
scripts/miscellaneous/warning_ids.m, scripts/prefs/prefdir.m,
scripts/prefs/preferences.m, scripts/signal/fftfilt.m,
scripts/strings/isstrprop.m, scripts/testfun/assert.m:
Periodic grammarcheck of documentation.

diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/basics.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/basics.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/basics.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 @item C-l
 Clear the screen, reprinting the current line at the top.
 
-@item C-_
+@item  C-_
 @itemx C-/
 Undo the last action.  You can undo all the way back to an empty line.
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
 for quickly correcting typing mistakes.
 
 @table @kbd
-@item C-q
+@item  C-q
 @itemx C-v
 Add the next character that you type to the line verbatim.  This is
 how to insert things like @kbd{C-q} for example.
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
 list.
 
 @table @kbd
-@item @key{LFD}
+@item  @key{LFD}
 @itemx @key{RET}
 Accept the current line regardless of where the cursor is.  If the line is
 non-empty, add it to the history list.  If the line was a history
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/expr.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/expr.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/expr.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 Element-by-element left division.  Each element of @var{y} is divided
 by each corresponding element of @var{x}.
 
-@item @var{x} ^ @var{y}
+@item  @var{x} ^ @var{y}
 @itemx @var{x} ** @var{y}
 @opindex **
 @opindex ^
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
 
 The implementation of this operator needs to be improved.
 
-@item @var{x} .^ @var{y}
+@item  @var{x} .^ @var{y}
 @itemx @var{x} .** @var{y}
 @opindex .**
 @opindex .^
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
 @opindex >
 True if @var{x} is greater than @var{y}.
 
-@item @var{x} != @var{y}
+@item  @var{x} != @var{y}
 @itemx @var{x} ~= @var{y}
 @opindex !=
 @opindex ~=
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@
 Elements of the result are true if either of the corresponding elements
 of @var{boolean1} or @var{boolean2} is true.
 
-@item ! @var{boolean}
+@item  ! @var{boolean}
 @itemx ~ @var{boolean}
 @opindex ~
 @opindex !
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/install.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/install.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/install.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 @table @asis
 @item BLAS
 Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine library
-(@url{http://www.netlib.org/blas}).  Accelerated BLAS libraries such as
+(@url{http://www.netlib.org/blas}).  Accelerated @sc{blas} libraries such as
 ATLAS (@url{http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net}) are recommeded for
 better performance.
 
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/java.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/java.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/java.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 @item Finally, Octave looks for a next occurrence of file
 @file{javaclasspath.txt} in the m-files directory where Octave Java functions 
 live.  This is where @file{javaclasspath.m} resides, usually something like
-@file{@env{OCTAVE_HOME}/share/octave/@env{OCTAVE_VERSION}/m/java/}.  You can
+@file{@w{@env{OCTAVE_HOME}}/share/octave/@w{@env{OCTAVE_VERSION}}/m/java/}.  You can
 find this directory by executing the command
 
 @example
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
 The directory where the Java options file is located is specified by the
 environment variable @w{@env{OCTAVE_JAVA_DIR}}.  If unset the directory where
 @file{javaclasspath.m} resides is used instead (typically
-@file{@env{OCTAVE_HOME}/share/octave/@env{OCTAVE_VERSION}/m/java/}).  You can
+@file{@w{@env{OCTAVE_HOME}}/share/octave/@w{@env{OCTAVE_VERSION}}/m/java/}).  You can
 find this directory by executing
 
 @example
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/plot.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -2871,23 +2871,23 @@
 @item basevalue
 The value where the base of the area plot is drawn.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the edge of the patch objects making up the
 areas.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item edgecolor
+@item  edgecolor
 @itemx facecolor
 The line and fill color of the patch objects making up the areas. 
 @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 The x and y coordinates of the original columns of the data passed to
 @code{area} prior to the cumulative summation used in the @code{area}
 function.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 Data source variables.
 @end table
@@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@
 The properties of the bar series are
 
 @table @code
-@item showbaseline
+@item  showbaseline
 @itemx baseline
 @itemx basevalue
 The property @code{showbaseline} flags whether the baseline of the bar
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@
 properties of the base line itself are propagated to the members of the
 corresponding bar series.
 
-@item barwidth
+@item  barwidth
 @itemx barlayout
 @itemx horizontal
 The property @code{barwidth} is the width of the bar corresponding to
@@ -2927,12 +2927,12 @@
 Changes to any of these property are propagated to the other members of
 the bar series.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the edge of the patch objects making up the
 bars.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item edgecolor
+@item  edgecolor
 @itemx facecolor
 The line and fill color of the patch objects making up the bars.  @xref{Colors}.
 
@@ -2943,7 +2943,7 @@
 @item ydata
 The y value of the bars in the @code{hggroup}.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 Data source variables.
 @end table
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@
 A radio property that can have the values "on" or "off" that flags whether the
 contours to plot are to be filled.
 
-@item zlevelmode
+@item  zlevelmode
 @itemx zlevel
 The radio property @code{zlevelmode} can have the values "none", "auto" or
 "manual".  When its value is "none" there is no z component to the plotted
@@ -2976,7 +2976,7 @@
 z value at which to plot the contour is determined by the @code{zlevel}
 property.
 
-@item levellistmode
+@item  levellistmode
 @itemx levellist
 @itemx levelstepmode
 @itemx levelstep
@@ -2986,7 +2986,7 @@
 @code{levelstep}.  If both @code{levellistmode} and @code{levelstepmode}
 are set to "auto", then there are assumed to be 10 equal spaced contours.
 
-@item textlistmode
+@item  textlistmode
 @itemx textlist
 @itemx textstepmode
 @itemx textstep
@@ -3015,12 +3015,12 @@
 contour line is drawn.  If @code{linecolor} is "auto" then the line color is
 determined by the colormap.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx zdata
 The original x, y, and z data of the contour lines.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx zdatasource
 Data source variables.
@@ -3040,18 +3040,18 @@
 The RGB color or color name of the line objects of the error bars. 
 @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the line objects of the error bars.  @xref{Line
 Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markeredgecolor
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 @itemx markersize
 The line and fill color of the markers on the error bars.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx ldata
 @itemx udata
@@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@
 @itemx xudata
 The original x, y, l, u, xl, xu data of the error bars.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx ldatasource
 @itemx udatasource
@@ -3081,22 +3081,22 @@
 @item color
 The RGB color or color name of the line objects.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the line objects.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markeredgecolor
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 @itemx markersize
 The line and fill color of the markers.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx zdata
 The original x, y and z data.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx zdatasource
 Data source variables.
@@ -3114,7 +3114,7 @@
 properties of the quiver series are
 
 @table @code
-@item autoscale
+@item  autoscale
 @itemx autoscalefactor
 Flag whether the length of the arrows is scaled or defined directly from
 the @var{u}, @var{v} and @var{w} data.  If the arrow length is flagged
@@ -3131,27 +3131,27 @@
 @item color
 The RGB color or color name of the line objects of the quiver.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the line objects of the quiver.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 @itemx markersize
 The line and fill color of the marker objects at the original of the
 arrows.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx zdata
 The origins of the values of the vector field.
 
-@item udata
+@item  udata
 @itemx vdata
 @itemx wdata
 The values of the vector field to plot.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx zdatasource
 @itemx udatasource
@@ -3174,12 +3174,12 @@
 @item linewidth
 The line width of the line objects of the points.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markeredgecolor
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 The line and fill color of the markers of the points.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx zdata
 The original x, y and z data of the stems.
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@
 The size data for the points of the plot.  Each point can its own size or a
 unique size can be specified.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx zdatasource
 @itemx cdatasource
@@ -3213,21 +3213,21 @@
 @item color
 The RGB color or color name of the line objects of the stairs.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the line objects of the stairs.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markeredgecolor
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 @itemx markersize
 The line and fill color of the markers on the stairs.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 The original x and y data of the stairs.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 Data source variables.
 @end table
@@ -3243,7 +3243,7 @@
 are
 
 @table @code
-@item showbaseline
+@item  showbaseline
 @itemx baseline
 @itemx basevalue
 The property @code{showbaseline} flags whether the baseline of the
@@ -3260,22 +3260,22 @@
 @item color
 The RGB color or color name of the line objects of the stems.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the line objects of the stems.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markeredgecolor
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 @itemx markersize
 The line and fill color of the markers on the stems.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx zdata
 The original x, y and z data of the stems.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx zdatasource
 Data source variables.
@@ -3299,23 +3299,23 @@
 The RGB color or color name of the edges or faces of the surface. 
 @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item linewidth
+@item  linewidth
 @itemx linestyle
 The line width and style of the lines on the surface.  @xref{Line Styles}.
 
-@item marker
+@item  marker
 @itemx markeredgecolor
 @itemx markerfacecolor
 @itemx markersize
 The line and fill color of the markers on the surface.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@item xdata
+@item  xdata
 @itemx ydata
 @itemx zdata
 @itemx cdata
 The original x, y, z and c data.
 
-@item xdatasource
+@item  xdatasource
 @itemx ydatasource
 @itemx zdatasource
 @itemx cdatasource
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/sparse.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/sparse.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/sparse.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 The above problem of memory reallocation can be avoided in
 oct-files.  However, the construction of a sparse matrix from an oct-file
 is more complex than can be discussed here.  @xref{External Code Interface},
-for a a full description of the techniques involved.
+for a full description of the techniques involved.
 
 @node Information
 @subsection Finding Information about Sparse Matrices
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c doc/interpreter/vectorize.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/vectorize.txi	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/vectorize.txi	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
 @group
 a = zeros (1000); # create a 1000x1000 matrix
 b = a(:,10:100);  # lazy slice
-a = []; # the original a array is still allocated
+a = []; # the original "a" array is still allocated
 c@{1@} = b; # b is reallocated at this point
 @end group
 @end example
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/corefcn/cellfun.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/cellfun.cc	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/cellfun.cc	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 @item ndims\n\
 Return the number of dimensions of each element.\n\
 \n\
-@item numel\n\
+@item  numel\n\
 @itemx prodofsize\n\
 Return the number of elements contained within each cell element.  The\n\
 number is the product of the dimensions of the object at each cell element.\n\
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/corefcn/debug.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/debug.cc	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/debug.cc	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
 @deftypefn  {Command} {} dblist\n\
 @deftypefnx {Command} {} dblist @var{n}\n\
 In debugging mode, list @var{n} lines of the function being debugged\n\
-centered around the the current line to be executed.  If unspecified @var{n}\n\
+centered around the current line to be executed.  If unspecified @var{n}\n\
 defaults to 10 (+/- 5 lines)\n\
 @seealso{dbwhere, dbtype}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -1440,28 +1440,28 @@
 data to read and may be one of\n\
 \n\
 @table @asis\n\
-@item \"schar\"\n\
+@item  \"schar\"\n\
 @itemx \"signed char\"\n\
 Signed character.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"uchar\"\n\
+@item  \"uchar\"\n\
 @itemx \"unsigned char\"\n\
 Unsigned character.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"int8\"\n\
+@item  \"int8\"\n\
 @itemx \"integer*1\"\n\
 \n\
 8-bit signed integer.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"int16\"\n\
+@item  \"int16\"\n\
 @itemx \"integer*2\"\n\
 16-bit signed integer.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"int32\"\n\
+@item  \"int32\"\n\
 @itemx \"integer*4\"\n\
 32-bit signed integer.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"int64\"\n\
+@item  \"int64\"\n\
 @itemx \"integer*8\"\n\
 64-bit signed integer.\n\
 \n\
@@ -1477,17 +1477,17 @@
 @item \"uint64\"\n\
 64-bit unsigned integer.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"single\"\n\
+@item  \"single\"\n\
 @itemx \"float32\"\n\
 @itemx \"real*4\"\n\
 32-bit floating point number.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"double\"\n\
+@item  \"double\"\n\
 @itemx \"float64\"\n\
 @itemx \"real*8\"\n\
 64-bit floating point number.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"char\"\n\
+@item  \"char\"\n\
 @itemx \"char*1\"\n\
 Single character.\n\
 \n\
@@ -1500,15 +1500,15 @@
 @item \"long\"\n\
 Long integer (size is platform dependent).\n\
 \n\
-@item \"ushort\"\n\
+@item  \"ushort\"\n\
 @itemx \"unsigned short\"\n\
 Unsigned short integer (size is platform dependent).\n\
 \n\
-@item \"uint\"\n\
+@item  \"uint\"\n\
 @itemx \"unsigned int\"\n\
 Unsigned integer (size is platform dependent).\n\
 \n\
-@item \"ulong\"\n\
+@item  \"ulong\"\n\
 @itemx \"unsigned long\"\n\
 Unsigned long integer (size is platform dependent).\n\
 \n\
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
 Octave can now support multi-dimensional HDF data and automatically\n\
 modifies variable names if they are invalid Octave identifiers.\n\
 \n\
-@item -mat\n\
+@item  -mat\n\
 @itemx -mat-binary\n\
 @itemx -6\n\
 @itemx -v6\n\
@@ -1509,20 +1509,20 @@
 Only use this format if you know that all the\n\
 values to be saved can be represented in single precision.\n\
 \n\
-@item -V7\n\
+@item  -V7\n\
 @itemx -v7\n\
 @itemx -7\n\
 @itemx -mat7-binary\n\
 Save the data in @sc{matlab}'s v7 binary data format.\n\
 \n\
-@item -V6\n\
+@item  -V6\n\
 @itemx -v6\n\
 @itemx -6\n\
 @itemx -mat\n\
 @itemx -mat-binary\n\
 Save the data in @sc{matlab}'s v6 binary data format.\n\
 \n\
-@item -V4\n\
+@item  -V4\n\
 @itemx -v4\n\
 @itemx -4\n\
 @itemx -mat4-binary\n\
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@
 @item -text\n\
 Save the data in Octave's text data format.  (default).\n\
 \n\
-@item -zip\n\
+@item  -zip\n\
 @itemx -z\n\
 Use the gzip algorithm to compress the file.  This works equally on files\n\
 that are compressed with gzip outside of octave, and gzip can equally be\n\
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/corefcn/matrix_type.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/matrix_type.cc	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/matrix_type.cc	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 matrix is assumed to be a permuted lower triangular with the permutations\n\
 defined by the vector @var{perm}.\n\
 \n\
-@item \"banded\"\n\
+@item  \"banded\"\n\
 @itemx \"banded positive definite\"\n\
 Banded matrix with the band size of @var{nl} below the diagonal and @var{nu}\n\
 above it.  If @var{nl} and @var{nu} are 1, then the matrix is tridiagonal and\n\
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/corefcn/pr-output.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/pr-output.cc	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/pr-output.cc	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -3803,7 +3803,7 @@
 @samp{e} format if it is unable to format a matrix properly using the\n\
 current format.\n\
 \n\
-@item short e\n\
+@item  short e\n\
 @itemx long e\n\
 Exponential format.  The number to be represented is split between a mantissa\n\
 and an exponent (power of 10).  The mantissa has 5 significant digits in the\n\
@@ -3811,14 +3811,14 @@
 For example, with the @samp{short e} format, @code{pi} is displayed as\n\
 @code{3.1416e+00}.\n\
 \n\
-@item short E\n\
+@item  short E\n\
 @itemx long E\n\
 Identical to @samp{short e} or @samp{long e} but displays an uppercase\n\
 @samp{E} to indicate the exponent.\n\
 For example, with the @samp{long E} format, @code{pi} is displayed as\n\
 @code{3.14159265358979E+00}.\n\
 \n\
-@item short g\n\
+@item  short g\n\
 @itemx long g\n\
 Optimally choose between fixed point and exponential format based on\n\
 the magnitude of the number.\n\
@@ -3837,19 +3837,19 @@
 @end group\n\
 @end example\n\
 \n\
-@item short eng\n\
+@item  short eng\n\
 @itemx long eng\n\
 Identical to @samp{short e} or @samp{long e} but displays the value\n\
 using an engineering format, where the exponent is divisible by 3. For\n\
 example, with the @samp{short eng} format, @code{10 * pi} is displayed as\n\
 @code{31.4159e+00}.\n\
 \n\
-@item long G\n\
+@item  long G\n\
 @itemx short G\n\
 Identical to @samp{short g} or @samp{long g} but displays an uppercase\n\
 @samp{E} to indicate the exponent.\n\
 \n\
-@item free\n\
+@item  free\n\
 @itemx none\n\
 Print output in free format, without trying to line up columns of\n\
 matrices on the decimal point.  This also causes complex numbers to be\n\
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c libinterp/parse-tree/oct-parse.in.yy
--- a/libinterp/parse-tree/oct-parse.in.yy	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/parse-tree/oct-parse.in.yy	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -3521,7 +3521,7 @@
 
 DEFUN (autoload, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} autoload (@var{function}, @var{file})\n\
+@deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {} autoload (@var{function}, @var{file})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} autoload (@dots{}, @asis{\"remove\"})\n\
 Define @var{function} to autoload from @var{file}.\n\
 \n\
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c liboctave/numeric/LSODE-opts.in
--- a/liboctave/numeric/LSODE-opts.in	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/liboctave/numeric/LSODE-opts.in	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@
 system.  Valid values are
 
 @table @asis
-@item \"adams\"
+@item  \"adams\"
 @itemx \"non-stiff\"
 No Jacobian used (even if it is available).
 
-@item \"bdf\"
+@item  \"bdf\"
 @itemx \"stiff\"
 Use stiff backward differentiation formula (BDF) method.  If a
 function to compute the Jacobian is not supplied, @code{lsode} will
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/image/imformats.m
--- a/scripts/image/imformats.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/image/imformats.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -34,18 +34,25 @@
 ## @item ext
 ## The name of the file format.  This may match the file extension but Octave
 ## will automatically detect the file format.
+##
 ## @item description
 ## A long description of the file format.
+##
 ## @item @nospell{isa}
 ## A function handle to confirm if a file is of the specified format.
+##
 ## @item write
 ## A function handle to write if a file is of the specified format.
+##
 ## @item read
 ## A function handle to open files the specified format.
+##
 ## @item info
 ## A function handle to obtain image information of the specified format.
+##
 ## @item alpha
 ## Logical value if format supports alpha channel (transparency or matte).
+##
 ## @item multipage
 ## Logical value if format supports multipage (multiple images per file).
 ## @end table
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/image/imread.m
--- a/scripts/image/imread.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/image/imread.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 ## in this way, its value can also be the string "all".
 ##
 ## @item "Info"
-## This option exists for @sc{Matlab} compatibility and has no effect.  For
+## This option exists for @sc{matlab} compatibility and has no effect.  For
 ## maximum performance while reading multiple images from a single file,
 ## use the Index option.
 ##
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/image/imwrite.m
--- a/scripts/image/imwrite.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/image/imwrite.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} imwrite (@dots{}, @var{param1}, @var{val1}, @dots{})
 ## Write images in various file formats.
 ##
-## The image @var{img} can be a binary, grayscale, RGB, or multidimensional
+## The image @var{img} can be a binary, grayscale, RGB, or multi-dimensional
 ## image.  The size and class of @var{img} should be the same as what should
 ## be expected when reading it with @code{imread}: the 3rd and 4th dimensions
 ## reserved for colorspace, and multiple pages respectively.  If it's an
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ## @item Quality
 ## Set the quality of the compression.  The value should be an
 ## integer between 0 and 100, with larger values indicating higher visual
-## quality and lower compression. Defaults to 75.
+## quality and lower compression.  Defaults to 75.
 ##
 ## @item WriteMode
 ## Some file formats, such as TIFF and GIF, are able to store multiple
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/miscellaneous/error_ids.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/error_ids.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/error_ids.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 ## exist but Octave is unable to find it in the search path.
 ##
 ## @end table
+##
 
 
 function error_ids ()
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/miscellaneous/fileattrib.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/fileattrib.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/fileattrib.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@
 ## @item directory
 ## True if @var{file} is a directory.
 ##
-## @item UserRead
+## @item  UserRead
 ## @itemx GroupRead
 ## @itemx OtherRead
 ## True if the user (group; other users) has read permission for
 ## @var{file}.
 ##
-## @item UserWrite
+## @item  UserWrite
 ## @itemx GroupWrite
 ## @itemx OtherWrite
 ## True if the user (group; other users) has write permission for
 ## @var{file}.
 ##
-## @item UserExecute
+## @item  UserExecute
 ## @itemx GroupExecute
 ## @itemx OtherExecute
 ## True if the user (group; other users) has execute permission for
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/miscellaneous/mex.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/mex.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/mex.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} mex [options] file @dots{}
+## @deftypefn {Command} {} mex [options] file @dots{}
 ## Compile source code written in C, C++, or Fortran, to a MEX file.
 ## This is equivalent to @code{mkoctfile --mex [options] file}.
 ## @seealso{mkoctfile}
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/mkoctfile.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 ## @item -L DIR
 ## Add the library directory DIR to the link command.
 ##
-## @item -M
+## @item  -M
 ## @itemx --depend
 ## Generate dependency files (.d) for C and C++ source files.
 ##
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
 ## @item -g
 ## Enable debugging options for compilers.
 ##
-## @item -o FILE
+## @item  -o FILE
 ## @itemx --output FILE
 ## Output file name.  Default extension is .oct
 ## (or .mex if @samp{--mex} is specified) unless linking
 ## a stand-alone executable.
 ##
-## @item -p VAR
+## @item  -p VAR
 ## @itemx --print VAR
 ## Print the configuration variable VAR@.  Recognized variables are:
 ##
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
 ## Assume we are creating a MEX file.  Set the default output extension
 ## to ".mex".
 ##
-## @item -s
+## @item  -s
 ## @itemx --strip
 ## Strip the output file.
 ##
-## @item -v
+## @item  -v
 ## @itemx --verbose
 ## Echo commands as they are executed.
 ##
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/miscellaneous/warning_ids.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/warning_ids.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/warning_ids.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@
 ## expression.
 ## By default, the @code{Octave:variable-switch-label} warning is disabled.
 ## @end table
+##
+
 
 function warning_ids ()
   help ("warning_ids");
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/prefs/prefdir.m
--- a/scripts/prefs/prefdir.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/prefs/prefdir.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -17,18 +17,20 @@
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} prefdir 
-## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{dir} =} prefdir 
+## @deftypefn  {Command} {} prefdir 
+## @deftypefnx {Command} {@var{dir} =} prefdir 
 ## Return the directory that contains the preferences for Octave.
 ##
 ## Examples:
 ##
 ## Display the preferences directory
+##
 ## @example
 ## prefdir
 ## @end example
 ##
 ## Change to the preferences folder
+##
 ## @example
 ## cd (prefdir)
 ## @end example
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/prefs/preferences.m
--- a/scripts/prefs/preferences.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/prefs/preferences.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} preferences 
+## @deftypefn {Command} {} preferences 
 ## Display the GUI preferences dialog window for Octave.
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/signal/fftfilt.m
--- a/scripts/signal/fftfilt.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/signal/fftfilt.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ##
 ## Given the optional third argument, @var{n}, @code{fftfilt} uses the
 ## overlap-add method to filter @var{x} with @var{b} using an @var{n}-point
-## FFT.  The FFT size must be an even power of 2 and must be greater than
+## FFT@.  The FFT size must be an even power of 2 and must be greater than
 ## or equal to the length of @var{b}.  If the specified @var{n} does not
 ## meet these criteria, it is automatically adjusted to the nearest value
 ## that does.
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/strings/isstrprop.m
--- a/scripts/strings/isstrprop.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/strings/isstrprop.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 ## @item "alpha"
 ## True for characters that are alphabetic (letters).
 ##
-## @item "alnum"
+## @item  "alnum"
 ## @itemx "alphanum"
 ## True for characters that are alphabetic or digits.
 ##
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 ## @item "xdigit"
 ## True for hexadecimal digits (@nospell{a-fA-F0-9}).
 ##
-## @item "space"
+## @item  "space"
 ## @itemx "wspace"
 ## True for whitespace characters (space, formfeed, newline, carriage
 ## return, tab, vertical tab).
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 ## @item "cntrl"
 ## True for control characters.
 ##
-## @item "graph"
+## @item  "graph"
 ## @itemx "graphic"
 ## True for printing characters except space.
 ##
diff -r 9ba57ed05207 -r d6499c14021c scripts/testfun/assert.m
--- a/scripts/testfun/assert.m	Sun Aug 04 11:57:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/scripts/testfun/assert.m	Sun Aug 04 13:08:39 2013 -0700
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ## be called in three different ways.
 ##
 ## @table @code
-## @item assert (@var{cond})
+## @item  assert (@var{cond})
 ## @itemx assert (@var{cond}, @var{errmsg}, @dots{})
 ## @itemx assert (@var{cond}, @var{msg_id}, @var{errmsg}, @dots{})
 ## Called with a single argument @var{cond}, @code{assert} produces an