and text properties in the copy are also copied, not shared with the
original. (This means that modifying the extents or text properties of
the original will not affect the copy.) However, the actual values of
-the properties are shared. @xref{Extents}; @xref{Text Properties}.
+the properties are shared. @xref{Extents}, @xref{Text Properties}.
See also @code{append} in @ref{Building Lists}, @code{concat} in
@ref{Creating Strings}, @code{vconcat} in @ref{Vectors}, and
@item
They usually occupy one-fourth the space of a vector of the same
elements. (This is one-eighth the space for 64-bit machines such as the
-DEC Alpha, and may also be different when @sc{MULE} support is compiled
+DEC Alpha, and may also be different when @sc{mule} support is compiled
into XEmacs.)
@item
as characters.
@item
-Strings can hold extent and text properties. @xref{Extents}; @xref{Text
+Strings can hold extent and text properties. @xref{Extents}, @xref{Text
Properties}.
@item
This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is either 0 or 1.
@end defun
-@defun bit-vector &rest objects
+@defun bit-vector &rest bits
This function creates and returns a bit vector whose elements are the
-arguments @var{objects}. The elements must be either of the two
+arguments @var{bits}. Each argument must be a bit, i.e. one of the two
integers 0 or 1.
@example
@end example
@end defun
-@defun make-bit-vector length object
+@defun make-bit-vector length bit
This function creates and returns a bit vector consisting of
-@var{length} elements, each initialized to @var{object}.
+@var{length} elements, each initialized to @var{bit}, which must be
+one of the two integers 0 or 1.
@example
@group