8 files changed, 36 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index d3182e9bf37..b5ad25377a0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-22  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
+
+        * windows.texi (Selecting Windows): Reword description of
+        select-window (Bug#13248).
+
 2012-12-22  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * files.texi (File Attributes, Changing Files): Remove the details
diff --git a/doc/lispref/buffers.texi b/doc/lispref/buffers.texi
index 6462788b34e..6e337af6be0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/buffers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/buffers.texi
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ the last modification time of that directory, as recorded by Dired.
 For a new buffer visiting a not yet existing file, @var{high} is
 @minus{}1 and @var{low} is 65535, that is,
 @ifnottex
-@w{2**16 - 1.}
+@w{2**16 @minus{} 1.}
 @end ifnottex
 @tex
 @math{2^{16}-1}.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index f3b216e9353..10007c8a9ce 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ The command @code{quoted-insert} uses this function.
 @cindex control characters, reading
 @cindex nonprinting characters, reading
 This function is like @code{read-char}, except that if the first
-character read is an octal digit (0-7), it reads any number of octal
+character read is an octal digit (0--7), it reads any number of octal
 digits (but stopping if a non-octal digit is found), and returns the
 character represented by that numeric character code.  If the
 character that terminates the sequence of octal digits is @key{RET},
diff --git a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
index 3980f7ac868..6f2700b28dd 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ This is the @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}
 @end ifnottex
 corresponding to Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1990-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1990--1996, 1998--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
index 66b1f081df4..78a3a2b4cb4 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ minimum range is @minus{}536870912 to 536870911 (30 bits; i.e.,
 @end tex
 to
 @ifnottex
-2**29 - 1),
+2**29 @minus{} 1),
 @end ifnottex
 @tex
 @math{2^{29}-1}),
diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index 85d7a3f4600..8c9bb26c89f 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ latter are unique to Emacs Lisp.
 @end tex
 to
 @ifnottex
-2**29 - 1)
+2**29 @minus{} 1)
 @end ifnottex
 @tex
 @math{2^{29}-1})
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
index 4b9cdfaae9e..e5132c46425 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
@@ -1421,23 +1421,23 @@ This stands for the day of month, blank-padded.
 @item %h
 This is a synonym for @samp{%b}.
 @item %H
-This stands for the hour (00-23).
+This stands for the hour (00--23).
 @item %I
-This stands for the hour (01-12).
+This stands for the hour (01--12).
 @item %j
-This stands for the day of the year (001-366).
+This stands for the day of the year (001--366).
 @item %k
-This stands for the hour (0-23), blank padded.
+This stands for the hour (0--23), blank padded.
 @item %l
-This stands for the hour (1-12), blank padded.
+This stands for the hour (1--12), blank padded.
 @item %m
-This stands for the month (01-12).
+This stands for the month (01--12).
 @item %M
-This stands for the minute (00-59).
+This stands for the minute (00--59).
 @item %n
 This stands for a newline.
 @item %N
-This stands for the nanoseconds (000000000-999999999).  To ask for
+This stands for the nanoseconds (000000000--999999999).  To ask for
 fewer digits, use @samp{%3N} for milliseconds, @samp{%6N} for
 microseconds, etc.  Any excess digits are discarded, without rounding.
 @item %p
@@ -1447,18 +1447,18 @@ This is a synonym for @samp{%I:%M:%S %p}.
 @item %R
 This is a synonym for @samp{%H:%M}.
 @item %S
-This stands for the seconds (00-59).
+This stands for the seconds (00--59).
 @item %t
 This stands for a tab character.
 @item %T
 This is a synonym for @samp{%H:%M:%S}.
 @item %U
-This stands for the week of the year (01-52), assuming that weeks
+This stands for the week of the year (01--52), assuming that weeks
 start on Sunday.
 @item %w
-This stands for the numeric day of week (0-6).  Sunday is day 0.
+This stands for the numeric day of week (0--6).  Sunday is day 0.
 @item %W
-This stands for the week of the year (01-52), assuming that weeks
+This stands for the week of the year (01--52), assuming that weeks
 start on Monday.
 @item %x
 This has a locale-specific meaning.  In the default locale (named
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ This has a locale-specific meaning.  In the default locale (named
 This has a locale-specific meaning.  In the default locale (named
 @samp{C}), it is equivalent to @samp{%T}.
 @item %y
-This stands for the year without century (00-99).
+This stands for the year without century (00--99).
 @item %Y
 This stands for the year with century.
 @item %Z
diff --git a/doc/lispref/windows.texi b/doc/lispref/windows.texi
index 7a705353a1e..f4c55054449 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/windows.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/windows.texi
@@ -1296,10 +1296,12 @@ windows.
 @cindex selecting a window
 
 @defun select-window window &optional norecord
-This function makes @var{window} the selected window, as well as the
-window selected within its frame (@pxref{Basic Windows}).  @var{window}
-must be a live window.  This function makes also @var{window}'s buffer
-current (@pxref{Buffers and Windows}).  The return value is
+This function makes @var{window} the selected window and the window
+selected within its frame (@pxref{Basic Windows}) and selects that
+frame.  @var{window} must be a live window.  This function also makes
+@var{window}'s buffer (@pxref{Buffers and Windows}) current and sets
+that buffer's value of @code{point} to the value of @code{window-point}
+(@pxref{Window Point}) in @var{window}.  The return value is
 @var{window}.
 
 By default, this function also moves @var{window}'s buffer to the front
@@ -1865,7 +1867,7 @@ default value is empty, i.e., @code{(nil . nil)}.
 @defopt display-buffer-alist
 The value of this option is an alist mapping conditions to display
 actions.  Each condition may be either a regular expression matching a
-buffer name or a function that takes two arguments - a buffer name and
+buffer name or a function that takes two arguments: a buffer name and
 the @var{action} argument passed to @code{display-buffer}.  If the name
 of the buffer passed to @code{display-buffer} either matches a regular
 expression in this alist or the function specified by a condition
@@ -1966,7 +1968,7 @@ height of the frame's root window.
 
 @item
 If the @sc{cdr} specifies a function, that function is called with one
-argument - the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the
+argument: the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the
 height of the window; its return value is ignored.  Suitable functions
 are @code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer} and
 @code{fit-window-to-buffer}, see @ref{Resizing Windows}.
@@ -1987,7 +1989,7 @@ width of the frame's root window.
 
 @item
 If the @sc{cdr} specifies a function, that function is called with one
-argument - the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the width
+argument: the new window.  The function is supposed to adjust the width
 of the window; its return value is ignored.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -3616,10 +3618,10 @@ This parameter is installed by the buffer display functions
 (@pxref{Choosing Window}) and consulted by @code{quit-restore-window}
 (@pxref{Quitting Windows}).  It contains four elements:
 
-The first element is one of the symbols @code{window} - meaning that the
-window has been specially created by @code{display-buffer}, @code{frame}
-- a separate frame has been created, @code{same} - the window has
-displayed the same buffer before, or @code{other} - the window showed
+The first element is one of the symbols @code{window}, meaning that the
+window has been specially created by @code{display-buffer}; @code{frame},
+a separate frame has been created; @code{same}, the window has
+displayed the same buffer before; or @code{other}, the window showed
 another buffer before.
 
 The second element is either one of the symbols @code{window} or