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diff man/lispref/symbols.texi @ 2492:6780963faf78
[xemacs-hg @ 2005-01-21 09:43:09 by aidan]
Rename "functions" node to "functions and commands," move the definition of
a command further up the list of types of functions, give information on a
trivial (interactive) declaration, and cross-reference to the key binding
detail. Cf. 87vf9wgd08.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (comp.emacs.xemacs,
2005-01-18).
| author | aidan |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:43:12 +0000 |
| parents | 1ccc32a20af4 |
| children | 755ae5b97edb |
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--- a/man/lispref/symbols.texi Fri Jan 21 09:30:49 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/lispref/symbols.texi Fri Jan 21 09:43:12 2005 +0000 @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ describes symbols, their components, their property lists, and how they are created and interned. Separate chapters describe the use of symbols as variables and as function names; see @ref{Variables}, and -@ref{Functions}. For the precise read syntax for symbols, see -@ref{Symbol Type}. +@ref{Functions and Commands}. For the precise read syntax for symbols, +see @ref{Symbol Type}. You can test whether an arbitrary Lisp object is a symbol with @code{symbolp}: @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ cell, is derived from the idea that @code{defun} gives the symbol its definition as a function.) @code{defsubst}, @code{define-function} and @code{defalias} are other ways of defining a function. -@xref{Functions}. +@xref{Functions and Commands}. @code{defmacro} defines a symbol as a macro. It creates a macro object and stores it in the function cell of the symbol. Note that a