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@settitle Programming in Emacs Lisp
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-@set edition-number 2.12
-@set update-date 2003 Nov 19
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+@set update-date 2004 Oct 5
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Copyright @copyright{} 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001,
-2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@iftex
@chapter List Processing
To the untutored eye, Lisp is a strange programming language. In Lisp
-code there are parentheses everywhere. Some people even claim that the
-name stands for `Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses'. But the claim is
-unwarranted. Lisp stands for LISt Processing, and the programming
-language handles @emph{lists} (and lists of lists) by putting them
-between parentheses. The parentheses mark the boundaries of the list.
-Sometimes a list is preceded by a single apostrophe or quotation mark,
-@samp{'}. Lists are the basis of Lisp.
+code there are parentheses everywhere. Some people even claim that
+the name stands for `Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses'. But the
+claim is unwarranted. Lisp stands for LISt Processing, and the
+programming language handles @emph{lists} (and lists of lists) by
+putting them between parentheses. The parentheses mark the boundaries
+of the list. Sometimes a list is preceded by a single apostrophe or
+quotation mark, @samp{'}@footnote{The single apostrophe or quotation
+mark is an abbreviation for the function @code{quote}; you need not
+think about functions now; functions are defined in @ref{Making
+Errors, , Generate an Error Message}.} Lists are the basis of Lisp.
@menu
* Lisp Lists:: What are lists?
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As usual, the error message tries to be helpful and makes sense after you
-learn how to read it.
+learn how to read it.@footnote{@code{(quote hello)} is an expansion of
+the abbreviation @code{'hello}.}
The first part of the error message is straightforward; it says
@samp{wrong type argument}. Next comes the mysterious jargon word
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