changeset 76808:1eb21d4498cf

improve page breaks, etc.
author Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
date Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:12:56 +0000
parents 24022a4f26c3
children d16f47637588
files lispref/ChangeLog lispref/intro.texi lispref/lists.texi lispref/numbers.texi lispref/strings.texi
diffstat 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/ChangeLog	Fri Mar 30 16:18:59 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/ChangeLog	Fri Mar 30 18:12:56 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2007-03-30  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
+
+	* lists.texi (List-related Predicates): Remove spurious @need.
+	(Setcdr): Use @smallexample to improve page break.
+	(Association Lists) <assoc>: Reword to improve page break.
+
+	* strings.texi (String Conversion): Insert blank line to improve
+	page break.
+
+	* numbers.texi (Random Numbers): Use @minus{}.
+	(Math Functions): Use @minus{}.
+
+	* intro.texi (Acknowledgements): Avoid line breaks before middle
+	initials.
+
 2007-03-24  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
 	* errors.texi (Standard Errors): Add an index entry.
--- a/lispref/intro.texi	Fri Mar 30 16:18:59 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/intro.texi	Fri Mar 30 18:12:56 2007 +0000
@@ -535,11 +535,12 @@
 @section Acknowledgements
 
   This manual was written by Robert Krawitz, Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte,
-Richard M. Stallman and Chris Welty, the volunteers of the GNU manual
-group, in an effort extending over several years.  Robert J. Chassell
-helped to review and edit the manual, with the support of the Defense
-Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA Order 6082, arranged by Warren
-A. Hunt, Jr.@: of Computational Logic, Inc.
+Richard@tie{}M. Stallman and Chris Welty, the volunteers of the GNU
+manual group, in an effort extending over several years.
+Robert@tie{}J. Chassell helped to review and edit the manual, with the
+support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA Order
+6082, arranged by Warren@tie{}A. Hunt, Jr.@: of Computational Logic,
+Inc.
 
   Corrections were supplied by Karl Berry, Jim Blandy, Bard Bloom,
 Stephane Boucher, David Boyes, Alan Carroll, Richard Davis, Lawrence
--- a/lispref/lists.texi	Fri Mar 30 16:18:59 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/lists.texi	Fri Mar 30 18:12:56 2007 +0000
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
 @end example
 @end defun
 
-@need 2000
 
 @node List Elements
 @section Accessing Elements of Lists
@@ -991,10 +990,9 @@
 @end group
 @end example
 
-@need 4000
   Here is the result in box notation:
 
-@example
+@smallexample
 @group
                    --------------------
                   |                    |
@@ -1004,7 +1002,7 @@
 |       |      |     |       |      |      |       |      |
  --------------       --------------        --------------
 @end group
-@end example
+@end smallexample
 
 @noindent
 The second cons cell, which previously held the element @code{b}, still
@@ -1589,7 +1587,7 @@
 
 @defun assoc key alist
 This function returns the first association for @var{key} in
-@var{alist}.  It compares @var{key} against the alist elements using
+@var{alist}, comparing @var{key} against the alist elements using
 @code{equal} (@pxref{Equality Predicates}).  It returns @code{nil} if no
 association in @var{alist} has a @sc{car} @code{equal} to @var{key}.
 For example:
--- a/lispref/numbers.texi	Fri Mar 30 16:18:59 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/numbers.texi	Fri Mar 30 18:12:56 2007 +0000
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
 @math{\pi/2}
 @end tex
 (inclusive) whose sine is @var{arg}; if, however, @var{arg} is out of
-range (outside [-1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
+range (outside [@minus{}1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
 @end defun
 
 @defun acos arg
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@
 @math{\pi}
 @end tex
 (inclusive) whose cosine is @var{arg}; if, however, @var{arg} is out
-of range (outside [-1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
+of range (outside [@minus{}1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
 @end defun
 
 @defun atan y &optional x
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@
 same seed value, so the sequence of values of @code{random} is actually
 the same in each Emacs run!  For example, in one operating system, the
 first call to @code{(random)} after you start Emacs always returns
--1457731, and the second one always returns -7692030.  This
+@minus{}1457731, and the second one always returns @minus{}7692030.  This
 repeatability is helpful for debugging.
 
 If you want random numbers that don't always come out the same, execute
--- a/lispref/strings.texi	Fri Mar 30 16:18:59 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi	Fri Mar 30 18:12:56 2007 +0000
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@
 @example
 (string-to-char "ABC")
      @result{} 65
+
 (string-to-char "xyz")
      @result{} 120
 (string-to-char "")