Omit unnecessary \ before paren in C docstrings

Although \( is needed in docstrings in Elisp code, it is not needed in
docstrings in C code, since C function definitiions do not start with
a parenthesis.  The backslashes made the docstrings a bit harder to
read and to format in columns.  Also, some C docstrings had ( in
column 1 and this did not appear to be causing any problems.  So,
simplify C docstrings by replacing \( with ( and \) with ).

37 files changed, 130 insertions, 130 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 33f7996a8c1..530fe114cc8 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ DEFUN ("generate-new-buffer-name", Fgenerate_new_buffer_name,
        doc: /* Return a string that is the name of no existing buffer based on NAME.
 If there is no live buffer named NAME, then return NAME.
 Otherwise modify name by appending `<NUMBER>', incrementing NUMBER
-\(starting at 2) until an unused name is found, and then return that name.
+(starting at 2) until an unused name is found, and then return that name.
 Optional second argument IGNORE specifies a name that is okay to use (if
 it is in the sequence to be tried) even if a buffer with that name exists.
 
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ DEFUN ("buffer-chars-modified-tick", Fbuffer_chars_modified_tick,
        Sbuffer_chars_modified_tick, 0, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return BUFFER's character-change tick counter.
 Each buffer has a character-change tick counter, which is set to the
-value of the buffer's tick counter \(see `buffer-modified-tick'), each
+value of the buffer's tick counter (see `buffer-modified-tick'), each
 time text in that buffer is inserted or deleted.  By comparing the
 values returned by two individual calls of `buffer-chars-modified-tick',
 you can tell whether a character change occurred in that buffer in
@@ -3791,10 +3791,10 @@ If omitted, BUFFER defaults to the current buffer.
 BEG and END may be integers or markers.
 The fourth arg FRONT-ADVANCE, if non-nil, makes the marker
 for the front of the overlay advance when text is inserted there
-\(which means the text *is not* included in the overlay).
+(which means the text *is not* included in the overlay).
 The fifth arg REAR-ADVANCE, if non-nil, makes the marker
 for the rear of the overlay advance when text is inserted there
-\(which means the text *is* included in the overlay).  */)
+(which means the text *is* included in the overlay).  */)
   (Lisp_Object beg, Lisp_Object end, Lisp_Object buffer,
    Lisp_Object front_advance, Lisp_Object rear_advance)
 {
@@ -6014,7 +6014,7 @@ between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive.  */);
                doc: /* List of functions to call before each text change.
 Two arguments are passed to each function: the positions of
 the beginning and end of the range of old text to be changed.
-\(For an insertion, the beginning and end are at the same place.)
+(For an insertion, the beginning and end are at the same place.)
 No information is given about the length of the text after the change.
 
 Buffer changes made while executing the `before-change-functions'
@@ -6031,7 +6031,7 @@ from happening repeatedly and making Emacs nonfunctional.  */);
 Three arguments are passed to each function: the positions of
 the beginning and end of the range of changed text,
 and the length in chars of the pre-change text replaced by that range.
-\(For an insertion, the pre-change length is zero;
+(For an insertion, the pre-change length is zero;
 for a deletion, that length is the number of chars deleted,
 and the post-change beginning and end are at the same place.)
 
@@ -6076,7 +6076,7 @@ was modified between BEG and END.  PROPERTY is the property name,
 and VALUE is the old value.
 
 An entry (apply FUN-NAME . ARGS) means undo the change with
-\(apply FUN-NAME ARGS).
+(apply FUN-NAME ARGS).
 
 An entry (apply DELTA BEG END FUN-NAME . ARGS) supports selective undo
 in the active region.  BEG and END is the range affected by this entry
@@ -6236,7 +6236,7 @@ to the default frame line height.  A value of nil means add no extra space.  */)
                      doc: /* Non-nil means show a cursor in non-selected windows.
 If nil, only shows a cursor in the selected window.
 If t, displays a cursor related to the usual cursor type
-\(a solid box becomes hollow, a bar becomes a narrower bar).
+(a solid box becomes hollow, a bar becomes a narrower bar).
 You can also specify the cursor type as in the `cursor-type' variable.
 Use Custom to set this variable and update the display."  */);
 
diff --git a/src/bytecode.c b/src/bytecode.c
index 86d44aba46b..864db1a0bed 100644
--- a/src/bytecode.c
+++ b/src/bytecode.c
@@ -2000,9 +2000,9 @@ syms_of_bytecode (void)
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("byte-code-meter", Vbyte_code_meter,
                doc: /* A vector of vectors which holds a histogram of byte-code usage.
-\(aref (aref byte-code-meter 0) CODE) indicates how many times the byte
+(aref (aref byte-code-meter 0) CODE) indicates how many times the byte
 opcode CODE has been executed.
-\(aref (aref byte-code-meter CODE1) CODE2), where CODE1 is not 0,
+(aref (aref byte-code-meter CODE1) CODE2), where CODE1 is not 0,
 indicates how many times the byte opcodes CODE1 and CODE2 have been
 executed in succession.  */);
 
diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index 39f0eb6265e..e38844e2da6 100644
--- a/src/callproc.c
+++ b/src/callproc.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ The program's input comes from file INFILE (nil means `/dev/null').
 Insert output in DESTINATION before point; t means current buffer; nil for DESTINATION
  means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait; and `(:file FILE)', where
  FILE is a file name string, means that it should be written to that file
- \(if the file already exists it is overwritten).
+ (if the file already exists it is overwritten).
 DESTINATION can also have the form (REAL-BUFFER STDERR-FILE); in that case,
 REAL-BUFFER says what to do with standard output, as above,
 while STDERR-FILE says what to do with standard error in the child.
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ This function searches `process-environment' for VARIABLE.
 
 If optional parameter ENV is a list, then search this list instead of
 `process-environment', and return t when encountering a negative entry
-\(an entry for a variable with no value).  */)
+(an entry for a variable with no value).  */)
   (Lisp_Object variable, Lisp_Object env)
 {
   char *value;
diff --git a/src/category.c b/src/category.c
index bb4a75d3a4d..400116f6e03 100644
--- a/src/category.c
+++ b/src/category.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ Emacs treats a sequence of word constituent characters as a single
 word (i.e. finds no word boundary between them) only if they belong to
 the same script.  But, exceptions are allowed in the following cases.
 
-\(1) The case that characters are in different scripts is controlled
+(1) The case that characters are in different scripts is controlled
 by the variable `word-combining-categories'.
 
 Emacs finds no word boundary between characters of different scripts
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ For instance, to tell that Han characters followed by Hiragana
 characters can form a single word, the element `(?C . ?H)' should be
 in this list.
 
-\(2) The case that character are in the same script is controlled by
+(2) The case that character are in the same script is controlled by
 the variable `word-separating-categories'.
 
 Emacs finds a word boundary between characters of the same script
diff --git a/src/chartab.c b/src/chartab.c
index bd14c4d172b..274bb60727c 100644
--- a/src/chartab.c
+++ b/src/chartab.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ DEFUN ("char-table-parent", Fchar_table_parent, Schar_table_parent,
 The value is either nil or another char-table.
 If CHAR-TABLE holds nil for a given character,
 then the actual applicable value is inherited from the parent char-table
-\(or from its parents, if necessary).  */)
+(or from its parents, if necessary).  */)
   (Lisp_Object char_table)
 {
   CHECK_CHAR_TABLE (char_table);
diff --git a/src/cmds.c b/src/cmds.c
index a975a8ed4e0..7a575ae7348 100644
--- a/src/cmds.c
+++ b/src/cmds.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ right or to the left on the screen.  This is in contrast with
 DEFUN ("forward-line", Fforward_line, Sforward_line, 0, 1, "^p",
        doc: /* Move N lines forward (backward if N is negative).
 Precisely, if point is on line I, move to the start of line I + N
-\("start of line" in the logical order).
+("start of line" in the logical order).
 If there isn't room, go as far as possible (no error).
 
 Returns the count of lines left to move.  If moving forward,
diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index d14e562ce9a..3fc6fb684c6 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -9800,7 +9800,7 @@ DEFUN ("find-operation-coding-system", Ffind_operation_coding_system,
        doc: /* Choose a coding system for an operation based on the target name.
 The value names a pair of coding systems: (DECODING-SYSTEM . ENCODING-SYSTEM).
 DECODING-SYSTEM is the coding system to use for decoding
-\(in case OPERATION does decoding), and ENCODING-SYSTEM is the coding system
+(in case OPERATION does decoding), and ENCODING-SYSTEM is the coding system
 for encoding (in case OPERATION does encoding).
 
 The first argument OPERATION specifies an I/O primitive:
@@ -11175,7 +11175,7 @@ the cdr part is used for encoding a text to be sent to a process.  */);
 Table of extra Latin codes in the range 128..159 (inclusive).
 This is a vector of length 256.
 If Nth element is non-nil, the existence of code N in a file
-\(or output of subprocess) doesn't prevent it to be detected as
+(or output of subprocess) doesn't prevent it to be detected as
 a coding system of ISO 2022 variant which has a flag
 `accept-latin-extra-code' t (e.g. iso-latin-1) on reading a file
 or reading output of a subprocess.
diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 34265b7ecdc..eda611055d8 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ SUBR must be a built-in function.  */)
 DEFUN ("interactive-form", Finteractive_form, Sinteractive_form, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return the interactive form of CMD or nil if none.
 If CMD is not a command, the return value is nil.
-Value, if non-nil, is a list \(interactive SPEC).  */)
+Value, if non-nil, is a list (interactive SPEC).  */)
   (Lisp_Object cmd)
 {
   Lisp_Object fun = indirect_function (cmd); /* Check cycles.  */
@@ -1660,8 +1660,8 @@ DEFUN ("make-local-variable", Fmake_local_variable, Smake_local_variable,
        1, 1, "vMake Local Variable: ",
        doc: /* Make VARIABLE have a separate value in the current buffer.
 Other buffers will continue to share a common default value.
-\(The buffer-local value of VARIABLE starts out as the same value
-VARIABLE previously had.  If VARIABLE was void, it remains void.\)
+(The buffer-local value of VARIABLE starts out as the same value
+VARIABLE previously had.  If VARIABLE was void, it remains void.)
 Return VARIABLE.
 
 If the variable is already arranged to become local when set,
diff --git a/src/dbusbind.c b/src/dbusbind.c
index e5318fd51a1..fcb6ab8b618 100644
--- a/src/dbusbind.c
+++ b/src/dbusbind.c
@@ -1233,20 +1233,20 @@ This is an internal function, it shall not be used outside dbus.el.
 The following usages are expected:
 
 `dbus-call-method', `dbus-call-method-asynchronously':
-  \(dbus-message-internal
+   (dbus-message-internal
     dbus-message-type-method-call BUS SERVICE PATH INTERFACE METHOD HANDLER
     &optional :timeout TIMEOUT &rest ARGS)
 
 `dbus-send-signal':
-  \(dbus-message-internal
+   (dbus-message-internal
     dbus-message-type-signal BUS SERVICE PATH INTERFACE SIGNAL &rest ARGS)
 
 `dbus-method-return-internal':
-  \(dbus-message-internal
+   (dbus-message-internal
     dbus-message-type-method-return BUS SERVICE SERIAL &rest ARGS)
 
 `dbus-method-error-internal':
-  \(dbus-message-internal
+   (dbus-message-internal
     dbus-message-type-error BUS SERVICE SERIAL &rest ARGS)
 
 usage: (dbus-message-internal &rest REST)  */)
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ string which denotes a D-Bus interface, and MEMBER, also a string, is
 either a method, a signal or a property INTERFACE is offering.  All
 arguments but BUS must not be nil.
 
-The value in the hash table is a list of quadruple lists \((UNAME
+The value in the hash table is a list of quadruple lists ((UNAME
 SERVICE PATH OBJECT [RULE]) ...).  SERVICE is the service name as
 registered, UNAME is the corresponding unique name.  In case of
 registered methods and properties, UNAME is nil.  PATH is the object
diff --git a/src/dispnew.c b/src/dispnew.c
index 645d4106e9e..00d086e4161 100644
--- a/src/dispnew.c
+++ b/src/dispnew.c
@@ -5665,7 +5665,7 @@ DEFUN ("sleep-for", Fsleep_for, Ssleep_for, 1, 2, 0,
 SECONDS may be a floating-point value, meaning that you can wait for a
 fraction of a second.  Optional second arg MILLISECONDS specifies an
 additional wait period, in milliseconds; this is for backwards compatibility.
-\(Not all operating systems support waiting for a fraction of a second.)  */)
+(Not all operating systems support waiting for a fraction of a second.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object seconds, Lisp_Object milliseconds)
 {
   double duration = extract_float (seconds);
diff --git a/src/doc.c b/src/doc.c
index b6963d2ab0b..68d4367182d 100644
--- a/src/doc.c
+++ b/src/doc.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ is not on any keys.
 Each substring of the form \\=\\{MAPVAR} is replaced by a summary of
 the value of MAPVAR as a keymap.  This summary is similar to the one
 produced by `describe-bindings'.  The summary ends in two newlines
-\(used by the helper function `help-make-xrefs' to find the end of the
+(used by the helper function `help-make-xrefs' to find the end of the
 summary).
 
 Each substring of the form \\=\\<MAPVAR> specifies the use of MAPVAR
diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 2080b53421e..e6f144e7b30 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3627,7 +3627,7 @@ save_restriction_restore (Lisp_Object data)
 DEFUN ("save-restriction", Fsave_restriction, Ssave_restriction, 0, UNEVALLED, 0,
        doc: /* Execute BODY, saving and restoring current buffer's restrictions.
 The buffer's restrictions make parts of the beginning and end invisible.
-\(They are set up with `narrow-to-region' and eliminated with `widen'.)
+(They are set up with `narrow-to-region' and eliminated with `widen'.)
 This special form, `save-restriction', saves the current buffer's restrictions
 when it is entered, and restores them when it is exited.
 So any `narrow-to-region' within BODY lasts only until the end of the form.
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index b42f9047257..ac98ca11bd4 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ If SYMBOL has a local binding, then this form affects the local
 binding.  This is usually not what you want.  Thus, if you need to
 load a file defining variables, with this form or with `defconst' or
 `defcustom', you should always load that file _outside_ any bindings
-for these variables.  \(`defconst' and `defcustom' behave similarly in
+for these variables.  (`defconst' and `defcustom' behave similarly in
 this respect.)
 
 The optional argument DOCSTRING is a documentation string for the
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ suppresses the debugger).
 When a handler handles an error, control returns to the `condition-case'
 and it executes the handler's BODY...
 with VAR bound to (ERROR-SYMBOL . SIGNAL-DATA) from the error.
-\(If VAR is nil, the handler can't access that information.)
+(If VAR is nil, the handler can't access that information.)
 Then the value of the last BODY form is returned from the `condition-case'
 expression.
 
@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@ may be nil, a function, or a list of functions.  Call each
 function in order with arguments ARGS, stopping at the first
 one that returns nil, and return nil.  Otherwise (if all functions
 return non-nil, or if there are no functions to call), return non-nil
-\(do not rely on the precise return value in this case).
+(do not rely on the precise return value in this case).
 
 Do not use `make-local-variable' to make a hook variable buffer-local.
 Instead, use `add-hook' and specify t for the LOCAL argument.
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 69933ccd40b..e4b255a53ac 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ DEFUN ("unhandled-file-name-directory", Funhandled_file_name_directory,
 A `directly usable' directory name is one that may be used without the
 intervention of any file handler.
 If FILENAME is a directly usable file itself, return
-\(file-name-directory FILENAME).
+(file-name-directory FILENAME).
 If FILENAME refers to a file which is not accessible from a local process,
 then this should return nil.
 The `call-process' and `start-process' functions use this function to
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ DEFUN ("make-temp-name", Fmake_temp_name, Smake_temp_name, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Generate temporary file name (string) starting with PREFIX (a string).
 The Emacs process number forms part of the result, so there is no
 danger of generating a name being used by another Emacs process
-\(so long as only a single host can access the containing directory...).
+(so long as only a single host can access the containing directory...).
 
 This function tries to choose a name that has no existing file.
 For this to work, PREFIX should be an absolute file name.
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ normally use `make-temp-file' instead.  */)
 DEFUN ("expand-file-name", Fexpand_file_name, Sexpand_file_name, 1, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Convert filename NAME to absolute, and canonicalize it.
 Second arg DEFAULT-DIRECTORY is directory to start with if NAME is relative
-\(does not start with slash or tilde); both the directory name and
+(does not start with slash or tilde); both the directory name and
 a directory's file name are accepted.  If DEFAULT-DIRECTORY is nil or
 missing, the current buffer's value of `default-directory' is used.
 NAME should be a string that is a valid file name for the underlying
@@ -776,8 +776,8 @@ See also the function `substitute-in-file-name'.
 
 For technical reasons, this function can return correct but
 non-intuitive results for the root directory; for instance,
-\(expand-file-name ".." "/") returns "/..".  For this reason, use
-\(directory-file-name (file-name-directory dirname)) to traverse a
+(expand-file-name ".." "/") returns "/..".  For this reason, use
+(directory-file-name (file-name-directory dirname)) to traverse a
 filesystem tree, not (expand-file-name ".."  dirname).  */)
   (Lisp_Object name, Lisp_Object default_directory)
 {
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ filesystem tree, not (expand-file-name ".."  dirname).  */)
 DEAFUN ("expand-file-name", Fexpand_file_name, Sexpand_file_name, 1, 2, 0,
   "Convert FILENAME to absolute, and canonicalize it.\n\
 Second arg DEFAULT is directory to start with if FILENAME is relative\n\
-\(does not start with slash); if DEFAULT is nil or missing,\n\
+(does not start with slash); if DEFAULT is nil or missing,\n\
 the current buffer's value of default-directory is used.\n\
 Filenames containing `.' or `..' as components are simplified;\n\
 initial `~/' expands to your home directory.\n\
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ Use `file-symlink-p' to test for such links.  */)
 DEFUN ("file-executable-p", Ffile_executable_p, Sfile_executable_p, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return t if FILENAME can be executed by you.
 For a directory, this means you can access files in that directory.
-\(It is generally better to use `file-accessible-directory-p' for that
+(It is generally better to use `file-accessible-directory-p' for that
 purpose, though.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object filename)
 {
@@ -5306,8 +5306,8 @@ DEFUN ("set-visited-file-modtime", Fset_visited_file_modtime,
 Useful if the buffer was not read from the file normally
 or if the file itself has been changed for some known benign reason.
 An argument specifies the modification time value to use
-\(instead of that of the visited file), in the form of a list
-\(HIGH LOW USEC PSEC) or an integer flag as returned by
+(instead of that of the visited file), in the form of a list
+(HIGH LOW USEC PSEC) or an integer flag as returned by
 `visited-file-modtime'.  */)
   (Lisp_Object time_flag)
 {
diff --git a/src/floatfns.c b/src/floatfns.c
index 63d35b8ad6b..46eb85ff8ca 100644
--- a/src/floatfns.c
+++ b/src/floatfns.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Cause an error if X1 or X2 is not a float.  */)
 DEFUN ("frexp", Ffrexp, Sfrexp, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Get significand and exponent of a floating point number.
 Breaks the floating point number X into its binary significand SGNFCAND
-\(a floating point value between 0.5 (included) and 1.0 (excluded))
+(a floating point value between 0.5 (included) and 1.0 (excluded))
 and an integral exponent EXP for 2, such that:
 
   X = SGNFCAND * 2^EXP
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ With optional DIVISOR, return the nearest integer to ARG/DIVISOR.
 
 Rounding a value equidistant between two integers may choose the
 integer closer to zero, or it may prefer an even integer, depending on
-your machine.  For example, \(round 2.5\) can return 3 on some
+your machine.  For example, (round 2.5) can return 3 on some
 systems, but 2 on others.  */)
   (Lisp_Object arg, Lisp_Object divisor)
 {
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ fmod_float (Lisp_Object x, Lisp_Object y)
 
 DEFUN ("fceiling", Ffceiling, Sfceiling, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return the smallest integer no less than ARG, as a float.
-\(Round toward +inf.\)  */)
+(Round toward +inf.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object arg)
 {
   double d = extract_float (arg);
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ DEFUN ("fceiling", Ffceiling, Sfceiling, 1, 1, 0,
 
 DEFUN ("ffloor", Fffloor, Sffloor, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return the largest integer no greater than ARG, as a float.
-\(Round towards -inf.\)  */)
+(Round towards -inf.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object arg)
 {
   double d = extract_float (arg);
diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
index aa917ac6ec9..b31bd817c44 100644
--- a/src/fns.c
+++ b/src/fns.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ DEFUN ("compare-strings", Fcompare_strings, Scompare_strings, 6, 7, 0,
 The arguments START1, END1, START2, and END2, if non-nil, are
 positions specifying which parts of STR1 or STR2 to compare.  In
 string STR1, compare the part between START1 (inclusive) and END1
-\(exclusive).  If START1 is nil, it defaults to 0, the beginning of
+(exclusive).  If START1 is nil, it defaults to 0, the beginning of
 the string; if END1 is nil, it defaults to the length of the string.
 Likewise, in string STR2, compare the part between START2 and END2.
 Like in `substring', negative values are counted from the end.
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ This function obeys the conventions for collation order in your
 locale settings.  For example, punctuation and whitespace characters
 might be considered less significant for sorting:
 
-\(sort '\("11" "12" "1 1" "1 2" "1.1" "1.2") \\='string-collate-lessp)
-  => \("11" "1 1" "1.1" "12" "1 2" "1.2")
+(sort '("11" "12" "1 1" "1 2" "1.1" "1.2") \\='string-collate-lessp)
+  => ("11" "1 1" "1.1" "12" "1 2" "1.2")
 
 The optional argument LOCALE, a string, overrides the setting of your
 current locale identifier for collation.  The value is system
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ settings.  For example, characters with different coding points but
 the same meaning might be considered as equal, like different grave
 accent Unicode characters:
 
-\(string-collate-equalp \(string ?\\uFF40) \(string ?\\u1FEF))
+(string-collate-equalp (string ?\\uFF40) (string ?\\u1FEF))
   => t
 
 The optional argument LOCALE, a string, overrides the setting of your
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ to a multibyte character.  In this case, the returned string is a
 newly created string with no text properties.  If STRING is multibyte
 or entirely ASCII, it is returned unchanged.  In particular, when
 STRING is unibyte and entirely ASCII, the returned string is unibyte.
-\(When the characters are all ASCII, Emacs primitives will treat the
+(When the characters are all ASCII, Emacs primitives will treat the
 string the same way whether it is unibyte or multibyte.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object string)
 {
@@ -1225,14 +1225,14 @@ validate_subarray (Lisp_Object array, Lisp_Object from, Lisp_Object to,
 DEFUN ("substring", Fsubstring, Ssubstring, 1, 3, 0,
        doc: /* Return a new string whose contents are a substring of STRING.
 The returned string consists of the characters between index FROM
-\(inclusive) and index TO (exclusive) of STRING.  FROM and TO are
+(inclusive) and index TO (exclusive) of STRING.  FROM and TO are
 zero-indexed: 0 means the first character of STRING.  Negative values
 are counted from the end of STRING.  If TO is nil, the substring runs
 to the end of STRING.
 
 The STRING argument may also be a vector.  In that case, the return
 value is a new vector that contains the elements between index FROM
-\(inclusive) and index TO (exclusive) of that vector argument.
+(inclusive) and index TO (exclusive) of that vector argument.
 
 With one argument, just copy STRING (with properties, if any).  */)
   (Lisp_Object string, Lisp_Object from, Lisp_Object to)
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ merge (Lisp_Object org_l1, Lisp_Object org_l2, Lisp_Object pred)
 DEFUN ("plist-get", Fplist_get, Splist_get, 2, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Extract a value from a property list.
 PLIST is a property list, which is a list of the form
-\(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2...).  This function returns the value
+(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2...).  This function returns the value
 corresponding to the given PROP, or nil if PROP is not one of the
 properties on the list.  This function never signals an error.  */)
   (Lisp_Object plist, Lisp_Object prop)
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ This is the last value stored with `(put SYMBOL PROPNAME VALUE)'.  */)
 DEFUN ("plist-put", Fplist_put, Splist_put, 3, 3, 0,
        doc: /* Change value in PLIST of PROP to VAL.
 PLIST is a property list, which is a list of the form
-\(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2 ...).  PROP is a symbol and VAL is any object.
+(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2 ...).  PROP is a symbol and VAL is any object.
 If PROP is already a property on the list, its value is set to VAL,
 otherwise the new PROP VAL pair is added.  The new plist is returned;
 use `(setq x (plist-put x prop val))' to be sure to use the new value.
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ It can be retrieved with `(get SYMBOL PROPNAME)'.  */)
 DEFUN ("lax-plist-get", Flax_plist_get, Slax_plist_get, 2, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Extract a value from a property list, comparing with `equal'.
 PLIST is a property list, which is a list of the form
-\(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2...).  This function returns the value
+(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2...).  This function returns the value
 corresponding to the given PROP, or nil if PROP is not
 one of the properties on the list.  */)
   (Lisp_Object plist, Lisp_Object prop)
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ one of the properties on the list.  */)
 DEFUN ("lax-plist-put", Flax_plist_put, Slax_plist_put, 3, 3, 0,
        doc: /* Change value in PLIST of PROP to VAL, comparing with `equal'.
 PLIST is a property list, which is a list of the form
-\(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2 ...).  PROP and VAL are any objects.
+(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2 ...).  PROP and VAL are any objects.
 If PROP is already a property on the list, its value is set to VAL,
 otherwise the new PROP VAL pair is added.  The new plist is returned;
 use `(setq x (lax-plist-put x prop val))' to be sure to use the new value.
@@ -2867,7 +2867,7 @@ The normal messages at start and end of loading FILENAME are suppressed.  */)
 DEFUN ("plist-member", Fplist_member, Splist_member, 2, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Return non-nil if PLIST has the property PROP.
 PLIST is a property list, which is a list of the form
-\(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2 ...\).  PROP is a symbol.
+(PROP1 VALUE1 PROP2 VALUE2 ...).  PROP is a symbol.
 Unlike `plist-get', this allows you to distinguish between a missing
 property and a property with the value nil.
 The value is actually the tail of PLIST whose car is PROP.  */)
diff --git a/src/font.c b/src/font.c
index 8e06532ac0a..ce144e78a08 100644
--- a/src/font.c
+++ b/src/font.c
@@ -4068,7 +4068,7 @@ DEFUN ("font-face-attributes", Ffont_face_attributes, Sfont_face_attributes, 1,
 FONT is a font name, a font-spec, a font-entity, or a font-object.
 The return value is a list of the form
 
-\(:family FAMILY :height HEIGHT :weight WEIGHT :slant SLANT :width WIDTH)
+(:family FAMILY :height HEIGHT :weight WEIGHT :slant SLANT :width WIDTH)
 
 where FAMILY, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, SLANT, and WIDTH are face attribute values
 compatible with `set-face-attribute'.  Some of these key-attribute pairs
@@ -4749,15 +4749,15 @@ ASCENT, DESCENT, SPACE-WIDTH, AVERAGE-WIDTH are metrics of the font in
 pixels.
 
 CAPABILITY is a list whose first element is a symbol representing the
-font format \(x, opentype, truetype, type1, pcf, or bdf) and the
+font format (x, opentype, truetype, type1, pcf, or bdf) and the
 remaining elements describe the details of the font capability.
 
 If the font is OpenType font, the form of the list is
-  \(opentype GSUB GPOS)
+  (opentype GSUB GPOS)
 where GSUB shows which "GSUB" features the font supports, and GPOS
 shows which "GPOS" features the font supports.  Both GSUB and GPOS are
 lists of the format:
-  \((SCRIPT (LANGSYS FEATURE ...) ...) ...)
+  ((SCRIPT (LANGSYS FEATURE ...) ...) ...)
 
 If the font is not OpenType font, currently the length of the form is
 one.
@@ -5043,11 +5043,11 @@ where
     as follows:
 
       If the font is OpenType font, the form of the list is
-        \(opentype GSUB GPOS)
+        (opentype GSUB GPOS)
       where GSUB shows which "GSUB" features the font supports, and GPOS
       shows which "GPOS" features the font supports.  Both GSUB and GPOS are
       lists of the form:
-        \((SCRIPT (LANGSYS FEATURE ...) ...) ...)
+        ((SCRIPT (LANGSYS FEATURE ...) ...) ...)
 
       where
         SCRIPT is a symbol representing OpenType script tag.
@@ -5359,7 +5359,7 @@ where ENCODING is a charset or a char-table,
 and REPERTORY is a charset, a char-table, or nil.
 
 If ENCODING and REPERTORY are the same, the element can have the form
-\(REGEXP . ENCODING).
+(REGEXP . ENCODING).
 
 ENCODING is for converting a character to a glyph code of the font.
 If ENCODING is a charset, encoding a character by the charset gives
diff --git a/src/frame.c b/src/frame.c
index b782b094c22..0e95749a055 100644
--- a/src/frame.c
+++ b/src/frame.c
@@ -5175,7 +5175,7 @@ keep it unchanged if this option is either t or a list containing
 `vertical-scroll-bars'.
 
 The default value is \\='(tool-bar-lines) on Lucid, Motif and Windows
-\(which means that adding/removing a tool bar does not change the frame
+(which means that adding/removing a tool bar does not change the frame
 height), nil on all other window systems including GTK+ (which means
 that changing any of the parameters listed above may change the size of
 the frame), and t otherwise (which means the frame size never changes
diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index ccd340557dd..966af69c97b 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -11332,7 +11332,7 @@ See Info node `(elisp)Multiple Terminals'.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("cannot-suspend", cannot_suspend,
                doc: /* Non-nil means to always spawn a subshell instead of suspending.
-\(Even if the operating system has support for stopping a process.\)  */);
+(Even if the operating system has support for stopping a process.)  */);
   cannot_suspend = false;
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("menu-prompting", menu_prompting,
@@ -11538,7 +11538,7 @@ immediately after running `post-command-hook'.  */);
   DEFVAR_LISP ("input-method-function", Vinput_method_function,
                doc: /* If non-nil, the function that implements the current input method.
 It's called with one argument, a printing character that was just read.
-\(That means a character with code 040...0176.)
+(That means a character with code 040...0176.)
 Typically this function uses `read-event' to read additional events.
 When it does so, it should first bind `input-method-function' to nil
 so it will not be called recursively.
diff --git a/src/keymap.c b/src/keymap.c
index 3668d4b24e2..6a8d129ce2b 100644
--- a/src/keymap.c
+++ b/src/keymap.c
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ DEFUN ("global-key-binding", Fglobal_key_binding, Sglobal_key_binding, 1, 2, 0,
 KEYS is a string or vector, a sequence of keystrokes.
 The binding is probably a symbol with a function definition.
 This function's return values are the same as those of `lookup-key'
-\(which see).
+(which see).
 
 If optional argument ACCEPT-DEFAULT is non-nil, recognize default
 bindings; see the description of `lookup-key' for more details about this.  */)
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ If FIRSTONLY is the symbol `non-ascii', return the first binding found,
 no matter what it is.
 If FIRSTONLY has another non-nil value, prefer bindings
 that use the modifier key specified in `where-is-preferred-modifier'
-\(or their meta variants) and entirely reject menu bindings.
+(or their meta variants) and entirely reject menu bindings.
 
 If optional 4th arg NOINDIRECT is non-nil, don't extract the commands inside
 menu-items.  This makes it possible to search for a menu-item itself.
@@ -2723,7 +2723,7 @@ looked up in BUFFER.
 The optional argument PREFIX, if non-nil, should be a key sequence;
 then we display only bindings that start with that prefix.
 The optional argument MENUS, if non-nil, says to mention menu bindings.
-\(Ordinarily these are omitted from the output.)  */)
+(Ordinarily these are omitted from the output.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object buffer, Lisp_Object prefix, Lisp_Object menus)
 {
   Lisp_Object outbuf, shadow;
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 6099545a808..bceec4bb644 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -4512,7 +4512,7 @@ customize `jka-compr-load-suffixes' rather than the present variable.  */);
 Each element looks like (REGEXP-OR-FEATURE FUNCS...).
 
 REGEXP-OR-FEATURE is either a regular expression to match file names, or
-a symbol \(a feature name).
+a symbol (a feature name).
 
 When `load' is run and the file-name argument matches an element's
 REGEXP-OR-FEATURE, or when `provide' is run and provides the symbol
diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index e36fe260f24..dc82809629a 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ If POSITION is t, it means to use the current mouse position.
 MENU is a specifier for a menu.  For the simplest case, MENU is a keymap.
 The menu items come from key bindings that have a menu string as well as
 a definition; actually, the "definition" in such a key binding looks like
-\(STRING . REAL-DEFINITION).  To give the menu a title, put a string into
+(STRING . REAL-DEFINITION).  To give the menu a title, put a string into
 the keymap as a top-level element.
 
 If REAL-DEFINITION is nil, that puts a nonselectable string in the menu.
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ The return value is VALUE from the chosen item.
 An ITEM may also be just a string--that makes a nonselectable item.
 An ITEM may also be nil--that means to put all preceding items
 on the left of the dialog box and all following items on the right.
-\(By default, approximately half appear on each side.)
+(By default, approximately half appear on each side.)
 
 If HEADER is non-nil, the frame title for the box is "Information",
 otherwise it is "Question".
diff --git a/src/minibuf.c b/src/minibuf.c
index cf0cbca77c1..4e5c17d074c 100644
--- a/src/minibuf.c
+++ b/src/minibuf.c
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ INITIAL-CONTENTS argument in more detail.  It is only relevant when
 studying existing code, or when HIST is a cons.  If non-nil,
 INITIAL-CONTENTS is a string to be inserted into the minibuffer before
 reading input.  Normally, point is put at the end of that string.
-However, if INITIAL-CONTENTS is \(STRING . POSITION), the initial
+However, if INITIAL-CONTENTS is (STRING . POSITION), the initial
 input is STRING, but point is placed at _one-indexed_ position
 POSITION in the minibuffer.  Any integer value less than or equal to
 one puts point at the beginning of the string.  *Note* that this
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ DEFUN ("read-no-blanks-input", Fread_no_blanks_input, Sread_no_blanks_input, 1,
 Prompt with PROMPT.  Whitespace terminates the input.  If INITIAL is
 non-nil, it should be a string, which is used as initial input, with
 point positioned at the end, so that SPACE will accept the input.
-\(Actually, INITIAL can also be a cons of a string and an integer.
+(Actually, INITIAL can also be a cons of a string and an integer.
 Such values are treated as in `read-from-minibuffer', but are normally
 not useful in this function.)
 Third arg INHERIT-INPUT-METHOD, if non-nil, means the minibuffer inherits
diff --git a/src/nsfns.m b/src/nsfns.m
index 9c805ac20d1..ad71a508248 100644
--- a/src/nsfns.m
+++ b/src/nsfns.m
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ DEFUN ("x-server-max-request-size", Fx_server_max_request_size,
 
 DEFUN ("x-server-vendor", Fx_server_vendor, Sx_server_vendor, 0, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return the "vendor ID" string of Nextstep display server TERMINAL.
-\(Labeling every distributor as a "vendor" embodies the false assumption
+(Labeling every distributor as a "vendor" embodies the false assumption
 that operating systems cannot be developed and distributed noncommercially.)
 The optional argument TERMINAL specifies which display to ask about.
 TERMINAL should be a terminal object, a frame or a display name (a string).
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ DISPLAY is the name of the display to connect to.
 Optional second arg XRM-STRING is a string of resources in xrdb format.
 If the optional third arg MUST-SUCCEED is non-nil,
 terminate Emacs if we can't open the connection.
-\(In the Nextstep version, the last two arguments are currently ignored.)  */)
+(In the Nextstep version, the last two arguments are currently ignored.)  */)
      (Lisp_Object display, Lisp_Object resource_string, Lisp_Object must_succeed)
 {
   struct ns_display_info *dpyinfo;
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ x_get_focus_frame (struct frame *frame)
 
 DEFUN ("xw-color-defined-p", Fxw_color_defined_p, Sxw_color_defined_p, 1, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Internal function called by `color-defined-p', which see.
-\(Note that the Nextstep version of this function ignores FRAME.)  */)
+(Note that the Nextstep version of this function ignores FRAME.)  */)
      (Lisp_Object color, Lisp_Object frame)
 {
   NSColor * col;
diff --git a/src/nsselect.m b/src/nsselect.m
index 918fb55fb22..5579cc5a767 100644
--- a/src/nsselect.m
+++ b/src/nsselect.m
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ DEFUN ("ns-own-selection-internal", Fns_own_selection_internal,
        Sns_own_selection_internal, 2, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Assert an X selection of type SELECTION and value VALUE.
 SELECTION is a symbol, typically `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD'.
-\(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
+(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
 VALUE is typically a string, or a cons of two markers, but may be
 anything that the functions on `selection-converter-alist' know about.  */)
      (Lisp_Object selection, Lisp_Object value)
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ DEFUN ("ns-selection-owner-p", Fns_selection_owner_p, Sns_selection_owner_p,
        doc: /* Whether the current Emacs process owns the given X Selection.
 The arg should be the name of the selection in question, typically one of
 the symbols `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD'.
-\(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
+(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
 For convenience, the symbol nil is the same as `PRIMARY',
 and t is the same as `SECONDARY'.  */)
      (Lisp_Object selection)
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ DEFUN ("ns-get-selection", Fns_get_selection,
        Sns_get_selection, 2, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Return text selected from some X window.
 SELECTION-SYMBOL is typically `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD'.
-\(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
+(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
 TARGET-TYPE is the type of data desired, typically `STRING'.  */)
      (Lisp_Object selection_name, Lisp_Object target_type)
 {
diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 94f3fcd7db1..3c3dca77000 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ Also print formfeeds as `\\f'.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("print-escape-nonascii", print_escape_nonascii,
                doc: /* Non-nil means print unibyte non-ASCII chars in strings as \\OOO.
-\(OOO is the octal representation of the character code.)
+(OOO is the octal representation of the character code.)
 Only single-byte characters are affected, and only in `prin1'.
 When the output goes in a multibyte buffer, this feature is
 enabled regardless of the value of the variable.  */);
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ enabled regardless of the value of the variable.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("print-escape-multibyte", print_escape_multibyte,
                doc: /* Non-nil means print multibyte characters in strings as \\xXXXX.
-\(XXXX is the hex representation of the character code.)
+(XXXX is the hex representation of the character code.)
 This affects only `prin1'.  */);
   print_escape_multibyte = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index ed5f4c0f07d..55f31a02673 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ DEFUN ("process-command", Fprocess_command, Sprocess_command, 1, 1, 0,
 This is a list of strings, the first string being the program executed
 and the rest of the strings being the arguments given to it.
 For a network or serial process, this is nil (process is running) or t
-\(process is stopped).  */)
+(process is stopped).  */)
   (register Lisp_Object process)
 {
   CHECK_PROCESS (process);
@@ -2674,7 +2674,7 @@ is not given or nil, 1 stopbit is used.
 :flowcontrol FLOWCONTROL -- FLOWCONTROL determines the type of
 flowcontrol to be used, which is either nil (don't use flowcontrol),
 the symbol `hw' (use RTS/CTS hardware flowcontrol), or the symbol `sw'
-\(use XON/XOFF software flowcontrol).  If FLOWCONTROL is not given, no
+(use XON/XOFF software flowcontrol).  If FLOWCONTROL is not given, no
 flowcontrol is used.
 
 `serial-process-configure' is called by `make-serial-process' for the
@@ -2682,12 +2682,12 @@ initial configuration of the serial port.
 
 Examples:
 
-\(serial-process-configure :process "/dev/ttyS0" :speed 1200)
+(serial-process-configure :process "/dev/ttyS0" :speed 1200)
 
-\(serial-process-configure
+(serial-process-configure
     :buffer "COM1" :stopbits 1 :parity \\='odd :flowcontrol \\='hw)
 
-\(serial-process-configure :port "\\\\.\\COM13" :bytesize 7)
+(serial-process-configure :port "\\\\.\\COM13" :bytesize 7)
 
 usage: (serial-process-configure &rest ARGS)  */)
   (ptrdiff_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args)
@@ -2781,13 +2781,13 @@ is available via the function `process-contact'.
 
 Examples:
 
-\(make-serial-process :port "/dev/ttyS0" :speed 9600)
+(make-serial-process :port "/dev/ttyS0" :speed 9600)
 
-\(make-serial-process :port "COM1" :speed 115200 :stopbits 2)
+(make-serial-process :port "COM1" :speed 115200 :stopbits 2)
 
-\(make-serial-process :port "\\\\.\\COM13" :speed 1200 :bytesize 7 :parity \\='odd)
+(make-serial-process :port "\\\\.\\COM13" :speed 1200 :bytesize 7 :parity \\='odd)
 
-\(make-serial-process :port "/dev/tty.BlueConsole-SPP-1" :speed nil)
+(make-serial-process :port "/dev/tty.BlueConsole-SPP-1" :speed nil)
 
 usage:  (make-serial-process &rest ARGS)  */)
   (ptrdiff_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args)
@@ -7296,7 +7296,7 @@ DEFUN ("process-attributes", Fprocess_attributes,
 
 Value is an alist where each element is a cons cell of the form
 
-    \(KEY . VALUE)
+    (KEY . VALUE)
 
 If this functionality is unsupported, the value is nil.
 
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 106a462f804..8c9714eb6fa 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -2784,7 +2784,7 @@ if the last match was on a buffer; integers or nil if a string was matched.
 Use `set-match-data' to reinstate the data in this list.
 
 If INTEGERS (the optional first argument) is non-nil, always use
-integers \(rather than markers) to represent buffer positions.  In
+integers (rather than markers) to represent buffer positions.  In
 this case, and if the last match was in a buffer, the buffer will get
 stored as one additional element at the end of the list.
 
diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 55a4ba0abd4..3bd301f0e38 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ DEFUN ("string-to-syntax", Fstring_to_syntax, Sstring_to_syntax, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Convert a syntax descriptor STRING into a raw syntax descriptor.
 STRING should be a string of the form allowed as argument of
 `modify-syntax-entry'.  The return value is a raw syntax descriptor: a
-cons cell \(CODE . MATCHING-CHAR) which can be used, for example, as
+cons cell (CODE . MATCHING-CHAR) which can be used, for example, as
 the value of a `syntax-table' text property.  */)
   (Lisp_Object string)
 {
diff --git a/src/textprop.c b/src/textprop.c
index 3f7c8d10639..6758d4dfee2 100644
--- a/src/textprop.c
+++ b/src/textprop.c
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ DEFUN ("remove-text-properties", Fremove_text_properties,
        doc: /* Remove some properties from text from START to END.
 The third argument PROPERTIES is a property list
 whose property names specify the properties to remove.
-\(The values stored in PROPERTIES are ignored.)
+(The values stored in PROPERTIES are ignored.)
 If the optional fourth argument OBJECT is a buffer (or nil, which means
 the current buffer), START and END are buffer positions (integers or
 markers).  If OBJECT is a string, START and END are 0-based indices into it.
diff --git a/src/w16select.c b/src/w16select.c
index 96f8437b4b1..70b9dd01f09 100644
--- a/src/w16select.c
+++ b/src/w16select.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ For MS-Windows and MS-DOS:
 When sending or receiving text via selection and clipboard, the text
 is encoded or decoded by this coding system.  The default value is
 the current system default encoding on 9x/Me, `utf-16le-dos'
-\(Unicode) on NT/W2K/XP, and `iso-latin-1-dos' on MS-DOS.
+(Unicode) on NT/W2K/XP, and `iso-latin-1-dos' on MS-DOS.
 
 For X Windows:
 When sending text via selection and clipboard, if the target
diff --git a/src/w32fns.c b/src/w32fns.c
index 48218e3bfd2..99fd3ba33fd 100644
--- a/src/w32fns.c
+++ b/src/w32fns.c
@@ -5305,7 +5305,7 @@ x_get_focus_frame (struct frame *frame)
 
 DEFUN ("xw-color-defined-p", Fxw_color_defined_p, Sxw_color_defined_p, 1, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Internal function called by `color-defined-p', which see.
-\(Note that the Nextstep version of this function ignores FRAME.)  */)
+(Note that the Nextstep version of this function ignores FRAME.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object color, Lisp_Object frame)
 {
   XColor foo;
@@ -5447,7 +5447,7 @@ If omitted or nil, that stands for the selected frame's display.  */)
 DEFUN ("x-server-vendor", Fx_server_vendor, Sx_server_vendor, 0, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return the "vendor ID" string of the GUI software on TERMINAL.
 
-\(Labeling every distributor as a "vendor" embodies the false assumption
+(Labeling every distributor as a "vendor" embodies the false assumption
 that operating systems cannot be developed and distributed noncommercially.)
 
 For GNU and Unix systems, this queries the X server software; for
@@ -5850,7 +5850,7 @@ DISPLAY is the name of the display to connect to.
 Optional second arg XRM-STRING is a string of resources in xrdb format.
 If the optional third arg MUST-SUCCEED is non-nil,
 terminate Emacs if we can't open the connection.
-\(In the Nextstep version, the last two arguments are currently ignored.)  */)
+(In the Nextstep version, the last two arguments are currently ignored.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object display, Lisp_Object xrm_string, Lisp_Object must_succeed)
 {
   unsigned char *xrm_option;
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index f1af68eff18..42a2ca68f14 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ DEFUN ("window-combination-limit", Fwindow_combination_limit, Swindow_combinatio
 WINDOW must be a valid window used in horizontal or vertical combination.
 If the return value is nil, child windows of WINDOW can be recombined with
 WINDOW's siblings.  A return value of t means that child windows of
-WINDOW are never \(re-)combined with WINDOW's siblings.  */)
+WINDOW are never (re-)combined with WINDOW's siblings.  */)
   (Lisp_Object window)
 {
   struct window *w;
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ DEFUN ("set-window-combination-limit", Fset_window_combination_limit, Sset_windo
 WINDOW must be a valid window used in horizontal or vertical combination.
 If LIMIT is nil, child windows of WINDOW can be recombined with WINDOW's
 siblings.  LIMIT t means that child windows of WINDOW are never
-\(re-)combined with WINDOW's siblings.  Other values are reserved for
+(re-)combined with WINDOW's siblings.  Other values are reserved for
 future use.  */)
   (Lisp_Object window, Lisp_Object limit)
 {
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ DEFUN ("coordinates-in-window-p", Fcoordinates_in_window_p,
 WINDOW must be a live window and defaults to the selected one.
 COORDINATES is a cons of the form (X . Y), X and Y being distances
 measured in characters from the upper-left corner of the frame.
-\(0 . 0) denotes the character in the upper left corner of the
+(0 . 0) denotes the character in the upper left corner of the
 frame.
 If COORDINATES are in the text portion of WINDOW,
    the coordinates relative to the window are returned.
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ of the window.  The remaining elements are omitted if the character after
 POS is fully visible; otherwise, RTOP and RBOT are the number of pixels
 off-window at the top and bottom of the screen line ("row") containing
 POS, ROWH is the visible height of that row, and VPOS is the row number
-\(zero-based).  */)
+(zero-based).  */)
   (Lisp_Object pos, Lisp_Object window, Lisp_Object partially)
 {
   struct window *w;
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index a3224e2510f..3eff61f3716 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -21038,7 +21038,7 @@ window-specific overlays, which can affect the results.
 
 Strong directional characters `L', `R', and `AL' can have their
 intrinsic directionality overridden by directional override
-control characters RLO \(u+202e) and LRO \(u+202d).  See the
+control characters RLO (u+202e) and LRO (u+202d).  See the
 function `get-char-code-property' for a way to inquire about
 the `bidi-class' property of a character.  */)
   (Lisp_Object from, Lisp_Object to, Lisp_Object object)
@@ -30994,18 +30994,18 @@ This variable is not guaranteed to be accurate except while processing
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("frame-title-format", Vframe_title_format,
     doc: /* Template for displaying the title bar of visible frames.
-\(Assuming the window manager supports this feature.)
+(Assuming the window manager supports this feature.)
 
 This variable has the same structure as `mode-line-format', except that
 the %c and %l constructs are ignored.  It is used only on frames for
-which no explicit name has been set \(see `modify-frame-parameters').  */);
+which no explicit name has been set (see `modify-frame-parameters').  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("icon-title-format", Vicon_title_format,
     doc: /* Template for displaying the title bar of an iconified frame.
-\(Assuming the window manager supports this feature.)
+(Assuming the window manager supports this feature.)
 This variable has the same structure as `mode-line-format' (which see),
 and is used only on frames for which no explicit name has been set
-\(see `modify-frame-parameters').  */);
+(see `modify-frame-parameters').  */);
   Vicon_title_format
     = Vframe_title_format
     = listn (CONSTYPE_PURE, 3,
@@ -31064,9 +31064,9 @@ A positive number means delay autoselection by that many seconds: a
 window is autoselected only after the mouse has remained in that
 window for the duration of the delay.
 A negative number has a similar effect, but causes windows to be
-autoselected only after the mouse has stopped moving.  \(Because of
+autoselected only after the mouse has stopped moving.  (Because of
 the way Emacs compares mouse events, you will occasionally wait twice
-that time before the window gets selected.\)
+that time before the window gets selected.)
 Any other value means to autoselect window instantaneously when the
 mouse pointer enters it.
 
diff --git a/src/xfaces.c b/src/xfaces.c
index 453fd58d676..94f3c4d67c2 100644
--- a/src/xfaces.c
+++ b/src/xfaces.c
@@ -709,10 +709,10 @@ Optional THOROUGHLY non-nil means try to free unused fonts, too.  */)
 DEFUN ("bitmap-spec-p", Fbitmap_spec_p, Sbitmap_spec_p, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Value is non-nil if OBJECT is a valid bitmap specification.
 A bitmap specification is either a string, a file name, or a list
-\(WIDTH HEIGHT DATA) where WIDTH is the pixel width of the bitmap,
+(WIDTH HEIGHT DATA) where WIDTH is the pixel width of the bitmap,
 HEIGHT is its height, and DATA is a string containing the bits of
 the pixmap.  Bits are stored row by row, each row occupies
-\(WIDTH + 7)/8 bytes.  */)
+(WIDTH + 7)/8 bytes.  */)
   (Lisp_Object object)
 {
   bool pixmap_p = false;
@@ -4631,8 +4631,8 @@ DEFUN ("face-attributes-as-vector", Fface_attributes_as_vector,
    that a face containing all the attributes in ATTRS, when merged with the
    default face for display, can be represented in a way that's
 
-    \(1) different in appearance than the default face, and
-    \(2) `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.  */
+    (1) different in appearance than the default face, and
+    (2) `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.  */
 
 static bool
 x_supports_face_attributes_p (struct frame *f,
@@ -4731,8 +4731,8 @@ x_supports_face_attributes_p (struct frame *f,
    that a face containing all the attributes in ATTRS, when merged
    with the default face for display, can be represented in a way that's
 
-    \(1) different in appearance than the default face, and
-    \(2) `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.
+    (1) different in appearance than the default face, and
+    (2) `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.
 
    Point (2) implies that a `:weight black' attribute will be satisfied
    by any terminal that can display bold, and a `:foreground "yellow"' as
@@ -4914,8 +4914,8 @@ The definition of `supported' is somewhat heuristic, but basically means
 that a face containing all the attributes in ATTRIBUTES, when merged
 with the default face for display, can be represented in a way that's
 
- \(1) different in appearance than the default face, and
- \(2) `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.
+ (1) different in appearance than the default face, and
+ (2) `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.
 
 Point (2) implies that a `:weight black' attribute will be satisfied by
 any display that can display bold, and a `:foreground \"yellow\"' as long
@@ -6521,7 +6521,7 @@ changing this variable for it to take effect.  */);
 Each element is a cons (FONT-PATTERN . RESCALE-RATIO), where
 FONT-PATTERN is a font-spec or a regular expression matching a font name, and
 RESCALE-RATIO is a floating point number to specify how much larger
-\(or smaller) font we should use.  For instance, if a face requests
+(or smaller) font we should use.  For instance, if a face requests
 a font of 10 point, we actually use a font of 10 * RESCALE-RATIO point.  */);
   Vface_font_rescale_alist = Qnil;
 
diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c
index 42d32f6d9c2..d6a3d76e948 100644
--- a/src/xfns.c
+++ b/src/xfns.c
@@ -3444,8 +3444,8 @@ x_focus_frame (struct frame *f)
 
 
 DEFUN ("xw-color-defined-p", Fxw_color_defined_p, Sxw_color_defined_p, 1, 2, 0,
-       doc: /* Internal function called by `color-defined-p', which see
-.\(Note that the Nextstep version of this function ignores FRAME.)  */)
+       doc: /* Internal function called by `color-defined-p', which see.
+(Note that the Nextstep version of this function ignores FRAME.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object color, Lisp_Object frame)
 {
   XColor foo;
@@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@ If omitted or nil, that stands for the selected frame's display.  */)
 DEFUN ("x-server-vendor", Fx_server_vendor, Sx_server_vendor, 0, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return the "vendor ID" string of the GUI software on TERMINAL.
 
-\(Labeling every distributor as a "vendor" embodies the false assumption
+(Labeling every distributor as a "vendor" embodies the false assumption
 that operating systems cannot be developed and distributed noncommercially.)
 The optional argument TERMINAL specifies which display to ask about.
 
@@ -4710,7 +4710,7 @@ DISPLAY is the name of the display to connect to.
 Optional second arg XRM-STRING is a string of resources in xrdb format.
 If the optional third arg MUST-SUCCEED is non-nil,
 terminate Emacs if we can't open the connection.
-\(In the Nextstep version, the last two arguments are currently ignored.)  */)
+(In the Nextstep version, the last two arguments are currently ignored.)  */)
   (Lisp_Object display, Lisp_Object xrm_string, Lisp_Object must_succeed)
 {
   char *xrm_option;
diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c
index e7e3fe72b14..9aaa10c6efa 100644
--- a/src/xselect.c
+++ b/src/xselect.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ DEFUN ("x-own-selection-internal", Fx_own_selection_internal,
        Sx_own_selection_internal, 2, 3, 0,
        doc: /* Assert an X selection of type SELECTION and value VALUE.
 SELECTION is a symbol, typically `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD'.
-\(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
+(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
 VALUE is typically a string, or a cons of two markers, but may be
 anything that the functions on `selection-converter-alist' know about.
 
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ DEFUN ("x-get-selection-internal", Fx_get_selection_internal,
        Sx_get_selection_internal, 2, 4, 0,
        doc: /* Return text selected from some X window.
 SELECTION-SYMBOL is typically `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD'.
-\(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
+(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
 TARGET-TYPE is the type of data desired, typically `STRING'.
 
 TIME-STAMP is the time to use in the XConvertSelection call for foreign
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ DEFUN ("x-selection-owner-p", Fx_selection_owner_p, Sx_selection_owner_p,
        doc: /* Whether the current Emacs process owns the given X Selection.
 The arg should be the name of the selection in question, typically one of
 the symbols `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD'.
-\(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
+(Those are literal upper-case symbol names, since that's what X expects.)
 For convenience, the symbol nil is the same as `PRIMARY',
 and t is the same as `SECONDARY'.
 
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ and the local selection value (whatever was given to
 `x-own-selection-internal').
 
 The function should return the value to send to the X server
-\(typically a string).  A return value of nil
+(typically a string).  A return value of nil
 means that the conversion could not be done.
 A return value which is the symbol `NULL'
 means that a side-effect was executed,
@@ -2632,10 +2632,10 @@ and there is no meaningful selection value.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("x-lost-selection-functions", Vx_lost_selection_functions,
                doc: /* A list of functions to be called when Emacs loses an X selection.
-\(This happens when some other X client makes its own selection
+(This happens when some other X client makes its own selection
 or when a Lisp program explicitly clears the selection.)
 The functions are called with one argument, the selection type
-\(a symbol, typically `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD').  */);
+(a symbol, typically `PRIMARY', `SECONDARY', or `CLIPBOARD').  */);
   Vx_lost_selection_functions = Qnil;
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("x-sent-selection-functions", Vx_sent_selection_functions,