# HG changeset patch # User Glenn Morris # Date 1207017568 0 # Node ID 92c1edaba777ed04b08aec0dba306aa00aada34a # Parent 78a65c3995aa445039b9fc584f16f05875492b55 (Commentary): Point to calendar.el. diff -r 78a65c3995aa -r 92c1edaba777 lisp/calendar/cal-china.el --- a/lisp/calendar/cal-china.el Tue Apr 01 02:09:26 2008 +0000 +++ b/lisp/calendar/cal-china.el Tue Apr 01 02:39:28 2008 +0000 @@ -27,21 +27,19 @@ ;;; Commentary: -;; This collection of functions implements the features of calendar.el, -;; diary.el, and holidays.el that deal with the Chinese calendar. The rules -;; used for the Chinese calendar are those of Baolin Liu (see L. E. Doggett's -;; article "Calendars" in the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical -;; Almanac, second edition, 1992) for the calendar as revised at the beginning -;; of the Qing dynasty in 1644. The nature of the astronomical calculations -;; is such that precise calculations cannot be made without great expense in -;; time, so that the calendars produced may not agree perfectly with published -;; tables--but no two pairs of published tables agree perfectly either! Liu's -;; rules produce a calendar for 2033 which is not accepted by all authorities. -;; The date of Chinese New Year is correct from 1644-2051. +;; See calendar.el. -;; Technical details of all the calendrical calculations can be found in -;; ``Calendrical Calculations: The Millennium Edition'' by Edward M. Reingold -;; and Nachum Dershowitz, Cambridge University Press (2001). +;; The rules used for the Chinese calendar are those of Baolin Liu +;; (see L. E. Doggett's article "Calendars" in the Explanatory +;; Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, second edition, 1992) for +;; the calendar as revised at the beginning of the Qing dynasty in +;; 1644. The nature of the astronomical calculations is such that +;; precise calculations cannot be made without great expense in time, +;; so that the calendars produced may not agree perfectly with +;; published tables--but no two pairs of published tables agree +;; perfectly either! Liu's rules produce a calendar for 2033 which is +;; not accepted by all authorities. The date of Chinese New Year is +;; correct from 1644-2051. ;; Note to maintainers: ;; Use `chinese-year-cache-init' every few years to recenter the default