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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-10-14 20:23:53 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-10-14 20:23:53 +0300
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Minor fixes in Introduction to Emacs Lisp
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (if, save-excursion): 'defun' is a macro, not a special form anymore. (Bug#37747)
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@@ -3826,12 +3826,11 @@ delimit them from the body of the @code{let}.
@findex if
@cindex Conditional with @code{if}
-A third special form, in addition to @code{defun} and @code{let}, is the
-conditional @code{if}. This form is used to instruct the computer to
-make decisions. You can write function definitions without using
-@code{if}, but it is used often enough, and is important enough, to be
-included here. It is used, for example, in the code for the
-function @code{beginning-of-buffer}.
+Anoter special form is the conditional @code{if}. This form is used
+to instruct the computer to make decisions. You can write function
+definitions without using @code{if}, but it is used often enough, and
+is important enough, to be included here. It is used, for example, in
+the code for the function @code{beginning-of-buffer}.
The basic idea behind an @code{if}, is that @emph{if} a test is true,
@emph{then} an expression is evaluated. If the test is not true, the
@@ -4204,8 +4203,8 @@ On the other hand, this function returns @code{nil} if the test is false.
@findex point
@findex mark
-The @code{save-excursion} function is the third and final special form
-that we will discuss in this chapter.
+The @code{save-excursion} function is the final special form that we
+will discuss in this chapter.
In Emacs Lisp programs used for editing, the @code{save-excursion}
function is very common. It saves the location of point,