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| -rw-r--r-- | man/basic.texi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/calc.texi | 60 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/gnus.texi | 18 |
4 files changed, 89 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 2395e82fdbb..7438fbad338 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,29 @@ +2007-08-17 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * basic.texi (Position Info): Add index entry for face at point. + Mention that character faces are also displayed by "C-u C-x =". + +2007-08-17 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> + + * calc.texi: Move contents to beginning of file. + (Algebraic Entry): Fix the formatting of an example. + +2007-08-15 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> + + * calc.texi (Basic Operations on Units): Mention exact versus + inexact conversions. + +2007-08-14 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> + + * calc.texi (Basic Operations on Units): Mention default + values for new units. + (Quick Calculator Mode): Mention that binary format will + be displayed. + +2007-08-14 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> + + * gnus.texi (Selecting a Group): Mention gnus-maximum-newsgroup. + 2007-08-10 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> * gnus.texi (NNTP): Mention nntp-xref-number-is-evil. diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi index 6d19281b089..333985e4a4a 100644 --- a/man/basic.texi +++ b/man/basic.texi @@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ point=36169 of 36168 (EOB) column=0 @cindex character set of character at point @cindex font of character at point @cindex text properties at point +@cindex face at point @w{@kbd{C-u C-x =}} displays the following additional information about a character. @@ -623,7 +624,8 @@ terminal, the code(s) sent to the terminal. @item The character's text properties (@pxref{Text Properties,,, -elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}), and any overlays containing it +elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}), including any non-default +faces used to display the character, and any overlays containing it (@pxref{Overlays,,, elisp, the same manual}). @end itemize diff --git a/man/calc.texi b/man/calc.texi index e13dd9097d6..685f945789f 100644 --- a/man/calc.texi +++ b/man/calc.texi @@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, @insertcopying @end titlepage + +@summarycontents + +@c [end] + +@contents + @c [begin] @ifnottex @node Top, Getting Started, (dir), (dir) @@ -10013,11 +10020,18 @@ During numeric entry, the only editing key available is @key{DEL}. @cindex Algebraic notation @cindex Formulas, entering Calculations can also be entered in algebraic form. This is accomplished -by typing the apostrophe key, @kbd{'}, followed by the expression in -standard format: @kbd{@key{'} 2+3*4 @key{RET}} computes +by typing the apostrophe key, ', followed by the expression in +standard format: + +@example +' 2+3*4 @key{RET}. +@end example + +@noindent +This will compute @texline @math{2+(3\times4) = 14} @infoline @expr{2+(3*4) = 14} -and pushes that on the stack. If you wish you can +and push it on the stack. If you wish you can ignore the RPN aspect of Calc altogether and simply enter algebraic expressions in this way. You may want to use @key{DEL} every so often to clear previous results off the stack. @@ -10166,8 +10180,8 @@ then the result of the evaluation is stored in that Calc variable. @xref{Store and Recall}. If the result is an integer and the current display radix is decimal, -the number will also be displayed in hex and octal formats. If the -integer is in the range from 1 to 126, it will also be displayed as +the number will also be displayed in hex, octal and binary formats. If +the integer is in the range from 1 to 126, it will also be displayed as an ASCII character. For example, the quoted character @samp{"x"} produces the vector @@ -27436,14 +27450,29 @@ of angle are evaluated, regardless of the current angular mode. The @kbd{u c} (@code{calc-convert-units}) command converts a units expression to new, compatible units. For example, given the units expression @samp{55 mph}, typing @kbd{u c m/s @key{RET}} produces -@samp{24.5872 m/s}. If the units you request are inconsistent with -the original units, the number will be converted into your units -times whatever ``remainder'' units are left over. For example, -converting @samp{55 mph} into acres produces @samp{6.08e-3 acre / m s}. -(Recall that multiplication binds more strongly than division in Calc -formulas, so the units here are acres per meter-second.) Remainder -units are expressed in terms of ``fundamental'' units like @samp{m} and -@samp{s}, regardless of the input units. +@samp{24.5872 m/s}. If you have previously converted a units expression +with the same type of units (in this case, distance over time), you will +be offered the previous choice of new units as a default. Continuing +the above example, entering the units expression @samp{100 km/hr} and +typing @kbd{u c @key{RET}} (without specifying new units) produces +@samp{27.7777777778 m/s}. + +While many of Calc's conversion factors are exact, some are necessarily +approximate. If Calc is in fraction mode (@pxref{Fraction Mode}), then +unit conversions will try to give exact, rational conversions, but it +isn't always possible. Given @samp{55 mph} in fraction mode, typing +@kbd{u c m/s @key{RET}} produces @samp{15367:625 m/s}, for example, +while typing @kbd{u c au/yr @key{RET}} produces +@samp{5.18665819999e-3 au/yr}. + +If the units you request are inconsistent with the original units, the +number will be converted into your units times whatever ``remainder'' +units are left over. For example, converting @samp{55 mph} into acres +produces @samp{6.08e-3 acre / m s}. (Recall that multiplication binds +more strongly than division in Calc formulas, so the units here are +acres per meter-second.) Remainder units are expressed in terms of +``fundamental'' units like @samp{m} and @samp{s}, regardless of the +input units. One special exception is that if you specify a single unit name, and a compatible unit appears somewhere in the units expression, then @@ -36149,11 +36178,6 @@ the corresponding full Lisp name is derived by adding a prefix of @printindex fn -@summarycontents - -@c [end] - -@contents @bye diff --git a/man/gnus.texi b/man/gnus.texi index 94144b65e3f..7cabf674102 100644 --- a/man/gnus.texi +++ b/man/gnus.texi @@ -2153,6 +2153,24 @@ most recently will be fetched. @code{gnus-large-newsgroup}, but is only used for ephemeral newsgroups. +@vindex gnus-maximum-newsgroup +In groups in some news servers, there might be a big gap between a few +very old articles that will never be expired and the recent ones. In +such a case, the server will return the data like @code{(1 . 30000000)} +for the @code{LIST ACTIVE group} command, for example. Even if there +are actually only the articles 1-10 and 29999900-30000000, Gnus doesn't +know it at first and prepares for getting 30000000 articles. However, +it will consume hundreds megabytes of memories and might make Emacs get +stuck as the case may be. If you use such news servers, set the +variable @code{gnus-maximum-newsgroup} to a positive number. The value +means that Gnus ignores articles other than this number of the latest +ones in every group. For instance, the value 10000 makes Gnus get only +the articles 29990001-30000000 (if the latest article number is 30000000 +in a group). Note that setting this variable to a number might prevent +you from reading very old articles. The default value of the variable +@code{gnus-maximum-newsgroup} is @code{nil}, which means Gnus never +ignores old articles. + @vindex gnus-select-group-hook @vindex gnus-auto-select-first @vindex gnus-auto-select-subject |