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Change "special form" to "special operator" in our sources.
Add a compatible function alias, and the relevant manual index entries.
src/ChangeLog addition:
2010-01-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* symbols.c (Fspecial_operator_p, syms_of_symbols):
* eval.c (print_subr, Finteractive_p, Ffuncall)
(Ffunction_min_args, Ffunction_max_args, vars_of_eval):
* editfns.c:
* data.c (Fsubr_max_args):
* doc.c (Fbuilt_in_symbol_file):
Change "special form" to "special operator" in our sources.
man/ChangeLog addition:
2010-01-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* xemacs/programs.texi (Defuns):
* lispref/variables.texi (Local Variables, Defining Variables)
(Setting Variables, Default Value):
* lispref/symbols.texi (Definitions):
* lispref/searching.texi (Saving Match Data):
* lispref/positions.texi (Excursions, Narrowing):
* lispref/objects.texi (Primitive Function Type):
* lispref/macros.texi (Defining Macros, Backquote):
* lispref/lispref.texi (Top):
* lispref/intro.texi (A Sample Function Description):
* lispref/help.texi (Help Functions):
* lispref/functions.texi (What Is a Function, Simple Lambda)
(Defining Functions, Calling Functions, Anonymous Functions):
* lispref/frames.texi (Input Focus):
* lispref/eval.texi (Forms, Function Indirection)
(Special Operators, Quoting):
* lispref/edebug-inc.texi (Instrumenting)
(Specification Examples):
* lispref/debugging.texi (Internals of Debugger):
* lispref/control.texi (Control Structures, Sequencing):
(Conditionals, Combining Conditions, Iteration):
(Catch and Throw, Handling Errors):
* lispref/commands.texi (Defining Commands, Using Interactive):
Terminology change; special operator -> special form.
Don't attempt to change this in texinfo.texi or cl.texi, which use
macros I don't understand.
* lispref/macros.texi (Defining Macros): Give an anonymous macro
example here.
* lispref/positions.texi (Excursions):
Correct some documentation that called a couple of macros special
forms.
* lispref/searching.texi (Saving Match Data):
Drop some documentation of how to write code that works with Emacs
18.
* lispref/specifiers.texi (Adding Specifications):
Correct this; #'let-specifier is a macro, not a special operator.
* lispref/windows.texi (Window Configurations)
(Selecting Windows):
Correct this, #'save-selected-window and #'save-window-excursion
are macros, not special operators.
lisp/ChangeLog addition:
2010-01-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* obsolete.el:
* loadhist.el (symbol-file):
* help.el (describe-function-1):
* bytecomp.el: (byte-compile-save-current-buffer):
* byte-optimize.el (byte-optimize-form-code-walker):
* subr.el (subr-arity):
Change "special form" to "special operator" in these files, it's
the more logical term.
* subr.el (special-form-p): Provide this alias for
#'special-operator-p.
author | Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> |
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date | Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:28:01 +0000 |
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2 @node Reading Mail, Calendar/Diary, Sending Mail, Top | |
3 @chapter Reading Mail | |
4 @cindex mail | |
5 @cindex message | |
6 | |
1648 | 7 XEmacs provides several mail-reading packages. Each one comes with |
8 its own manual, which is included in each package. | |
0 | 9 |
10 The recommended mail-reading package for new users is VM. VM works | |
11 with standard Unix-mail-format folders and was designed as a replacement | |
12 for the older Rmail. | |
13 | |
14 XEmacs also provides a sophisticated and comfortable front-end to the | |
1648 | 15 MH mail-processing system, called @samp{MH-E}. Unlike in other |
0 | 16 mail programs, folders in MH are stored as file-system directories, |
17 with each message occupying one (numbered) file. This facilitates | |
18 working with mail using shell commands, and many other features of | |
19 MH are also designed to integrate well with the shell and with | |
1648 | 20 shell scripts. Keep in mind, however, that in order to use MH-E |
0 | 21 you must have the MH mail-processing system installed on your |
22 computer. | |
23 | |
1648 | 24 The @dfn{Everything including the kitchen sink} package @samp{Gnus} is |
25 also available as an XEmacs package. Gnus also handles Usenet articles | |
26 as well as mail. | |
27 | |
28 @samp{MEW} (Messaging in the Emacs World) is another mail-reading | |
29 package available for XEmacs. | |
30 | |
31 Finally, XEmacs provides the Rmail package. Rmail is (currently) | |
32 the only mail reading package distributed with FSF GNU Emacs, and is | |
33 powerful in its own right. However, it stores mail folders in a | |
34 special format called @samp{Babyl}, that is incompatible with all | |
35 other frequently-used mail programs. A utility program is provided | |
36 for converting Babyl folders to standard Unix-mail format; however, | |
37 unless you already have mail in Babyl-format folders, you should | |
38 consider using Gnus, VM, or MH-E instead. |