Mercurial > emacs
changeset 38944:7a42abfb0c82
Minor clarification.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 25 Aug 2001 02:05:37 +0000 |
parents | 4dd9aeae2f84 |
children | 752af4a52a8f |
files | lispref/symbols.texi man/macos.texi |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/symbols.texi Sat Aug 25 02:04:28 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/symbols.texi Sat Aug 25 02:05:37 2001 +0000 @@ -85,14 +85,15 @@ include @code{nil} and @code{t}, and any symbol whose name starts with @samp{:} (those are called @dfn{keywords}). @xref{Constant Variables}. - In normal usage, the function cell usually contains a function + We often refer to ``the function @code{foo}'' when we really mean +the function stored in the function cell of the symbol @code{foo}. We +make the distinction explicit only when necessary. In normal +usage, the function cell usually contains a function (@pxref{Functions}) or a macro (@pxref{Macros}), as that is what the Lisp interpreter expects to see there (@pxref{Evaluation}). Keyboard -macros (@pxref{Keyboard Macros}), keymaps (@pxref{Keymaps}) and autoload -objects (@pxref{Autoloading}) are also sometimes stored in the function -cells of symbols. We often refer to ``the function @code{foo}'' when we -really mean the function stored in the function cell of the symbol -@code{foo}. We make the distinction only when necessary. +macros (@pxref{Keyboard Macros}), keymaps (@pxref{Keymaps}) and +autoload objects (@pxref{Autoloading}) are also sometimes stored in +the function cells of symbols. The property list cell normally should hold a correctly formatted property list (@pxref{Property Lists}), as a number of functions expect
--- a/man/macos.texi Sat Aug 25 02:04:28 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/macos.texi Sat Aug 25 02:05:37 2001 +0000 @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ @findex mac-file-name-to-posix @findex posix-file-name-to-mac The function @code{mac-file-name-to-posix} takes a Mac file name and -returns the Posix equivalent. The function +returns the GNU or Unix equivalent. The function @code{posix-file-name-to-mac} performs the opposite conversion. They are useful for constructing AppleScript commands to be passed to @code{do-applescript}.