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changeset 93477:92c1edaba777
(Commentary): Point to calendar.el.
author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:39:28 +0000 |
parents | 78a65c3995aa |
children | 022b9c621dbe |
files | lisp/calendar/cal-china.el |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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