Typo and consistency fixes.

common/locale/en-US/eval.xml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             string representation and all of their enumerable properties.
         </p>
 
-        <p>See also <ex>:javascript</ex></p>
+        <p>See also <ex>:javascript</ex>.</p>
     </description>
 </item>
 

common/locale/en-US/map.xml

@@ -625,35 +625,30 @@
             describing the command's arguments. It should set the context's
             <tt>completions</tt> property to the list of completion results.
             Other influential properties include <tt>title</tt>, <tt>sort</tt>,
-            <tt>anthored</tt>, and <tt>filters</tt>, which are documented in the
+            <tt>anchored</tt>, and <tt>filters</tt>, which are documented in the
             <link topic="resource://dactyl/completion.jsm"
                 line="17" dactyl:command="buffer.viewSource">source code</link>.
         </p>
 
         <p>
-            <em>start</em> is the index into the word being completed at which the returned values
-            should be applied and <em>completions</em> is a two-dimensional array of the form:
+            <em>completions</em> is a two-dimensional array of the form:
             <tt>[[arg1, description1], [arg2, description2], …]</tt>
         </p>
 
         <p>
-            Otherwise <a>thing</a> should be an array of the same form as the
-            <tt>completions</tt> property of the context object.
+            Otherwise <a>thing</a> should evaluate to an array of the same form
+            as the <tt>completions</tt> property of the context object.
         </p>
 
         <p>
             Example:
-            <code><ex>:command foo -nargs=<str>?</str>
-       \ -complete custom,<str delim="'">
-       \   function (context) context.completions = [["arg1", "description1"], ["arg2", "description2"]]</str>
-       \ <ex>:echo</ex> <str>Useless </str> + <em>&lt;q-args></em></ex>
+            <code><ex>:command foo -nargs=<str>?</str> -complete custom,
+    \ <str delim="'">function (context) context.completions = [["arg1", "description1"], ["arg2", "description2"]]</str>
+    \ <ex>:echo</ex> <str>Useless </str> + <em>&lt;q-args></em></ex>
 
 <ex>:command foo -nargs=<str>?</str>
-       \ -complete custom,<str delim="'">[
-       \     ["arg1", "description1"],
-       \     ["arg2, "description2"]
-       \ ]</str>
-       \ <ex>:echo</ex> <str>Same as above but simpler </str> + <em>&lt;q-args></em></ex></code>
+    \ -complete custom,<str delim="'">[["arg1", "description1"], ["arg2, "description2"]]</str>
+    \ <ex>:echo</ex> <str>Same as above but simpler </str> + <em>&lt;q-args></em></ex></code>
         </p>
 
         <h3 tag="E177 E178 :command-count">Count handling</h3>

common/locale/en-US/options.xml

@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@
             load.
         </p>
 
-        <p>See also <ex>:contexts</ex></p>
+        <p>See also <ex>:contexts</ex>.</p>
     </description>
 </item>
 

common/locale/en-US/repeat.xml

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             extensions, with all hyphens stripped and any letter following a
             hyphen capitalized.  So, the file
             <em>~/.&dactyl.name;/plugins/foo-bar.js</em> may be accessed as
-            <em>plugins.fooBar</em>. See also <t>writing-plugins</t>
+            <em>plugins.fooBar</em>. See also <t>writing-plugins</t>.
         </p>
 
         <h3 tag=":source-ex">Ex commands</h3>

common/locale/en-US/styling.xml

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
         <p>
             Every invocation completely replaces the styling of any previous
-            invocation, unless <em>-append</em> (short option: <em>-a</em>) is
+            invocation, unless <em>-append</em> (short name <em>-a</em>) is
             provided, in which case <a>css</a> is appended to its current
             value. If <a>css</a> is not provided, any styles beginning with
             <a>group</a> are listed.
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
         <dl>
             <dt>-append</dt>
             <dd>If provided along with <em>-name</em>, <oa>css</oa> and
-                <a>filter</a> are appended to its current value. (short name: <em>-a</em>)</dd>
+                <a>filter</a> are appended to its current value. (short name <em>-a</em>)</dd>
 
             <dt>-agent</dt>
             <dd>If provided, the style is installed as an Agent sheet, which
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@
                 elements. (short name <em>-A</em>)</dd>
 
             <dt>-name=<a>name</a></dt>
-            <dd>If provided, any existing style with the same name is overridden, and the style may later be deleted using <a>name</a>.
-                (short name <em>-n</em>)</dd>
+            <dd>If provided, any existing style with the same name is
+                overridden, and the style may later be deleted using
+                <a>name</a>. (short name <em>-n</em>)</dd>
 
         </dl>
 
@@ -191,9 +192,9 @@
         <p>The available options are:</p>
 
         <dl>
-            <dt>-name</dt>  <dd>The name provided to <ex>:style</ex> (short option: <em>-n</em>)</dd>
+            <dt>-name</dt>  <dd>The name provided to <ex>:style</ex> (short name <em>-n</em>)</dd>
             <dt>-index</dt> <dd>For unnamed styles, the index listed by <ex>:style</ex>
-                (short option: <em>-i</em>)</dd>
+                (short name <em>-i</em>)</dd>
         </dl>
     </description>
 </item>

common/locale/en-US/various.xml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <p>Fake key events.</p>
 
         <dl>
-            <dt>-mode</dt> <dd>The mode in which to feed the keys (short name: <em>-m</em>)</dd>
+            <dt>-mode</dt> <dd>The mode in which to feed the keys (short name <em>-m</em>)</dd>
         </dl>
     </description>
 </item>

common/modules/base.jsm

@@ -399,15 +399,16 @@ function isSubclass(targ, src) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns true if object is an instance or interfaces. If interfaces is an array,
- * returns true if object is an instance of any element of interfaces. If interfaces is
- * the object form of a primitive type, returns true if object is a
- * non-boxed version of the type, i.e., if (typeof object == "string"),
- * isinstance(object, String) is true. Finally, if interfaces is a string,
- * returns true if ({}.toString.call(object) == "[object <interfaces>]").
+ * Returns true if *object* is an instance of *interfaces*. If *interfaces* is
+ * an array, returns true if *object* is an instance of any element of
+ * *interfaces*. If *interfaces* is the object form of a primitive type,
+ * returns true if *object* is a non-boxed version of the type, i.e., if
+ * (typeof object == "string"), isinstance(object, String) is true. Finally, if
+ * *interfaces* is a string, returns true if ({}.toString.call(object) ==
+ * "[object <interfaces>]").
  *
  * @param {object} object The object to check.
- * @param {constructor|[constructor|string]} interfaces The types to check object against.
+ * @param {constructor|[constructor|string]} interfaces The types to check *object* against.
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
 var isinstance_types = {