@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-@c 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../../info/intro
because we consider them secondary (such as most of the individual
modes) or because they are yet to be written. Because we are not able
to deal with them completely, we have left out several parts
-intentionally. This includes most information about usage on VMS.
+intentionally.
The manual should be fully correct in what it does cover, and it is
therefore open to criticism on anything it says---from specific examples
@cindex bugs
@cindex suggestions
-Please mail comments and corrections to
-
-@example
-bug-lisp-manual@@gnu.org
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-We let mail to this list accumulate unread until someone decides to
-apply the corrections. Months, and sometimes years, go by between
-updates. So please attach no significance to the lack of a reply---your
-mail @emph{will} be acted on in due time. If you want to contact the
-Emacs maintainers more quickly, send mail to
-@code{bug-gnu-emacs@@gnu.org}.
+Please send comments and corrections using @kbd{M-x report-emacs-bug}.
@node Lisp History
@section Lisp History
addressed as ``you.'' ``The user'' is the person who uses Lisp
programs, including those you write.
-@cindex fonts in this manual
+@cindex typographic conventions
Examples of Lisp code are formatted like this: @code{(list 1 2 3)}.
Names that represent metasyntactic variables, or arguments to a function
being described, are formatted like this: @var{first-number}.
Variables}.
@defun booleanp object
-Return non-nil if @var{object} is one of the two canonical boolean
-values: @code{t} or @code{nil}.
+Return non-@code{nil} if @var{object} is one of the two canonical
+boolean values: @code{t} or @code{nil}.
@end defun
@node Evaluation Notation
@smallexample
@group
(emacs-version)
- @result{} "GNU Emacs 20.3.5 (i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1, X toolkit)
- of Sat Feb 14 1998 on psilocin.gnu.org"
+ @result{} "GNU Emacs 23.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4)
+ of 2009-06-01 on cyd.mit.edu"
@end group
@end smallexample
If @var{here} is non-@code{nil}, it inserts the text in the buffer
-before point, and returns @code{nil}. Called interactively, the
-function prints the same information in the echo area, but giving a
-prefix argument makes @var{here} non-@code{nil}.
+before point, and returns @code{nil}. When this function is called
+interactively, it prints the same information in the echo area, but
+giving a prefix argument makes @var{here} non-@code{nil}.
@end deffn
@defvar emacs-build-time
@example
@group
emacs-build-time
- @result{} (13623 62065 344633)
+ @result{} (18846 52016 156039)
@end group
@end example
@end defvar
@defvar emacs-version
The value of this variable is the version of Emacs being run. It is a
-string such as @code{"20.3.1"}. The last number in this string is not
-really part of the Emacs release version number; it is incremented each
-time you build Emacs in any given directory. A value with four numeric
-components, such as @code{"20.3.9.1"}, indicates an unreleased test
-version.
+string such as @code{"23.1.1"}. The last number in this string is not
+really part of the Emacs release version number; it is incremented
+each time you build Emacs in any given directory. A value with four
+numeric components, such as @code{"22.0.91.1"}, indicates an
+unreleased test version.
@end defvar
The following two variables have existed since Emacs version 19.23:
@defvar emacs-major-version
The major version number of Emacs, as an integer. For Emacs version
-20.3, the value is 20.
+23.1, the value is 23.
@end defvar
@defvar emacs-minor-version
The minor version number of Emacs, as an integer. For Emacs version
-20.3, the value is 3.
+23.1, the value is 1.
@end defvar
@node Acknowledgements
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
-R. Dodd, Peter Doornbosch, David A. Duff, Chris Eich, Beverly
-Erlebacher, David Eckelkamp, Ralf Fassel, Eirik Fuller, Stephen Gildea,
-Bob Glickstein, Eric Hanchrow, George Hartzell, Nathan Hess, Masayuki
-Ida, Dan Jacobson, Jak Kirman, Bob Knighten, Frederick M. Korz, Joe
-Lammens, Glenn M. Lewis, K. Richard Magill, Brian Marick, Roland
-McGrath, Skip Montanaro, John Gardiner Myers, Thomas A. Peterson,
-Francesco Potorti, Friedrich Pukelsheim, Arnold D. Robbins, Raul
-Rockwell, Per Starb@"ack, Shinichirou Sugou, Kimmo Suominen, Edward Tharp,
-Bill Trost, Rickard Westman, Jean White, Matthew Wilding, Carl Witty,
-Dale Worley, Rusty Wright, and David D. Zuhn.
+Inc. Additional sections were written by Miles Bader, Lars Brinkhoff,
+Chong Yidong, Kenichi Handa, Lute Kamstra, Juri Linkov, Glenn Morris,
+Thien-Thi Nguyen, Dan Nicolaescu, Martin Rudalics, Kim F. Storm, Luc
+Teirlinck, and Eli Zaretskii.
+
+ Corrections were supplied by Drew Adams, Juanma Barranquero, Karl
+Berry, Jim Blandy, Bard Bloom, Stephane Boucher, David Boyes, Alan
+Carroll, Richard Davis, Lawrence R. Dodd, Peter Doornbosch, David
+A. Duff, Chris Eich, Beverly Erlebacher, David Eckelkamp, Ralf Fassel,
+Eirik Fuller, Stephen Gildea, Bob Glickstein, Eric Hanchrow, Jesper
+Harder, George Hartzell, Nathan Hess, Masayuki Ida, Dan Jacobson, Jak
+Kirman, Bob Knighten, Frederick M. Korz, Joe Lammens, Glenn M. Lewis,
+K. Richard Magill, Brian Marick, Roland McGrath, Stefan Monnier, Skip
+Montanaro, John Gardiner Myers, Thomas A. Peterson, Francesco Potorti,
+Friedrich Pukelsheim, Arnold D. Robbins, Raul Rockwell, Jason Rumney,
+Per Starb@"ack, Shinichirou Sugou, Kimmo Suominen, Edward Tharp, Bill
+Trost, Rickard Westman, Jean White, Eduard Wiebe, Matthew Wilding,
+Carl Witty, Dale Worley, Rusty Wright, and David D. Zuhn.
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