Remove * characters from the front of variable docstrings.
Fix naming of abnormal hook vars in allout.el.

* lisp/allout.el (allout-exposure-change-functions)
(allout-structure-added-functions)
(allout-structure-deleted-functions)
(allout-structure-shifted-functions): Rename abnormal hooks from *-hook,
and convert to defcustoms.
(allout-after-copy-or-kill-hook, allout-post-undo-hook): Convert
to defcustoms.
(allout-mode-hook, allout-mode-deactivate-hook): Doc fix.

* lisp/allout-widgets.el: Hook callers changed.
Move define-obsolete-variable-alias before the var's definition.
* lisp/vc/log-edit.el (vc-comment-ring, vc-comment-ring-index):
* lisp/tooltip.el (tooltip-hook):
* lisp/textmodes/reftex-toc.el (reftex-toc-map):
* lisp/textmodes/reftex-sel.el (reftex-select-label-map)
(reftex-select-bib-map):
* lisp/textmodes/reftex-index.el (reftex-index-map)
(reftex-index-phrases-map):
* lisp/speedbar.el (speedbar-syntax-table, speedbar-key-map):
* lisp/progmodes/meta-mode.el (meta-mode-map):
* lisp/novice.el (disabled-command-hook):
* lisp/loadhist.el (unload-hook-features-list):
* lisp/frame.el (blink-cursor):
* lisp/files.el (find-file-not-found-hooks, write-file-hooks)
(write-contents-hooks):
* lisp/emulation/tpu-edt.el (GOLD-map):
* lisp/emacs-lock.el (emacs-lock-from-exiting):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/generic.el (generic-font-lock-defaults):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/chart.el (chart-map):
* lisp/dos-fns.el (register-name-alist):
* lisp/dired-x.el (dired-omit-files-p):
* lisp/desktop.el (desktop-enable):
* lisp/cus-edit.el (custom-mode-hook):
* lisp/buff-menu.el (buffer-menu-mode-hook):
* lisp/bookmark.el (bookmark-read-annotation-text-func)
(bookmark-exit-hooks):
* lisp/allout.el (allout-mode-deactivate-hook)
(allout-exposure-change-hook, allout-structure-added-hook)
(allout-structure-deleted-hook, allout-structure-shifted-hook):
* lisp/dirtrack.el (dirtrack-toggle, dirtrackp, dirtrack-debug-toggle)
(dirtrack-debug): Move call to define-obsolete-variable-alias so it
comes before the corresponding variable's definition.
* calc/calc-prog.el (math-do-defmath): Use backquote forms.  Fix
handling of interactive spec when the body uses return.
(math-do-arg-check, math-define-function-body): Use backquote forms.
* calc/calc-ext.el (math-defcache): Likewise.
* calc/calc-rewr.el (math-rwfail, math-rweval): Likewise.
* allout.el (allout-new-exposure): Likewise.
* calc/calcalg2.el (math-tracing-integral): Likewise.
* info.el (Info-last-menu-item): Likewise.
* emulation/vip.el (vip-loop): Likewise.
* textmodes/artist.el (artist-funcall): Likewise.
* menu-bar.el (menu-bar-make-mm-toggle, menu-bar-make-toggle):
Construct menu-item directly.

* cedet/ede/base.el (ede-with-projectfile): Use backquote forms.
Replace version 24.2 with 24.3 where appropriate (hopefully)
Use declare forms, where possible, to mark obsolete functions.

* lisp/allout.el (allout-passphrase-hint-string): Likewise.
(allout-init): Use a declare form to mark obsolete.

* lisp/calendar/calendar.el (calendar-version):
* lisp/calendar/icalendar.el (icalendar-extract-ical-from-buffer)
(icalendar-convert-diary-to-ical):
* lisp/cus-edit.el (custom-mode):
* lisp/ansi-color.el (ansi-color-unfontify-region):
* lisp/international/latin1-disp.el (latin1-char-displayable-p):
* lisp/progmodes/cwarn.el (turn-on-cwarn-mode):
* lisp/progmodes/which-func.el (which-func-update-1): Use
define-obsolete-function-alias.

* lisp/bookmark.el (bookmark-jump-noselect): Use a declare form to mark
this function obsolete.

* lisp/calendar/cal-x.el (calendar-two-frame-setup)
(calendar-only-one-frame-setup, calendar-one-frame-setup):
* lisp/calendar/calendar.el (american-calendar, european-calendar)
(calendar-for-loop):
* lisp/comint.el (comint-dynamic-simple-complete)
(comint-dynamic-complete-as-filename, comint-unquote-filename):
* lisp/desktop.el (desktop-load-default):
* lisp/dired-x.el (dired-omit-here-always)
(dired-hack-local-variables, dired-default-directory):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el (derived-mode-class):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/timer.el (timer-set-time-with-usecs):
* lisp/emacs-lock.el (toggle-emacs-lock):
* lisp/epa.el (epa-display-verify-result):
* lisp/epg.el (epg-sign-keys, epg-start-sign-keys)
(epg-passphrase-callback-function):
* lisp/eshell/esh-util.el (eshell-for):
* lisp/eshell/eshell.el (eshell-remove-from-window-buffer-names)
(eshell-add-to-window-buffer-names):
* lisp/files.el (locate-file-completion):
* lisp/imenu.el (imenu-example--create-c-index)
(imenu-example--create-lisp-index)
(imenu-example--lisp-extract-index-name)
(imenu-example--name-and-position):
* lisp/international/mule-cmds.el (princ-list):
* lisp/international/mule-diag.el (decode-codepage-char):
* lisp/international/mule-util.el (detect-coding-with-priority):
* lisp/iswitchb.el (iswitchb-read-buffer):
* lisp/mail/mailalias.el (mail-complete):
* lisp/mail/sendmail.el (mail-sent-via):
* lisp/mouse.el (mouse-popup-menubar-stuff, mouse-popup-menubar)
(mouse-major-mode-menu):
* lisp/password-cache.el (password-read-and-add):
* lisp/pcomplete.el (pcomplete-parse-comint-arguments):
* lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el (sh-maybe-here-document):
* lisp/replace.el (query-replace-regexp-eval):
* lisp/savehist.el (savehist-load):
* lisp/simple.el (choose-completion-delete-max-match):
* lisp/term.el (term-dynamic-simple-complete):
* lisp/vc/ediff-init.el (ediff-check-version):
* lisp/vc/ediff-wind.el (ediff-choose-window-setup-function-automatically):
* lisp/vc/vc.el (vc-diff-switches-list):
* lisp/view.el (view-return-to-alist-update): Likewise.

* lisp/iswitchb.el (iswitchb-read-buffer): Move code of
iswitchb-define-mode-map here, and delete that obsolete function.

* lisp/subr.el (eval-next-after-load, makehash, insert-string)
(assoc-ignore-representation, assoc-ignore-case): Use declare to
mark obsolete.
(mode-line-inverse-video): Variable deleted.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el (make-obsolete): Doc fix; emphasize that
this applies to functions.

* lisp/erc/erc.el (erc-send-command): Use define-obsolete-function-alias.

* lisp/international/mule-util.el (string-to-sequence): Remove.

* lisp/net/newst-backend.el (newsticker-cache-filename):
* lisp/net/newst-treeview.el (newsticker-groups-filename): Fix
incorrect obsolescence declaration.

* lisp/net/snmp-mode.el (snmp-font-lock-keywords-3): Don't use obsolete
font-lock-reference-face.

* lisp/url/url-parse.el (url-recreate-url-attributes):
* lisp/url/url-util.el (url-generate-unique-filename): Use declare to mark
obsolete.

* src/xdisp.c (mode_line_inverse_video): Delete obsolete variable.
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