manual.texi miscellaneous minor cleanups

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi
index d9e9d75876a..2a496cea958 100644
--- a/Docs/manual.texi
+++ b/Docs/manual.texi
@@ -3903,8 +3903,8 @@ This can be used to skip over extra columns in the text file,
 or update columns based on expressions of the read data...
 @item
 @code{LOAD DATA INFILE 'file_name' INTO TABLE 'table_name' ERRORS TO err_table_name}
-This would cause any errors and warnings to be logged into the err_table_name
-table. That table would have a structure like:
+This would cause any errors and warnings to be logged into the
+@code{err_table_name} table. That table would have a structure like:
 
 @example
 line_number    - line number in data file
@@ -3913,9 +3913,10 @@ and maybe
 data_line      - the line from the data file
 @end example
 @item
-Add true @code{VARCHAR} support (There is already support for this in MyISAM).
+Add true @code{VARCHAR} support (There is already support for this in
+@code{MyISAM}).
 @item
-Automatic output from @code{mysql} to netscape.
+Automatic output from @code{mysql} to Netscape.
 @item
 @code{LOCK DATABASES}. (with various options)
 @item
@@ -6954,18 +6955,19 @@ version 4.0;
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
 @code{LOCATE()} and @code{INSTR()} are case sensitive if neither
-argument is a binary string.  binary strings.
+argument is a binary string.
 @item
-@code{INSERT INTO ... SELECT} had in 3.23 always @code{IGNORE} enabled.
-In 4.0.1 MySQL will stop (and possible rollback) in case of an error if you
+In 3.23,
+@code{INSERT INTO ... SELECT} always had @code{IGNORE} enabled.
+In 4.0.1, MySQL will stop (and possibly roll back) in case of an error if you
 don't specify @code{IGNORE}.
 @item
 @file{safe_mysqld} is renamed to @file{mysqld_safe}.
 @item
 The old C API functions @code{mysql_drop_db}, @code{mysql_create_db} and
-@code{mysql_connect} are not supported anymore, unless one compiles
+@code{mysql_connect} are not supported anymore, unless you compile
 MySQL with @code{CFLAGS=-DUSE_OLD_FUNCTIONS}.  Instead of doing this,
-one should change the client to use the new 4.0 API.
+it is preferable to change the client to use the new 4.0 API.
 @item
 In the @code{MYSQL_FIELD} structure, @code{length} and @code{max_length} has
 changed from @code{unsigned int} to @code{unsigned long}. This should not
@@ -6989,7 +6991,7 @@ Format of @code{SHOW OPEN TABLE} has changed.
 Multithreaded clients should use @code{mysql_thread_init()} and
 @code{mysql_thread_end()}. @xref{Threaded clients}.
 @item
-If you want to recompile the perl DBD-MySQL module, you must get
+If you want to recompile the Perl DBD::mysql module, you must get
 Msql-Mysql-modules version 1.2218 or newer, because the older DBD modules
 used the deprecated @code{drop_db()} call.
 @item
@@ -8346,7 +8348,7 @@ we may find some way to work around this problem.)
 
 @item
 @code{DROP TABLE} on a table that is in use by a @code{MERGE} table will
-not work on windows becasue @code{MERGE} handler does the table mapping
+not work on Windows because @code{MERGE} handler does the table mapping
 hidden from the upper layer of MySQL.  Because Windows doesn't allow you
 to drop files that are open, you first must flush all @code{MERGE}
 tables (with @code{FLUSH TABLES}) or drop the @code{MERGE} table before
@@ -8354,7 +8356,7 @@ dropping the table.  We will fix this at the same time we introduce
 @code{VIEW}s.
 @item
 @code{DATA DIRECTORY} and @code{INDEX DIRECTORY} directives in
-@code{CREATE TABLE} is ignored on windows, because windows doesn't support
+@code{CREATE TABLE} is ignored on Windows, because Windows doesn't support
 symbolic links.
 @end table
 
@@ -34692,20 +34694,20 @@ corrupt the table.  This will be fixed in MySQL 4.0.x.
 @item
 Creation of a table of type @code{MERGE} doesn't check if the underlying
 tables are of compatible types.  If you use @code{MERGE} tables in this
-fasion you are very likely to run into strange problems.
+fashion, you are very likely to run into strange problems.
 @item
 If you use @code{ALTER TABLE} to first add an @code{UNIQUE} index to a
 table used in a @code{MERGE} table and then use @code{ALTER TABLE} to
 add a normal index on the @code{MERGE} table, the key order will be
-different for the tables if there was an old not-unique key in the
+different for the tables if there was an old non-unique key in the
 table. This is because @code{ALTER TABLE} puts @code{UNIQUE} keys before
 normal keys to be able to detect duplicate keys as early as possible.
 @item
 The range optimizer can't yet use @code{MERGE} table efficiently and may
-sometimes produce not optimal joins.  This will be fixed in MySQL 4.0.x.
+sometimes produce non-optimal joins.  This will be fixed in MySQL 4.0.x.
 @item
 @code{DROP TABLE} on a table that is in use by a @code{MERGE} table will
-not work on windows becasue @code{MERGE} handler does the table mapping
+not work on Windows because the @code{MERGE} handler does the table mapping
 hidden from the upper layer of MySQL.  Because Windows doesn't allow you
 to drop files that are open, you first must flush all @code{MERGE}
 tables (with @code{FLUSH TABLES}) or drop the @code{MERGE} table before
@@ -34718,12 +34720,12 @@ dropping the table.  We will fix this at the same time we introduce
 
 @cindex tables, ISAM
 
-You can also use the deprecated ISAM table type. This will disappear
+You can also use the deprecated @code{ISAM} table type. This will disappear
 rather soon (probably in MySQL 4.1) because @code{MyISAM} is a better
-implementation of the same thing. ISAM uses a @code{B-tree} index. The
+implementation of the same thing. @code{ISAM} uses a @code{B-tree} index. The
 index is stored in a file with the @code{.ISM} extension, and the data
 is stored in a file with the @code{.ISD} extension.  You can
-check/repair ISAM tables with the @code{isamchk} utility. @xref{Crash
+check/repair @code{ISAM} tables with the @code{isamchk} utility. @xref{Crash
 recovery}.
 
 @code{ISAM} has the following features/properties:
@@ -34741,7 +34743,7 @@ tables. @xref{MyISAM}. The major differences compared to @code{MyISAM}
 tables are:
 
 @itemize @bullet
-@item ISAM tables are not binary portable across OS/Platforms.
+@item @code{ISAM} tables are not binary portable across OS/Platforms.
 @item Can't handle tables > 4G.
 @item Only support prefix compression on strings.
 @item Smaller key limits.
@@ -34757,7 +34759,7 @@ TABLE} statement:
 mysql> ALTER TABLE tbl_name TYPE = MYISAM;
 @end example
 
-The embedded MySQL versions doesn't support ISAM tables.
+The embedded MySQL versions doesn't support @code{ISAM} tables.
 
 @node HEAP, InnoDB, ISAM, Table types
 @section HEAP Tables
@@ -34768,7 +34770,7 @@ The embedded MySQL versions doesn't support ISAM tables.
 makes them very fast, but if MySQL crashes you will lose all
 data stored in them.  @code{HEAP} is very useful for temporary tables!
 
-The MySQL internal HEAP tables use 100% dynamic hashing
+The MySQL internal @code{HEAP} tables use 100% dynamic hashing
 without overflow areas. There is no extra space needed for free lists.
 @code{HEAP} tables also don't have problems with delete + inserts, which
 normally is common with hashed tables:
@@ -44797,7 +44799,7 @@ Some features:
 @item Import wizard to import structure and data from MS Access, MS Excel, Dbase, FoxPro, Paradox, and ODBC Databases.
 
 @item @uref{http://www.mysql.com/Downloads/Contrib/KMYENG113.zip}
-An administrator GUI for MySQL. Works only on windows, no source.
+An administrator GUI for MySQL. Works only on Windows, no source.
 Available in English and Japanese. By Mitunobu Kaneko.
 Home page: @uref{http://sql.jnts.ne.jp/}
 @end itemize
@@ -45804,13 +45806,13 @@ Our TODO section contains what we plan to have in 4.0. @xref{TODO MySQL 4.0}.
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
 @code{LOCATE()} and @code{INSTR()} are case sensitive if neither
-argument is a binary string.  binary strings.
+argument is a binary string.
 @item
-Fixed core dump bug in @code{UPDATE ... ORDER BY }.
+Fixed core dump bug in @code{UPDATE ... ORDER BY}.
 @item
-Changed @code{INSERT INTO .. SELECT} to by default stop on errors.
+Changed @code{INSERT INTO .. SELECT} to stop on errors by default.
 @item
-Ignore @code{DATA DIRECTORY} and @code{INDEX DIRECTORY} directives on windows.
+Ignore @code{DATA DIRECTORY} and @code{INDEX DIRECTORY} directives on Windows.
 @item
 Added boolean fulltext search code. It should be considered early alpha.
 @item
@@ -45842,7 +45844,7 @@ be able to handle these.
 Secure connections (with SSL).
 @item
 Unsigned @code{BIGINT} constants now work. @code{MIN()} and @code{MAX()}
-now handles signed and unsigned @code{BIGINT} numbers correctly.
+now handle signed and unsigned @code{BIGINT} numbers correctly.
 @item
 New character set @code{latin_de} which provides correct German sorting.
 @item
@@ -45851,7 +45853,7 @@ functions. One bonus is that @code{DELETE FROM table_name} now returns
 the number of deleted rows.
 @item
 @code{DROP DATABASE} now executes a @code{DROP TABLE} on all tables in
-the database, which fixes a problem with InnoDB tables.
+the database, which fixes a problem with @code{InnoDB} tables.
 @item
 Added support for @code{UNION}.
 @item
@@ -46073,7 +46075,7 @@ Fixed problem with sjis character strings used within quoted table names.
 Fixed coredump when using @code{CREATE ... FULLTEXT} keys with other table
 handlers than MyISAM.
 @item
-Don't use @code{signal()} on windows because this appears to not be
+Don't use @code{signal()} on Windows because this appears to not be
 100 % reliable.
 @item
 Fixed bug when doing @code{WHERE column_name=NULL} on an indexed column
@@ -46224,7 +46226,7 @@ Don't force everything to lower cases on Windows. (To fix problem
 with Windows and @code{ALTER TABLE}).  Now @code{--lower_case_names}
 also works on Unix.
 @item
-Fixed that automatic rollback that is done when thread end doesn't lock
+Fixed that automatic rollback is done when thread end doesn't lock
 other threads.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -52168,7 +52170,7 @@ Pros for row locking:
 @item
 Fewer lock conflicts when accessing different rows in many threads.
 @item
-Less changes for rollbacks.
+Fewer changes for rollbacks.
 @item
 Makes it possible to lock a single row a long time.
 @end itemize