X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/32a2c91658bd02c4e761030f93eb5f0415524104..ceaca7bec6adf5735d51c1ca7efea5a2e05f470e:/doc/lispref/eval.texi diff --git a/doc/lispref/eval.texi b/doc/lispref/eval.texi index a185da7086..067dbd2d99 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/eval.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/eval.texi @@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ interpretation. @xref{Command Loop}. A Lisp object that is intended to be evaluated is called a @dfn{form} (or an @dfn{expression}). How Emacs evaluates a form depends on its data type. Emacs has three different kinds of form -that are evaluated differently: symbols, lists, and ``all other -types''. This section describes all three kinds, one by one, starting -with the ``all other types'' which are self-evaluating forms. +that are evaluated differently: symbols, lists, and all other +types. This section describes all three kinds, one by one, starting +with the other types, which are self-evaluating forms. @menu * Self-Evaluating Forms:: Forms that evaluate to themselves. @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ with the ``all other types'' which are self-evaluating forms. we find the real function via the symbol. * Function Forms:: Forms that call functions. * Macro Forms:: Forms that call macros. -* Special Forms:: "Special forms" are idiosyncratic primitives, +* Special Forms:: Special forms are idiosyncratic primitives, most of them extremely important. * Autoloading:: Functions set up to load files containing their real definitions. @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ contents unchanged. @result{} 123 @end group @group -(eval '123) ; @r{Evaluated ``by hand''---result is the same.} +(eval '123) ; @r{Evaluated "by hand"---result is the same.} @result{} 123 @end group @group