doc: Clarify doc about socket functions on native Windows.

This reworks doc that was added on 2008-09-29.

* doc/posix-functions/select.texi: Fix copy-and-paste mistake and use
clearer wording.
* doc/posix-functions/accept.texi: Use clearer wording.
* doc/posix-functions/bind.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/connect.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/listen.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/recv.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/send.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/shutdown.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/socket.texi: Likewise.

16 files changed, 46 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi b/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi
index 65dab3719e..a92ea3f057 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ the @code{accept} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read},
 @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
 @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{accept}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi b/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi
index 49f6e65de9..1eb52848ab 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: bind
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{bind}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi b/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi
index f2fcd66c47..0e9b3a91ec 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: connect
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{connect} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi b/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
index 5d2cefaf2b..5b2776e78f 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: getpeername
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{getpeername} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi b/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
index e0df7caea1..7d462a72b0 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: getsockname
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{getsockname} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi b/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
index 28cc41f7bb..9e7d26e433 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: getsockopt
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{getsockopt} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi b/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi
index 0afe64bb1b..c4e24151e2 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{ioctl} is called
-@code{ioctlsocket}, and error codes for this function are not placed in
+@code{ioctlsocket}, and error codes from this function are not placed in
 @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
 @item
 On glibc platforms, the second parameter is of type @code{unsigned long}
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi b/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi
index 0c16ede1aa..44d8c3297c 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: listen
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{listen}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi b/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi
index 028966edda..d39238ac74 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ This function has the return type @code{int} instead of @code{ssize_t}
 on some platforms:
 OSF/1 5.1.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{recv}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi b/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
index c376548800..f591d0c2f9 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ This function has the return type @code{int} instead of @code{ssize_t}
 on some platforms:
 OSF/1 5.1.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{recvfrom} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/select.texi b/doc/posix-functions/select.texi
index 26fb2022ad..a5a77de082 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/select.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/select.texi
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{select} can only be
 called on descriptors created by the @code{socket} function, not on regular
 file descriptors.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{accept} are not
-placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @item
 This function fails when the @code{nfds} argument is 0 on some platforms:
 Interix 3.5.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/send.texi b/doc/posix-functions/send.texi
index e3151f71e6..72651b0e80 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/send.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/send.texi
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ This function has the return type @code{int} instead of @code{ssize_t}
 on some platforms:
 OSF/1 5.1.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{send}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi b/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi
index fcb3f61c46..152c4f093c 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ This function has the return type @code{int} instead of @code{ssize_t}
 on some platforms:
 OSF/1 5.1.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{sendto}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi b/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
index 3fe6871d9f..fe2dabda6a 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: setsockopt
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{setsockopt} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/shutdown.texi b/doc/posix-functions/shutdown.texi
index 1c49142a26..51dea63f82 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/shutdown.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/shutdown.texi
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Gnulib module: shutdown
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for
-@code{shutdown} are not placed in @code{errno}, and
-@code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi b/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
index a91ebd6d76..19bb497c23 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ the @code{socket} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read},
 @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
 @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
 @item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{socket}
-are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be
-used instead.
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes from this function
+are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used
+instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: