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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-05-08 20:06:08 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-05-08 20:06:08 -0700
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Merge from emacs-24; up to 2012-04-21T14:12:27Z!sdl.web@gmail.com
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
index 1e749b8c3bb..99928754038 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ the contents of a symbol's function cell, use the function
@code{symbol-function} (@pxref{Function Cells}).
The property list cell normally should hold a correctly formatted
-property list. To get a symbol's function cell, use the function
+property list. To get a symbol's property list, use the function
@code{symbol-plist}. @xref{Property Lists}.
The function cell or the value cell may be @dfn{void}, which means
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ The argument @var{name} may also be a symbol; in that case,
the function returns @var{name} if @var{name} is interned
in the specified obarray, and otherwise @code{nil}.
-@smallexample
+@example
(intern-soft "frazzle") ; @r{No such symbol exists.}
@result{} nil
(make-symbol "frazzle") ; @r{Create an uninterned one.}
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ in the specified obarray, and otherwise @code{nil}.
(eq sym 'frazzle) ; @r{And it is the same one.}
@result{} t
@end group
-@end smallexample
+@end example
@end defun
@defvar obarray
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ This function calls @var{function} once with each symbol in the obarray
omitted, it defaults to the value of @code{obarray}, the standard
obarray for ordinary symbols.
-@smallexample
+@example
(setq count 0)
@result{} 0
(defun count-syms (s)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ obarray for ordinary symbols.
@result{} nil
count
@result{} 1871
-@end smallexample
+@end example
See @code{documentation} in @ref{Accessing Documentation}, for another
example using @code{mapatoms}.
@@ -462,12 +462,12 @@ This function sets @var{symbol}'s property list to @var{plist}.
Normally, @var{plist} should be a well-formed property list, but this is
not enforced. The return value is @var{plist}.
-@smallexample
+@example
(setplist 'foo '(a 1 b (2 3) c nil))
@result{} (a 1 b (2 3) c nil)
(symbol-plist 'foo)
@result{} (a 1 b (2 3) c nil)
-@end smallexample
+@end example
For symbols in special obarrays, which are not used for ordinary
purposes, it may make sense to use the property list cell in a
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ This function puts @var{value} onto @var{symbol}'s property list under
the property name @var{property}, replacing any previous property value.
The @code{put} function returns @var{value}.
-@smallexample
+@example
(put 'fly 'verb 'transitive)
@result{}'transitive
(put 'fly 'noun '(a buzzing little bug))
@@ -501,14 +501,14 @@ The @code{put} function returns @var{value}.
@result{} transitive
(symbol-plist 'fly)
@result{} (verb transitive noun (a buzzing little bug))
-@end smallexample
+@end example
@end defun
@node Other Plists
@subsection Property Lists Outside Symbols
These functions are useful for manipulating property lists
-that are stored in places other than symbols:
+not stored in symbols:
@defun plist-get plist property
This returns the value of the @var{property} property stored in the