Remove redundant index entries.

19 files changed, 42 insertions, 78 deletions

diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi
index 372e49d5cc0..b6bd0fecf69 100644
--- a/man/basic.texi
+++ b/man/basic.texi
@@ -629,8 +629,7 @@ Char: @`A (04300, 2240, 0x8c0, ext ESC , A @@) (latin-iso8859-1 64)
 @section Numeric Arguments
 @cindex numeric arguments
 @cindex prefix arguments
-@cindex arguments, numeric
-@cindex arguments, prefix
+@cindex arguments to commands
 
   In mathematics and computer usage, the word @dfn{argument} means
 ``data provided to a function or operation.''  You can give any Emacs
diff --git a/man/buffers.texi b/man/buffers.texi
index fa2f1ba736d..6c4739fd507 100644
--- a/man/buffers.texi
+++ b/man/buffers.texi
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ Scroll through buffer @var{buffer}.
 @end table
 
 @kindex C-x C-q
-@findex vc-toggle-read-only
+@c Don't index vc-toggle-read-only here, it is indexed in files.texi,
+@c in the node "Basic VC Editing".
+@c @findex vc-toggle-read-only
 @vindex buffer-read-only
 @cindex read-only buffer
   A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change
diff --git a/man/calendar.texi b/man/calendar.texi
index fd952a59f9c..8b0d33bafc9 100644
--- a/man/calendar.texi
+++ b/man/calendar.texi
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ century.
 @cindex astronomical day numbers
   Astronomers use a simple counting of days elapsed since noon, Monday,
 January 1, 4713 B.C. on the Julian calendar.  The number of days elapsed
-is called the @emph{Julian day number} or the @emph{Astronomical day number}.
+is called the @dfn{Julian day number} or the @dfn{Astronomical day number}.
 
 @cindex Hebrew calendar
   The Hebrew calendar is used by tradition in the Jewish religion.  The
diff --git a/man/commands.texi b/man/commands.texi
index 9d8ed277592..9363392603f 100644
--- a/man/commands.texi
+++ b/man/commands.texi
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ characters.
 @section Keys and Commands
 
 @cindex binding
-@cindex function
 @cindex command
 @cindex function definition
   This manual is full of passages that tell you what particular keys
diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi
index 12ca2165cf0..86d9f431ef3 100644
--- a/man/custom.texi
+++ b/man/custom.texi
@@ -687,7 +687,6 @@ faces that you have set but not saved.
 @node Hooks
 @subsection Hooks
 @cindex hook
-@cindex hook function
 @cindex running a hook
 
   @dfn{Hooks} are an important mechanism for customization of Emacs.  A
@@ -1460,7 +1459,7 @@ for cautious completion.
 @node Rebinding
 @subsection Changing Key Bindings Interactively
 @cindex key rebinding, this session
-@cindex rebinding keys, this session
+@cindex redefining keys, this session
 
   The way to redefine an Emacs key is to change its entry in a keymap.
 You can change the global keymap, in which case the change is effective in
diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi
index 034b83e5d8d..1910d1bc064 100644
--- a/man/dired.texi
+++ b/man/dired.texi
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ Change the mode (also called ``permission bits'') of the specified files
 
 @findex dired-do-chgrp
 @kindex G @r{(Dired)}
-@cindex changing file group ownership (in Dired)
+@cindex changing file group (in Dired)
 @item G @var{newgroup} @key{RET}
 Change the group of the specified files to @var{newgroup}
 (@code{dired-do-chgrp}).
@@ -601,13 +601,6 @@ replacing matches for @var{from} (a regular expression) with the string
 This command is a variant of @code{tags-query-replace}.  If you exit the
 query replace loop, you can use @kbd{M-,} to resume the scan and replace
 more matches.  @xref{Tags Search}.
-
-@kindex a @r{(Dired)}
-@findex dired-do-apply
-@cindex apply arbitrary function to many files
-@item a @var{function} @kbd{RET}
-Apply an arbitrary Lisp function to the name of each marked file
-(@code{dired-do-apply}).
 @end table
 
 @kindex + @r{(Dired)}
@@ -1010,7 +1003,6 @@ minibuffer arguments, @var{directory} and @var{find-args}; it runs
 @code{find} what condition to test.  To use this command, you need to
 know how to use @code{find}.
 
-@pindex locate
 @findex locate
 @findex locate-with-filter
 @cindex file database (locate)
diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi
index 8cb93e7d97f..2778d4fe060 100644
--- a/man/display.texi
+++ b/man/display.texi
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ one large window.
 
 @node Selective Display
 @section Selective Display
+@cindex selective display
 @findex set-selective-display
 @kindex C-x $
 
@@ -502,7 +503,9 @@ occupied by that tab character.  To enable this feature, set the
 variable @code{x-stretch-cursor} to a non-@code{nil} value.
 
 @cindex cursor in non-selected windows
+@vindex show-cursor-in-non-selected-windows
 @vindex cursor-in-non-selected-windows
-  Normally, the cursor in non-selected windows is shown as a hollow
-box.  To turn off cursor display in non-selected windows, set the
-variable @code{cursor-in-non-selected-windows} to @code{nil}.
+  Normally, the cursor in non-selected windows is shown as a hollow box.
+To turn off cursor display in non-selected windows, customize the option
+@code{show-cursor-in-non-selected-windows}, or set the variable
+@code{cursor-in-non-selected-windows} to @code{nil}.
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index 125ca6d7438..da7e3dca88e 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ Visit a file with no conversion of the contents.
 @end table
 
 @cindex files, visiting and saving
-@cindex visiting files
 @cindex saving files
   @dfn{Visiting} a file means copying its contents into an Emacs buffer
 so you can edit them.  Emacs makes a new buffer for each file that you
@@ -2683,7 +2682,6 @@ refers to a file whose name is @file{~hack} in directory @file{/tmp}.
 a file name that contains @samp{$}.  However, the @samp{/:} must be at
 the beginning of the buffer in order to quote @samp{$}.
 
-@cindex wildcard characters in file names
   You can also quote wildcard characters with @samp{/:}, for visiting.
 For example, @file{/:/tmp/foo*bar} visits the file @file{/tmp/foo*bar}.
 However, in most cases you can simply type the wildcard characters for
diff --git a/man/fixit.texi b/man/fixit.texi
index 591c50495bb..41d05fb4b5a 100644
--- a/man/fixit.texi
+++ b/man/fixit.texi
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r}) is often the best way.
 @findex transpose-lines
 @kindex M-t
 @findex transpose-words
-@kindex C-M-t
-@findex transpose-sexps
+@c Don't index C-M-t and transpose-sexps here, they are indexed in
+@c programs.texi, in the "List Commands" node.
+@c @kindex C-M-t
+@c @findex transpose-sexps
   @kbd{M-t} (@code{transpose-words}) transposes the word before point
 with the word after point.  It moves point forward over a word, dragging
 the word preceding or containing point forward as well.  The punctuation
diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi
index 1e7388f0b71..96ce71c7dd1 100644
--- a/man/frames.texi
+++ b/man/frames.texi
@@ -948,8 +948,7 @@ on your screen using the command @code{ps-print-buffer-with-faces}.
 @section Font Lock mode
 @cindex Font Lock mode
 @cindex mode, Font Lock
-@cindex syntax highlighting
-@cindex syntax coloring
+@cindex syntax highlighting and coloring
 
   Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular
 buffer, which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces
@@ -1106,9 +1105,9 @@ highlight.  You control Hi-lock mode with these commands:
 
 @table @kbd
 @item C-x w h @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{face} @key{RET}
-@kindex C-x w i
+@kindex C-x w h
 @findex highlight-regexp
-Highlight text that matches Highlight all strings that match
+Highlight text that matches
 @var{regexp} using face @var{face} (@code{highlight-regexp}).
 By using this command more than once, you can highlight various
 parts of the text in different ways.
diff --git a/man/macos.texi b/man/macos.texi
index 2419f896ad2..89cf8fa28b6 100644
--- a/man/macos.texi
+++ b/man/macos.texi
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ they are not supported in the Mac OS version.
 
 @node Mac Input
 @section Keyboard Input on the Mac
-@cindex Meta (under Mac OS)
-@cindex Mac keyboard coding
+@cindex Meta (Mac OS)
+@cindex keyboard coding (Mac OS)
 @vindex mac-command-key-is-meta
 @vindex mac-keyboard-text-encoding
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ make this setting permanent, put this in your @file{.emacs} init file:
 @node Mac International
 @section International Character Set Support on the Mac
 @cindex Mac Roman coding system
-@cindex Mac clipboard support
+@cindex clipboard support (Mac OS)
 
   The Mac uses a non-standard encoding for the upper 128 single-byte
 characters.  It also deviates from the ISO 2022 standard by using code
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Chinese, use @samp{chinese-big5-mac} and for Japanese,
 
 @node Mac Environment Variables
 @section Environment Variables and Command Line Arguments.
-@cindex Mac environment variables
+@cindex environment variables (Mac OS)
 
   Environment variables and command line arguments for Emacs can be set
 by modifying the @samp{STR#} resources 128 and 129, respectively.  A common
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ EMACS_UNIBYTE=1
 
 @node Mac Directories
 @section Volumes and Directories on the Mac
-@cindex file names under Mac OS
+@cindex file names (Mac OS)
 
   The directory structure in the Mac OS is seen by Emacs as 
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ another directory but this folder will still be created.
 
 @node Mac Font Specs
 @section Specifying Fonts on the Mac
-@cindex font names under Mac OS
+@cindex font names (Mac OS)
 
   Fonts are specified to Emacs on the Mac in the form of a standard X
 font name.  I.e.,
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ the name @samp{-ETL-fixed-*-iso8859-1}.
 
 @node Mac Functions
 @section Mac-Specific Lisp Functions
-@cindex Lisp functions on the Mac OS
+@cindex Lisp functions specific to Mac OS
 
 @findex do-applescript
   The function @code{do-applescript} takes a string argument,
diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi
index 97105bc7325..5188fd3a9d2 100644
--- a/man/misc.texi
+++ b/man/misc.texi
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ of the special key bindings of Shell mode:
 @item @key{RET}
 @kindex RET @r{(Shell mode)}
 @findex comint-send-input
-@cindex prompt, shell
 At end of buffer send line as input; otherwise, copy current line to
 end of buffer and send it (@code{comint-send-input}).  When a line is
 copied, any prompt at the beginning if the line (text output by
@@ -1923,8 +1922,6 @@ the order you choose.
 @cindex other editors
 @cindex EDT
 @cindex vi
-@cindex CRiSP
-@cindex Brief
 @cindex PC keybindings
 @cindex scrolling all windows
 @cindex PC selecion
@@ -1942,6 +1939,7 @@ editors.  Standard facilities can emulate these:
 @findex scroll-all-mode
 @cindex CRiSP mode
 @cindex Brief emulation
+@cindex emulation of Brief
 @cindex mode, CRiSP
 You can turn on keybindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with
 @kbd{M-x crisp-mode}.  Note that this rebinds @kbd{M-x} to exit Emacs
@@ -2051,7 +2049,6 @@ keybindings.
 @section Hyperlinking and Navigation Features
 
 @cindex hyperlinking
-@cindex URLs
 @cindex navigation
   Various modes documented elsewhere have hypertext features so that
 you can follow links, usually by clicking @kbd{Mouse-2} on the link or
@@ -2139,13 +2136,11 @@ which has a similar feature of its own.
 
 @node FFAP
 @subsection Finding Files and URLs at Point
-@findex ffap
 @findex find-file-at-point
 @findex ffap
 @findex ffap-dired-at-point
 @findex ffap-next
 @findex ffap-menu
-@cindex FFAP
 @cindex finding file at point
 
   FFAP mode replaces certain key bindings for finding files, including
diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi
index 39f8dc06435..4ca9602a1f8 100644
--- a/man/mule.texi
+++ b/man/mule.texi
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ coding systems @code{no-conversion}, @code{raw-text} and
 MS-DOS software.  To use any of these systems, you need to create it
 with @kbd{M-x codepage-setup}.  @xref{MS-DOS and MULE}.
 
-@cindex end-of-line conversion
   In addition to converting various representations of non-ASCII
 characters, a coding system can perform end-of-line conversion.  Emacs
 handles three different conventions for how to separate lines in a file:
@@ -1134,7 +1133,6 @@ sequences mostly correspond to those of the prefix input methods.
 @cindex accented characters
 @cindex ISO Latin character sets
 @cindex Unibyte operation
-@vindex enable-multibyte-characters
   The ISO 8859 Latin-@var{n} character sets define character codes in
 the range 160 to 255 to handle the accented letters and punctuation
 needed by various European languages (and some non-European ones).
@@ -1179,8 +1177,6 @@ characters:
 @itemize @bullet
 @cindex 8-bit input
 @item
-@findex set-keyboard-coding-system
-@vindex keyboard-coding-system
 If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 and up, representing
 non-ASCII you can type those character codes directly.
 
diff --git a/man/programs.texi b/man/programs.texi
index 3a6bb07e63b..07d9defc0e0 100644
--- a/man/programs.texi
+++ b/man/programs.texi
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ Judicious use of blank lines to make the program clearer will also
 provide useful chunks of text for the paragraph commands to work
 on.
 
-@cindex selective display
-@cindex outline
-@cindex folding
-@findex outline-minor-mode
-@cindex outlines
   The selective display feature is useful for looking at the overall
 structure of a function (@pxref{Selective Display}).  This feature
 hides the lines that are indented more than a specified amount.
@@ -349,6 +344,7 @@ Put region around whole current or following defun (@code{mark-defun}).
   The commands to move to the beginning and end of the current defun are
 @kbd{C-M-a} (@code{beginning-of-defun}) and @kbd{C-M-e} (@code{end-of-defun}).
 
+@kindex C-M-h @r{(C mode)}
 @findex c-mark-function
   If you wish to operate on the current defun, use @kbd{C-M-h}
 (@code{mark-defun}) which puts point at the beginning and mark at the end
@@ -1466,8 +1462,7 @@ point.
 and they have no additional characters in common, a list of all possible
 completions is displayed in another window.
 
-@cindex completion using tags
-@cindex tags completion
+@cindex tags-based completion
 @cindex Info index completion
 @findex complete-symbol
   In most programming language major modes, @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} runs the
@@ -1482,7 +1477,7 @@ completion works only if there is an Info file for the standard library
 functions of your language, and only if it is installed at your site.
 
 @cindex Lisp symbol completion
-@cindex completion in Lisp
+@cindex completion (Lisp symbols)
 @findex lisp-complete-symbol
   In Emacs-Lisp mode, the name space for completion normally consists of
 nontrivial symbols present in Emacs---those that have function
@@ -3232,8 +3227,6 @@ hungry-delete feature is enabled.
 
 @table @kbd
 @item C-M-h
-@findex c-mark-function
-@kindex C-M-h @r{(C mode)}
 Put mark at the end of a function definition, and put point at the
 beginning (@code{c-mark-function}).
 
@@ -3383,12 +3376,10 @@ continuation lines.
 are unlike those of other languages.  Built-in abbrevs optionally save
 typing when you insert Fortran keywords.
 
-@findex fortran-mode
   Use @kbd{M-x fortran-mode} to switch to this major mode.  This command
 runs the hook @code{fortran-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).
 
-@cindex Fortran77
-@cindex Fortran90
+@cindex Fortran77 and Fortran90
 @findex f90-mode
 @findex fortran-mode
   Fortan mode is meant for editing Fortran77 ``fixed format'' source
diff --git a/man/rmail.texi b/man/rmail.texi
index dec0877de0f..88880d87efd 100644
--- a/man/rmail.texi
+++ b/man/rmail.texi
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ supported, it is used by default whenever you attempt to retrieve
 POP mail when @code{rmail-pop-password} and
 @code{rmail-pop-password-required} are unset.
 
-@cindex POP inboxes in reverse order
+@cindex reverse order in POP inboxes
   Some POP servers store messages in reverse order.  If your server does
 this, and you would rather read your mail in the order in which it was
 received, you can tell @code{movemail} to reverse the order of
diff --git a/man/search.texi b/man/search.texi
index 19303c13209..b6aef825218 100644
--- a/man/search.texi
+++ b/man/search.texi
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Search}.
 
 @node Regexps, Search Case, Regexp Search, Search
 @section Syntax of Regular Expressions
-@cindex regexp syntax
+@cindex syntax of regexps
 
   Regular expressions have a syntax in which a few characters are
 special constructs and the rest are @dfn{ordinary}.  An ordinary
diff --git a/man/sending.texi b/man/sending.texi
index a3c665dcbed..397fef803f0 100644
--- a/man/sending.texi
+++ b/man/sending.texi
@@ -418,13 +418,14 @@ modified flag, because only saving the file should do that.  As a
 result, you don't get a warning if you try to send the same message
 twice.
 
-@vindex sendmail-coding-system
+@c This is indexed in mule.texi, node "Recognize Coding".
+@c @vindex sendmail-coding-system
   When you send a message that contains non-ASCII characters, they need
 to be encoded with a coding system (@pxref{Coding Systems}).  Usually
 the coding system is specified automatically by your chosen language
 environment (@pxref{Language Environments}).  You can explicitly specify
 the coding system for outgoing mail by setting the variable
-@code{sendmail-coding-system}.
+@code{sendmail-coding-system} (@pxref{Recognize Coding}).
 
   If the coding system thus determined does not handle the characters in
 a particular message, Emacs asks you to select the coding system to use,
diff --git a/man/text.texi b/man/text.texi
index 437925bcf69..987df4f095f 100644
--- a/man/text.texi
+++ b/man/text.texi
@@ -130,8 +130,10 @@ move to.  If point is after the space in @w{@samp{FOO, BAR}}, then
 not the comma and the space, use @kbd{M-b M-d} instead of
 @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}.)
 
-@kindex M-t
-@findex transpose-words
+@c Don't index M-t and transpose-words here, they are indexed in
+@c fixit.texi, in the node "Transpose".
+@c @kindex M-t
+@c @findex transpose-words
   @kbd{M-t} (@code{transpose-words}) exchanges the word before or
 containing point with the following word.  The delimiter characters between
 the words do not move.  For example, @w{@samp{FOO, BAR}} transposes into
@@ -856,7 +858,6 @@ visible.  @xref{Outline Mode}.
 @section Outline Mode
 @cindex Outline mode
 @cindex mode, Outline
-@cindex selective display
 @cindex invisible lines
 
 @findex outline-mode
diff --git a/man/windows.texi b/man/windows.texi
index 2cd9a7b643a..3068dbf6b20 100644
--- a/man/windows.texi
+++ b/man/windows.texi
@@ -379,22 +379,9 @@ and ``down'' counterparts.  @kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings} binds
 these commands to @kbd{S-right} etc.  (Not all terminals support shifted
 arrow keys, however.)
 
-@cindex Follow mode
-@cindex mode, Follow
-@findex follow-mode
-@cindex windows, synchronizing
-@cindex synchronizing windows
   Follow minor mode (@kbd{M-x follow-mode}) synchronizes several
 windows on the same buffer so that they always display adjacent
-sections of that buffer.  Also if point moves outside a window, it
-moves automatically to another window which shows that part of the
-buffer, if any.  Thus, the windows act like one large window on
-the buffer.
-
-  One use of this feature is to effectively double the number of lines
-in a given screen height, using side-by-side windows on the same
-buffer.  First split a window into side-by-side windows with @kbd{C-x
-3}, then use @kbd{M-x follow-mode} to synchronize the windows.
+sections of that buffer.  @xref{Follow Mode}.
 
 @vindex scroll-all-mode
 @cindex scrolling windows together