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author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2012-04-25 20:31:47 -0400 |
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committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2012-04-25 20:31:47 -0400 |
commit | 16152b76a4f0fd82674479b64d923bd86aab5f24 (patch) | |
tree | 7f092a987de857a29a37dae62e2428ff56708186 /doc/lispref/lists.texi | |
parent | 84412f2cbb7f282c15857493602b80f60e562051 (diff) | |
download | emacs-16152b76a4f0fd82674479b64d923bd86aab5f24.tar.gz |
Use Texinfo recommended convention for quotes+punctuation.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/lists.texi b/doc/lispref/lists.texi index c8433c79b54..68ec888b7e1 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/lists.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/lists.texi @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ object that represents an ordered pair. That is, it has two slots, and each slot @dfn{holds}, or @dfn{refers to}, some Lisp object. One slot is known as the @sc{car}, and the other is known as the @sc{cdr}. (These names are traditional; see @ref{Cons Cell Type}.) @sc{cdr} is -pronounced ``could-er.'' +pronounced ``could-er''. We say that ``the @sc{car} of this cons cell is'' whatever object its @sc{car} slot currently holds, and likewise for the @sc{cdr}. - A list is a series of cons cells ``chained together,'' so that each + A list is a series of cons cells ``chained together'', so that each cell refers to the next one. There is one cons cell for each element of the list. By convention, the @sc{car}s of the cons cells hold the elements of the list, and the @sc{cdr}s are used to chain the list @@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ a @sc{cdr} @code{equal} to @var{value}. @code{rassoc} is like @code{assoc} except that it compares the @sc{cdr} of each @var{alist} association instead of the @sc{car}. You can think of -this as ``reverse @code{assoc},'' finding the key for a given value. +this as ``reverse @code{assoc}'', finding the key for a given value. @end defun @defun assq key alist @@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ a @sc{cdr} @code{eq} to @var{value}. @code{rassq} is like @code{assq} except that it compares the @sc{cdr} of each @var{alist} association instead of the @sc{car}. You can think of -this as ``reverse @code{assq},'' finding the key for a given value. +this as ``reverse @code{assq}'', finding the key for a given value. For example: |