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authorRobert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>2004-10-05 16:47:54 +0000
committerRobert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>2004-10-05 16:47:54 +0000
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Add minor footnotes saying ' is an abbreviation for quote.
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diff --git a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 2096a60928f..4130eefd2cf 100644
--- a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-@c \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
+\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@comment %**start of header
@setfilename ../info/eintr
+@c setfilename emacs-lisp-intro.info
@c sethtmlfilename emacs-lisp-intro.html
@settitle Programming in Emacs Lisp
@syncodeindex vr cp
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@
@comment %**end of header
-@set edition-number 2.12
-@set update-date 2003 Nov 19
+@set edition-number 2.13
+@set update-date 2004 Oct 5
@ignore
## Summary of shell commands to create various output formats:
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@
## View Info output with standalone reader
info emacs-lisp-intro.info
+ ## popd
+
@end ignore
@c ================ Included Figures ================
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ people who are not programmers.
Edition @value{edition-number}, @value{update-date}
@sp 1
Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001,
-2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@sp 1
@iftex
@@ -1050,13 +1053,16 @@ Robert J. Chassell
@chapter List Processing
To the untutored eye, Lisp is a strange programming language. In Lisp
-code there are parentheses everywhere. Some people even claim that the
-name stands for `Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses'. But the claim is
-unwarranted. Lisp stands for LISt Processing, and the programming
-language handles @emph{lists} (and lists of lists) by putting them
-between parentheses. The parentheses mark the boundaries of the list.
-Sometimes a list is preceded by a single apostrophe or quotation mark,
-@samp{'}. Lists are the basis of Lisp.
+code there are parentheses everywhere. Some people even claim that
+the name stands for `Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses'. But the
+claim is unwarranted. Lisp stands for LISt Processing, and the
+programming language handles @emph{lists} (and lists of lists) by
+putting them between parentheses. The parentheses mark the boundaries
+of the list. Sometimes a list is preceded by a single apostrophe or
+quotation mark, @samp{'}@footnote{The single apostrophe or quotation
+mark is an abbreviation for the function @code{quote}; you need not
+think about functions now; functions are defined in @ref{Making
+Errors, , Generate an Error Message}.} Lists are the basis of Lisp.
@menu
* Lisp Lists:: What are lists?
@@ -2135,7 +2141,8 @@ Debugger entered--Lisp error:
@need 1250
As usual, the error message tries to be helpful and makes sense after you
-learn how to read it.
+learn how to read it.@footnote{@code{(quote hello)} is an expansion of
+the abbreviation @code{'hello}.}
The first part of the error message is straightforward; it says
@samp{wrong type argument}. Next comes the mysterious jargon word
@@ -20638,6 +20645,7 @@ each column."
@end smallexample
@end ifnottex
+@c qqq
@ignore
Graphing Definitions Re-listed
@@ -21137,6 +21145,7 @@ each column."
(print-X-axis numbers-list horizontal-step)))
@end group
@end smallexample
+@c qqq
@end ignore
@page