(Timers): Clarify about REPEAT when timer is delayed.

[gnu-emacs] / lispref / numbers.texi

diff --git a/lispref/numbers.texi b/lispref/numbers.texi
index db28a2850a6afd6b145acee34d695a4cead1d8cd..fd730420cc6dd818f317644218634aef89e2c49c 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003,
-@c   2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c   2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../info/numbers
 @node Numbers, Strings and Characters, Lisp Data Types, Top
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ returns @code{t} if so, @code{nil} otherwise.
 
 @defun eql value1 value2
 This function acts like @code{eq} except when both arguments are
-numbers.  It compares numbers by type and numberic value, so that
+numbers.  It compares numbers by type and numeric value, so that
 @code{(eql 1.0 1)} returns @code{nil}, but @code{(eql 1.0 1.0)} and
 @code{(eql 1 1)} both return @code{t}.
 @end defun
@@ -606,12 +606,11 @@ otherwise, it signals an @code{arith-error} error.
      @result{} 2.5
 (/ 25 3 2)
      @result{} 4
+@group
 (/ -17 6)
-     @result{} -2
+     @result{} -2   @r{(could in theory be @minus{}3 on some machines)}
+@end group
 @end example
-
-The result of @code{(/ -17 6)} could in principle be -3 on some
-machines.
 @end defun
 
 @defun % dividend divisor
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ and returns that value as a floating point number.
 sequence of @dfn{bits} (digits which are either zero or one).  A bitwise
 operation acts on the individual bits of such a sequence.  For example,
 @dfn{shifting} moves the whole sequence left or right one or more places,
-reproducing the same pattern ``moved over''.
+reproducing the same pattern ``moved over.''
 
   The bitwise operations in Emacs Lisp apply only to integers.