+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.
@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
@end example
@end defun
-@need 2000
@node List Elements
@section Accessing Elements of Lists
@end group
@end example
-@need 4000
Here is the result in box notation:
-@example
+@smallexample
@group
--------------------
| |
| | | | | | | | |
-------------- -------------- --------------
@end group
-@end example
+@end smallexample
@noindent
The second cons cell, which previously held the element @code{b}, still
@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:
@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
@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
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
@example
(string-to-char "ABC")
@result{} 65
+
(string-to-char "xyz")
@result{} 120
(string-to-char "")