diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 611d5e1ec0f0761a7a7f003332340b3395134fb8..b617d5a3fbc0fe77d175e850c7573894e193b178 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2014-04-08  David Lawrence Ramsey  <pooka109@gmail.com>
+	* src/*.c: More editing of comment blocks and trimming of blank lines.
+
 2014-04-08  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/rcfile.c: Correct two comments, and tweak two others.
 	* src/color.c (color_update): Correct one comment, tweak some others,
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index b3f4244e2c8318b6027e3c3fbfa087208137f581..7eb3f11305cfaad895c36cb9a04ed1fa6083f4e2 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1810,10 +1810,11 @@ bool write_file(const char *name, FILE *f_open, bool tmp, append_type
 		    _("Too many backup files?"));
 		free(backuptemp);
 		free(backupname);
-		/* If we can't write to the backup, DONT go on, since
-		   whatever caused the backup file to fail (e.g. disk
-		   full may well cause the real file write to fail, which
-		   means we could lose both the backup and the original! */
+		/* If we can't write to the backup, DON'T go on, since
+		 * whatever caused the backup file to fail (e.g. disk
+		 * full may well cause the real file write to fail,
+		 * which means we could lose both the backup and the
+		 * original! */
 		goto cleanup_and_exit;
 	    } else {
 		free(backupname);
@@ -1825,8 +1826,8 @@ bool write_file(const char *name, FILE *f_open, bool tmp, append_type
 	}
 
 	/* First, unlink any existing backups.  Next, open the backup
-	   file with O_CREAT and O_EXCL.  If it succeeds, we
-	   have a file descriptor to a new backup file. */
+	 * file with O_CREAT and O_EXCL.  If it succeeds, we have a file
+	 * descriptor to a new backup file. */
 	if (unlink(backupname) < 0 && errno != ENOENT && !ISSET(INSECURE_BACKUP)) {
 	    if (prompt_failed_backupwrite(backupname))
 		goto skip_backup;
@@ -1844,7 +1845,7 @@ bool write_file(const char *name, FILE *f_open, bool tmp, append_type
 	backup_fd = open(backupname, backup_cflags,
 		S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
 	/* Now we've got a safe file stream.  If the previous open()
-	   call failed, this will return NULL. */
+	 * call failed, this will return NULL. */
 	backup_file = fdopen(backup_fd, "wb");
 
 	if (backup_fd < 0 || backup_file == NULL) {
@@ -1903,10 +1904,10 @@ bool write_file(const char *name, FILE *f_open, bool tmp, append_type
 		goto skip_backup;
 	    statusbar(_("Error writing backup file %s: %s"), backupname,
 			strerror(errno));
-	    /* If we can't write to the backup, DONT go on, since
-	       whatever caused the backup file to fail (e.g. disk
-	       full may well cause the real file write to fail, which
-	       means we could lose both the backup and the original! */
+	    /* If we can't write to the backup, DON'T go on, since
+	     * whatever caused the backup file to fail (e.g. disk full
+	     * may well cause the real file write to fail, which means
+	     * we could lose both the backup and the original! */
 	    goto cleanup_and_exit;
 	}
 
@@ -2404,8 +2405,9 @@ bool do_writeout(bool exiting)
 		    }
 		}
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-		/* Complain if the file exists, the name hasn't changed, and the
-		    stat information we had before does not match what we have now */
+		/* Complain if the file exists, the name hasn't changed,
+		 * and the stat information we had before does not match
+		 * what we have now. */
 		else if (name_exists && openfile->current_stat && (openfile->current_stat->st_mtime < st.st_mtime ||
                     openfile->current_stat->st_dev != st.st_dev || openfile->current_stat->st_ino != st.st_ino)) {
 		    i = do_yesno_prompt(FALSE,
@@ -2926,8 +2928,6 @@ char *poshistfilename(void)
     return construct_filename("/.nano/filepos_history");
 }
 
-
-
 void history_error(const char *msg, ...)
 {
    va_list ap;
@@ -2980,8 +2980,6 @@ void load_history(void)
 		legacyhist, nanohist);
     }
 
-
-
     /* Assume do_rcfile() has reported a missing home directory. */
     if (nanohist != NULL) {
 	FILE *hist = fopen(nanohist, "rb");
@@ -3136,7 +3134,6 @@ void update_poshistory(char *filename, ssize_t lineno, ssize_t xpos)
     }
 
     /* Didn't find it, make a new node yo! */
-
     posptr = (poshiststruct *) nmalloc(sizeof(poshiststruct));
     posptr->filename = mallocstrcpy(NULL, fullpath);
     posptr->lineno = lineno;
@@ -3175,7 +3172,6 @@ int check_poshistory(const char *file, ssize_t *line, ssize_t *column)
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 /* Load histories from ~/.nano_history. */
 void load_poshistory(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index 8cfa2a9b146d67b37f64a84317f179b497349b81..e074738fff3e310220827911da9a64f23ac45826 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -1295,8 +1295,8 @@ const subnfunc *sctofunc(sc *s)
 }
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-/* Now let's come up with a single (hopefully)
- * function to get a string for each flag. */
+/* Now let's come up with a single (hopefully) function to get a string
+ * for each flag. */
 const char *flagtostr(int flag)
 {
    switch (flag) {
@@ -1340,8 +1340,8 @@ const char *flagtostr(int flag)
 }
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY */
 
-/* Interpret the string given by the rc file and return a
- * shortcut struct, complete with proper value for execute. */
+/* Interpret the string given by the rc file and return a shortcut
+ * struct, complete with proper value for execute. */
 sc *strtosc(int menu, char *input)
 {
      sc *s;
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index d2755e73ce85aa8a7af39c450b634196291176c4..c949ca082094090fbe23614bbe93439f7a39890a 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ void do_exit(void)
     display_main_list();
 }
 
-/* Another placeholder for function mapping */
+/* Another placeholder for function mapping. */
 void do_cancel(void)
 {
     ;
@@ -1453,10 +1453,10 @@ void do_toggle(int flag)
     statusbar("%s %s", desc, enabled ? _("enabled") : _("disabled"));
 }
 
-/* Bleh */
+/* Bleh. */
 void do_toggle_void(void)
 {
-;
+    ;
 }
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY */
 
@@ -1903,7 +1903,6 @@ void precalc_multicolorinfo(void)
 
 		    /* Nice, we didn't find the end regex on this line.  Let's start looking for it. */
 		    for (endptr = fileptr->next; endptr != NULL; endptr = endptr->next) {
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
 			fprintf(stderr, "advancing to line %lu to find end...\n", (unsigned long) endptr->lineno);
 #endif
@@ -2791,4 +2790,3 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     /* We should never get here. */
     assert(FALSE);
 }
-
diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index e598fc976a97e11239314e3c216c01227c1a2e1c..dbc5ac56ebf844474105fd8975b12704cd86c8b7 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -220,12 +220,11 @@ int do_statusbar_input(bool *meta_key, bool *func_key, bool *have_shortcut,
 			'\0' || currmenu != MWRITEFILE)
 		    do_statusbar_backspace();
 	    } else {
-	    /* Handle the normal statusbar prompt shortcuts, setting
-	     * ran_func to TRUE if we try to run their associated
-	     * functions and setting finished to TRUE to indicate
-	     * that we're done after running or trying to run their
-	     * associated functions. */
-
+		/* Handle the normal statusbar prompt shortcuts, setting
+		 * ran_func to TRUE if we try to run their associated
+		 * functions and setting finished to TRUE to indicate
+		 * that we're done after running or trying to run their
+		 * associated functions. */
 		f = sctofunc((sc *) s);
 		if (s->scfunc != 0 &&  s->execute == TRUE) {
 			*ran_func = TRUE;
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 9a816604e7c2d645f237e5b8ceccabd581b3faf5..f47fa8a60991b2f0347384e9eaa8c24917e32495 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ extern const char *regexp_msg;
 void do_credits(void);
 #endif
 
-/* May as just throw these here since they are just placeholders */
+/* May as well throw these here, since they are just placeholders. */
 void do_cancel(void);
 void do_page_up(void);
 void do_page_down(void);
@@ -844,5 +844,4 @@ void goto_dir_void(void);
 void no_replace_void(void);
 void ext_cmd_void(void);
 
-
 #endif /* !PROTO_H */
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index c583af870ecb67d48ab7329258fdb64c13b07a7f..02fc8ba9eae96d9b3fc60fd2670cd9067baffa0f 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ void parse_binding(char *ptr, bool dobind)
     ptr = parse_next_word(ptr);
 
     if (!strcmp(menuptr, "")) {
-	/* TRANSLATORS: do not translate the word "all". */
+	/* TRANSLATORS: Do not translate the word "all". */
 	rcfile_error(N_("Must specify menu in which to bind/unbind key (or \"all\")"));
 	return;
     }
@@ -586,8 +586,9 @@ static void _parse_include(char *file)
     struct stat rcinfo;
     FILE *rcstream;
 
-    /* Can't get the specified file's full path cause it may screw up
-	our cwd depending on the parent dirs' permissions, (see Savannah bug 25297) */
+    /* Can't get the specified file's full path because it may screw up
+     * our cwd depending on the parent directories' permissions (see
+     * Savannah bug #25297). */
 
     /* Don't open directories, character files, or block files. */
     if (stat(file, &rcinfo) != -1) {
@@ -805,9 +806,10 @@ void parse_colors(char *ptr, bool icase)
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		fprintf(stderr, "Adding new entry for fg %hd, bg %hd\n", fg, bg);
 #endif
-		/* Need to recompute endcolor now so we can extend colors to syntaxes */
+		/* Need to recompute endcolor now so we can extend
+		 * colors to syntaxes. */
 		for (endcolor = endsyntax->color; endcolor->next != NULL; endcolor = endcolor->next)
-			;
+		    ;
 		endcolor->next = newcolor;
 	    }
 
@@ -837,8 +839,8 @@ void parse_colors(char *ptr, bool icase)
 	    if (ptr == NULL)
 		break;
 
-	    /* If the start regex was invalid, skip past the end regex to
-	     * stay in sync. */
+	    /* If the start regex was invalid, skip past the end regex
+	     * to stay in sync. */
 	    if (cancelled)
 		continue;
 
@@ -915,7 +917,6 @@ void parse_headers(char *ptr)
     }
 }
 
-
 /* Parse the linter requested for this syntax.  Simple? */
 void parse_linter(char *ptr)
 {
@@ -943,7 +944,6 @@ void parse_linter(char *ptr)
 }
 #endif /* !DISABLE_COLOR */
 
-
 /* Check whether the user has unmapped every shortcut for a
  * sequence we consider 'vital', like the exit function. */
 static void check_vitals_mapped(void)
@@ -1010,7 +1010,6 @@ void parse_rcfile(FILE *rcstream
 	keyword = ptr;
 	ptr = parse_next_word(ptr);
 
-
 #ifndef DISABLE_COLOR
 	/* Handle extending first... */
 	if (strcasecmp(keyword, "extendsyntax") == 0) {
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 393c804a5a6544e1cd89493d09c7d6275809605d..7ea7af40c9d55857839328997c9cac1db8566768 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ char *get_history_newer(filestruct **h)
     return (*h)->data;
 }
 
-/* More placeholders */
+/* More placeholders. */
 void get_history_newer_void(void)
 {
     ;
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 82ce5369b8af00c89b0b3d36db7a39307530bdcd..665c48373301bd44c07c72217771261af91f131c 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ void do_unindent(void)
     do_indent(-tabsize);
 }
 
-
 /* Undo a cut, or redo an uncut. */
 void undo_cut(undo *u)
 {
@@ -386,7 +385,8 @@ void undo_cut(undo *u)
 }
 
 /* Redo a cut, or undo an uncut. */
-void redo_cut(undo *u) {
+void redo_cut(undo *u)
+{
     int i;
     filestruct *t, *c;
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void redo_cut(undo *u) {
 	free(cutbuffer);
     cutbuffer = NULL;
 
-    /* Move ahead the same # lines we had if a marked cut. */
+    /* Move ahead the same number of lines we had if a marked cut. */
     if (u->mark_set) {
 	for (i = 1, t = openfile->fileage; i != u->mark_begin_lineno; i++)
 	    t = t->next;
@@ -410,13 +410,12 @@ void redo_cut(undo *u) {
 	 * We'll need to trick nano into thinking it's a marked cut,
 	 * to cut more than one line again. */
 	for (c = u->cutbuffer, t = openfile->current; c->next != NULL && t->next != NULL; ) {
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	fprintf(stderr, "Advancing, lineno  = %lu, data = \"%s\"\n", (unsigned long) t->lineno, t->data);
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Advancing, lineno = %lu, data = \"%s\"\n", (unsigned long) t->lineno, t->data);
 #endif
 	    c = c->next;
 	    t = t->next;
-	 }
+	}
 	openfile->mark_begin = t;
 	openfile->mark_begin_x = 0;
 	openfile->mark_set = TRUE;
@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ void do_undo(void)
 #endif
 
     openfile->current_x = u->begin;
-    switch(u->type) {
+    switch (u->type) {
     case ADD:
 	undidmsg = _("text add");
 	len = strlen(f->data) - strlen(u->strdata) + 1;
@@ -598,7 +597,7 @@ void do_redo(void)
     fprintf(stderr, "Redo running for type %d\n", u->type);
 #endif
 
-    switch(u->type) {
+    switch (u->type) {
     case ADD:
 	undidmsg = _("text add");
 	len = strlen(f->data) + strlen(u->strdata) + 1;
@@ -693,7 +692,6 @@ void do_enter(bool undoing)
     if (!undoing)
 	add_undo(ENTER);
 
-
     /* Do auto-indenting, like the neolithic Turbo Pascal editor. */
     if (ISSET(AUTOINDENT)) {
 	/* If we are breaking the line in the indentation, the new
@@ -742,7 +740,8 @@ void do_enter(bool undoing)
 }
 
 /* Need this again... */
-void do_enter_void(void) {
+void do_enter_void(void)
+{
     do_enter(FALSE);
 }
 
@@ -845,8 +844,10 @@ void add_undo(undo_type current_action)
     undo *u;
     char *data;
     openfilestruct *fs = openfile;
-    static undo *last_cutu = NULL; /* Last thing we cut to set up the undo for uncut. */
-    ssize_t wrap_loc;	/* For calculating split beginning. */
+    static undo *last_cutu = NULL;
+	/* Last thing we cut to set up the undo for uncut. */
+    ssize_t wrap_loc;
+	/* For calculating split beginning. */
 
     if (!ISSET(UNDOABLE))
 	return;
@@ -1085,7 +1086,7 @@ void update_undo(undo_type action)
     }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "Done in udpate_undo (type was %d)\n", action);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Done in update_undo (type was %d)\n", action);
 #endif
     if (fs->last_action != action) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -3115,11 +3116,13 @@ void do_linter(void)
 		char *message = mallocstrcpy(NULL, read_buff_word);
 
 		/* At the moment we're assuming the following formats:
-		   filenameorcategory:line:column:message (e.g. splint)
-		   filenameorcategory:line:message        (e.g. pyflakes)
-		   filenameorcategory:line,col:message    (e.g. pylint)
-		   This could be turnes into some scanf() based parser but ugh.
-		*/
+		 *
+		 * filenameorcategory:line:column:message (e.g. splint)
+		 * filenameorcategory:line:message        (e.g. pyflakes)
+		 * filenameorcategory:line,col:message    (e.g. pylint)
+		 *
+		 * This could be turned into some scanf() based parser,
+		 * but ugh. */
 		if ((filename = strtok(read_buff_word, ":")) != NULL) {
 		    if ((linestr = strtok(NULL, ":")) != NULL) {
 			if ((maybecol = strtok(NULL, ":")) != NULL) {
@@ -3135,8 +3138,8 @@ void do_linter(void)
 
 			    tmpcolno =  strtol(maybecol, &convendptr, 10);
 			    if (*convendptr != '\0') {
-
-				/* Prev field might still be line,col format */
+				/* Previous field might still be
+				 * line,col format. */
 				strtok(linestr, ",");
 				if ((tmplinecol = strtok(NULL, ",")) != NULL)
 				    tmpcolno = strtol(tmplinecol, NULL, 10);
@@ -3145,7 +3148,7 @@ void do_linter(void)
 #ifdef DEBUG
 			    fprintf(stderr, "text.c:do_lint:Successful parse! %d:%d:%s\n", tmplineno, tmpcolno, message);
 #endif
-			    /* Nice we have a lint message we can use */
+			    /* Nice.  We have a lint message we can use. */
 			    parsesuccess++;
 			    tmplint = curlint;
 			    curlint = nmalloc(sizeof(lintstruct));
@@ -3382,4 +3385,3 @@ void do_verbatim_input(void)
 
     free(output);
 }
-
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 000b702cdd77bbf70b6dad78367b5ebfc192cb57..a347cfd4a373688709d88dae33042c2fd0e648a9 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -1714,7 +1714,6 @@ int get_mouseinput(int *mouse_x, int *mouse_y, bool allow_shortcuts)
 		     f = f->next;
 	    }
 
-
 	    /* And put back the equivalent key. */
 	    if (f != NULL) {
                 const sc *s = first_sc_for(currmenu, f->scfunc);
@@ -1798,10 +1797,9 @@ const sc *get_shortcut(int menu, int *kbinput, bool
     return NULL;
 }
 
-
-/* Try to get a function back from a window.  Just a wrapper so
-   functions to need to create function_key meta_key blah blah
-    mmenu - what menu name to look through for valid funcs */
+/* Try to get a function back from a window.  Just a wrapper
+ * functions need to create a function_key meta_key blah blah
+ * menu - what menu name to look through for valid funcs. */
 const subnfunc *getfuncfromkey(WINDOW *win)
 {
     int kbinput;
@@ -1822,8 +1820,6 @@ const subnfunc *getfuncfromkey(WINDOW *win)
 
 }
 
-
-
 /* Move to (x, y) in win, and display a line of n spaces with the
  * current attributes. */
 void blank_line(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, int n)
@@ -3372,7 +3368,6 @@ void disable_nodelay(void)
    nodelay(edit, FALSE);
 }
 
-
 /* Highlight the current word being replaced or spell checked.  We
  * expect word to have tabs and control characters expanded. */
 void do_replace_highlight(bool highlight, const char *word)