Replace `iff' in doc-strings and comments.

8 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/artist.el b/lisp/textmodes/artist.el
index dbb41f13ec0..274de28e6a0 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/artist.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/artist.el
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ info-variant-part."
 ;; Macro that won't funcall the function if it is nil.
 ;;
 (defmacro artist-funcall (fn &rest args)
-  "Call function FN with ARGS iff FN is not nil."
+  "Call function FN with ARGS, if FN is not nil."
   (list 'if fn (cons 'funcall (cons fn args))))
 
 (defun artist-uniq (l)
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
index 8b95a159477..0b5dfa4cc54 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ See also `flyspell-duplicate-distance'."
 This spawns a single Ispell process and checks each word.
 The default flyspell behavior is to highlight incorrect words.
 With no argument, this command toggles Flyspell mode.
-With a prefix argument ARG, turn Flyspell minor mode on iff ARG is positive.
+With a prefix argument ARG, turn Flyspell minor mode on if ARG is positive,
+otherwise turn it off.
 
 Bindings:
 \\[ispell-word]: correct words (using Ispell).
@@ -1621,7 +1622,7 @@ FLYSPELL-BUFFER."
 ;;*    flyspell-overlay-p ...                                           */
 ;;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 (defun flyspell-overlay-p (o)
-  "A predicate that return true iff O is an overlay used by flyspell."
+  "Return true if O is an overlay used by flyspell."
   (and (overlayp o) (overlay-get o 'flyspell-overlay)))
 
 ;;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
index 047fb141331..3d6a17c5d93 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
@@ -3324,7 +3324,8 @@ available on the net."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun ispell-minor-mode (&optional arg)
   "Toggle Ispell minor mode.
-With prefix arg, turn Ispell minor mode on iff arg is positive.
+With prefix argument ARG, turn Ispell minor mode on if ARG is positive,
+otherwise turn it off.
 
 In Ispell minor mode, pressing SPC or RET
 warns you if the previous word is incorrectly spelled.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/nroff-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/nroff-mode.el
index a96d4845857..18156071e1c 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/nroff-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/nroff-mode.el
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ automatically inserts the matching closing request after point."
 `nroff-electric-newline' forces Emacs to check for an nroff request at the
 beginning of the line, and insert the matching closing request if necessary.
 This command toggles that mode (off->on, on->off), with an argument,
-turns it on iff arg is positive, otherwise off."
+turns it on if arg is positive, otherwise off."
   :lighter " Electric"
   (or (derived-mode-p 'nroff-mode) (error "Must be in nroff mode")))
 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/refill.el b/lisp/textmodes/refill.el
index a20a482a1c9..3717faa8ad2 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/refill.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/refill.el
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ complex processing.")
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-minor-mode refill-mode
   "Toggle Refill minor mode.
-With prefix arg, turn Refill mode on iff arg is positive.
+With prefix arg, turn Refill mode on if arg is positive, otherwise turn it off.
 
 When Refill mode is on, the current paragraph will be formatted when
 changes are made within it.  Self-inserting characters only cause
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-global.el b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-global.el
index c551083240c..2a39949431c 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/reftex-global.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/reftex-global.el
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ the current TeX document.
 
 With no argument, this command toggles
 `reftex-isearch-minor-mode'.  With a prefix argument ARG, turn
-`reftex-isearch-minor-mode' on iff ARG is positive."
+`reftex-isearch-minor-mode' on if ARG is positive, otherwise turn it off."
   (interactive "P")
   (let ((old-reftex-isearch-minor-mode reftex-isearch-minor-mode))
     (setq reftex-isearch-minor-mode 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
index 1c81a1e7028..9da49fcc599 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ With prefix argument ARG, repeat this ARG times."
 (defun sgml-skip-tag-forward (arg)
   "Skip to end of tag or matching closing tag if present.
 With prefix argument ARG, repeat this ARG times.
-Return t iff after a closing tag."
+Return t if after a closing tag."
   (interactive "p")
   ;; FIXME: Use sgml-get-context or something similar.
   ;; It currently might jump to an unrelated </P> if the <P>
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/two-column.el b/lisp/textmodes/two-column.el
index eebd1923b63..e1f55c0dece 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/two-column.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/two-column.el
@@ -561,8 +561,10 @@ off trailing spaces with \\[delete-trailing-whitespace]."
   (newline arg))
 
 (defun 2C-toggle-autoscroll (arg)
-  "Toggle autoscrolling, or set it iff prefix ARG is non-nil and positive.
-When autoscrolling is turned on, this also realigns the two buffers."
+  "Toggle autoscrolling.
+With prefix argument ARG, turn on autoscrolling if ARG is
+positive, otherwise turn it off.  When autoscrolling is turned
+on, this also realigns the two buffers."
   (interactive "P")
   ;(sit-for 0)
   (setq 2C-autoscroll-start (window-start))