diff doc/misc/calc.texi @ 111633:4e76c4e4f20f

calc.texi (TeX and LaTeX Language Modes, Predefined Units): calc-units.el (math-build-units-table-buffer): README: Mention that the TeX specific units won't use the `tex' prefix in TeX mode. calc-lang.el (math-variable-table): Don't use the `tex' prefix for units in TeX mode.

--- a/doc/misc/calc.texi	Thu Nov 18 13:45:03 2010 -0800
+++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi	Thu Nov 18 19:14:36 2010 -0600
@@ -14122,6 +14122,10 @@
 @texline @math{\sin(2 + x)}.
 @infoline @expr{sin(2 + x)}.
 
+The @TeX{} specific unit names (@pxref{Predefined Units}) will not use
+the @samp{tex} prefix;  the unit name for a @TeX{} point will be
+@samp{pt} instead of @samp{texpt}, for example.
+
 Function and variable names not treated specially by @TeX{} and La@TeX{}
 are simply written out as-is, which will cause them to come out in
 italic letters in the printed document.  If you invoke @kbd{d T} or
@@ -27990,6 +27994,14 @@
 @code{texcc} (a Cicero) and @code{texsp} (a scaled @TeX{} point, 
 all dimensions representable in @TeX{} are multiples of this value).
 
+When Calc is using the @TeX{} or La@TeX{} language mode (@pxref{TeX
+and LaTeX Language Modes}), the @TeX{} specific unit names will not
+use the @samp{tex} prefix; the unit name for a @TeX{} point will be
+@samp{pt} instead of @samp{texpt}, for example.  To avoid conflicts,
+the unit names for pint and parsec will simply be @samp{pint} and
+@samp{parsec} instead of @samp{pt} and @samp{pc}.
+
+
 The unit @code{e} stands for the elementary (electron) unit of charge;
 because algebra command could mistake this for the special constant
 @expr{e}, Calc provides the alternate unit name @code{ech} which is