Remove * characters from the front of variable docstrings.
Tweaks to Customize interface.  Set custom-reset-button-menu to t.

* cus-edit.el (custom-commands, custom-reset-menu)
(Custom-reset-standard): Tweak labels.
(custom-reset-button-menu): Change default to t.
(custom-buffer-create-internal): For the custom-reset-button-menu
case, put the revert button first.
(custom-group-subtitle): New face.
(custom-group-value-create): Align docstring to a specific column.

* wid-edit.el (widget-documentation-link-add): Don't handle
indentation in this function.
(widget-documentation-string-indent-to): New function.
(widget-documentation-string-value-create): Use it.

* autorevert.el (auto-revert):
* epg-config.el (epg):
* ibuffer.el (ibuffer):
* mpc.el (mpc):
* ses.el (ses):
* eshell/eshell.el (eshell):
* net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp):
* progmodes/ebnf2ps.el (postscript):
* progmodes/flymake.el (flymake):
* progmodes/prolog.el (prolog):
* progmodes/verilog-mode.el (verilog-mode):
* progmodes/which-func.el (which-func):
* textmodes/picture.el (picture):
* textmodes/tildify.el (tildify):
* vc/ediff.el (ediff): Tweak defgroups to improve presentation in
customization buffers.
Adapt ediff window handling to multi-tty.

* vc/ediff-init.el: Always define ediff-pixel-width/height.

* vc/ediff-wind.el (ediff-setup-windows-default): New function.
(ediff-window-setup-function): Use it as the default, to set up
windows based on whether the current frame is graphical.
(ediff-choose-window-setup-function-automatically): Make obsolete.
Use the same diff color scheme as in modern VCSes (bug#10181).

* lisp/vc/diff-mode.el (diff-header, diff-file-header): Remove "green"
to avoid confusion with `diff-added' that now uses green colors.
(diff-removed): Use shades of red.
(diff-added): Use shades of green.
(diff-changed): Leave just the yellow color.
(diff-use-changed-face): New variable.
(diff-font-lock-keywords): Use `diff-use-changed-face' to decide
how to highlight context diff changes.
(diff-refine-change): Use shades of yellow.
(diff-refine-removed): New face that uses shades of red.
(diff-refine-added): New face that uses shades of green.
(diff-refine-hunk): Use `diff-refine-change', `diff-refine-added',
`diff-refine-removed' in the call to `smerge-refine-subst'
depending on the value of `diff-use-changed-face'.

* lisp/vc/ediff-init.el (ediff-current-diff-A, ediff-fine-diff-A):
Add face condition `min-colors 88' with shades of red.
(ediff-current-diff-B, ediff-fine-diff-B): Add face condition
`min-colors 88' with shades of green.
(ediff-current-diff-C, ediff-fine-diff-C): Add face condition
`min-colors 88' with shades of yellow.

* lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el (smerge-mine): Use shades of red.
(smerge-other): Use shades of green.
(smerge-base): Use shades of yellow.
(smerge-refined-change): Empty face.
(smerge-refined-removed): New face that uses shades of red.
(smerge-refined-added): New face that uses shades of green.
(smerge-refine-subst): Rename arg `props' to `props-c'.  Add new
args `props-r' and `props-a', and use them.  Doc fix.
(smerge-refine): Evaluate `smerge-use-changed-face' and depending
on its value use different faces `smerge-refined-change',
`smerge-refined-removed', `smerge-refined-added' in the call to
`smerge-refine-subst'.
Remove incorrect uses of "modeline".

* ansi-color.el (ansi-color-faces-vector): Change default faces.

* cus-edit.el (mode-line):
* dframe.el (dframe-mouse-hscroll):
* emacs-lisp/re-builder.el:
* emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el (define-minor-mode):
* frame.el (set-frame-name):
* help.el (lookup-minor-mode-from-indicator):
* net/rcirc.el (rcirc-activity-string, rcirc-short-buffer-name):
* progmodes/cc-cmds.el (c-toggle-auto-newline)
(c-toggle-hungry-state):
* progmodes/antlr-mode.el (antlr-language-alist):
* progmodes/idlw-shell.el (idlwave-shell-electric-stop-line-face):
* progmodes/vhdl-mode.el (vhdl-mode):
* progmodes/which-func.el (which-func, which-func-cleanup-function):
* term/ns-win.el (ns-face-at-pos):
* term/sup-mouse.el (sup-mouse-report):
* textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-mode-line-string):
* textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-highlight-face):
* textmodes/reftex-global.el:
* vc/vc-arch.el (vc-arch-mode-line-string):
* vc/vc-cvs.el (vc-cvs-mode-line-string):
* vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-mode-line-string):
* vc/vc-hooks.el (vc-display-status)
(vc-default-mode-line-string):
* vc/vc-mtn.el (vc-mtn-mode-line-string): Doc fixes.

* dired.el (dired-sort-set-mode-line): Rename from
dired-sort-set-modeline.  All callers changed.

* foldout.el (foldout-mode-line-string): Rename from
foldout-modeline-string.  All callers changed.
(foldout-update-mode-line): Rename from foldout-update-modeline.

* strokes.el (strokes-lighter): Rename from
strokes-modeline-string.

* subr.el (redraw-modeline): Make into obsolete alias.

* calendar/timeclock.el (timeclock-mode-line-display): Rename from
timeclock-modeline-display.  Make old name an alias.
(timeclock-update-mode-line): Likewise.  All callers changed.
(timeclock-mode-line-display): No need to check before using
add-hook.
(timeclock-relative, timeclock-day-over-hook)
(timeclock-use-elapsed, timeclock-mode-string)
(timeclock-mode-line-display): Doc fix, "modeline" -> "mode line".

* emulation/crisp.el (crisp-mode-mode-line-string): Rename from
crisp-mode-modeline-string.

* erc-track.el (erc-track, erc-track-faces-priority-list)
(erc-track-faces-normal-list, erc-track-find-face)
(erc-track-modified-channels): Fix modeline -> mode line in docs.

* eshell/esh-mode.el (eshell-status-in-mode-line): Rename from
eshell-status-in-modeline.

* org-clock.el (org-clock-string-limit)
(org-clock-modeline-total, org-clock-task-overrun-text)
(org-clock-mode-line-entry): Doc fix, "modeline" -> "mode line".

* play/solitaire.el (solitaire-build-mode-line): Rename from
solitaire-build-modeline.  All callers changed.

* play/zone.el (zone-hiding-mode-line): Rename from
zone-hiding-modeline.  All callers changed.
(zone): Remove unusued `modeline-hidden-level' property.

* progmodes/xscheme.el (xscheme-mode-line-initialize): Rename from
xscheme-modeline-initialize.  All callers changed.

* textmodes/sgml-mode.el (html-face-tag-alist)
(html-tag-face-alist): Use mode-line face instead of obsolete
alias modeline.
* vc/ediff-diff.el (ediff-same-file-contents): Fix it for remote
files on the same host.
Don't warn on toggle-read-only calls.

Clarify the documentation of toggle-read-only, and audit the code tree
for uses of toggle-read-only; where appropriate, switch to setting the
variable buffer-read-only or calling toggle-read-only with a (new)
second arg.

* lisp/files.el (toggle-read-only): Doc fix and code cleanup.  New arg
to allow printing the message when called from Lisp.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-interactive-only-functions):
Remove toggle-read-only.

* lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-toggle-read-only):
* lisp/dired.el (dired-toggle-read-only):
* lisp/ibuffer.el (ibuffer-do-toggle-read-only): Call toggle-read-only
with non-nil second arg.

* lisp/bs.el (bs-toggle-readonly):
* lisp/buff-menu.el (Buffer-menu-toggle-read-only): Remove
with-no-warnings around toggle-read-only.

* lisp/ffap.el (ffap--toggle-read-only): Accept a list of buffers.
Remove with-no-warnings around toggle-read-only.
(ffap-read-only, ffap-read-only-other-window)
(ffap-read-only-other-frame): Callers changed.

* lisp/help-mode.el: Don't require view package.
(help-mode-finish): Set buffer-read-only instead of calling
toggle-read-only.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio-custom.el (eieio-customize-object):
* lisp/vc/ediff.el (ediff-set-read-only-in-buf-A): Set buffer-read-only
directly.

* lisp/gnus/smime.el (smime-certificate-info): Set buffer-read-only directly,
instead of calling toggle-read-only with a (bogus) argument.

* doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Misc Buffer): Document view-read-only.

* doc/lispref/buffers.texi (Read Only Buffers): Document toggle-read-only
changes.  Reword to account for the fact that read-only is currently not
supported in overlay properties.
* vc/ediff.el (ediff-directories): Add trailing space to prompts.

* vc/ediff-diff.el (ediff-same-file-contents): Handle the case,
when F1 and F2 are located on different hosts.
Prefer typical American spelling for "acknowledgment".
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.
* lisp/vc/ediff-util.el (ediff-diff-at-point): Don't assume point-min==1.
* lisp/facemenu.el (list-colors-sort): Add option "Luminance".
(list-colors-sort-key): Implement it.

* lisp/vc/diff-mode.el (diff-refine-removed):
* lisp/vc/ediff-init.el (ediff-fine-diff-A):
* lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el (smerge-refined-removed):
Change background color "#ffaaaa" to "#ffbbbb".
Cleanup uses of "-hooks".
* doc/emacs/custom.texi (Hooks):
* doc/lispref/hooks.texi (Standard Hooks): Clarify that -hooks is deprecated.

* lisp/gnus/nndiary.el (nndiary-request-create-group-functions)
(nndiary-request-update-info-functions)
(nndiary-request-accept-article-functions):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el (gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-functions):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/db-file.el (semanticdb-save-database-functions):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/lex.el (semantic-lex-reset-functions):
* lisp/cedet/semantic/edit.el (semantic-change-functions)
(semantic-edits-new-change-functions)
(semantic-edits-delete-change-functions)
(semantic-edits-reparse-change-functions):
* lisp/htmlfontify.el (hfy-post-html-hook):
* lisp/filesets.el (filesets-cache-fill-content-hook):
* lisp/arc-mode.el (archive-extract-hook):
* lisp/progmodes/cc-mode.el (c-prepare-bug-report-hook):
* lisp/net/rcirc.el (rcirc-sentinel-functions)
(rcirc-receive-message-functions, rcirc-activity-functions)
(rcirc-print-functions):
* lisp/net/dbus.el (dbus-event-error-functions):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.el (eieio-pre-method-execution-functions):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-style-functions)
(checkdoc-comment-style-functions): Don't use "-hooks" suffix.

* lisp/term/sun.el (sun-raw-prefix-hooks):
* lisp/mail/sendmail.el (mail-yank-hooks):
* lisp/mh-e/mh-letter.el (mh-yank-hooks): Use make-obsolete-variable.
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