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[bpt/emacs.git] / lispref / syntax.texi

diff --git a/lispref/syntax.texi b/lispref/syntax.texi
index 4458547..340f746 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/syntax.texi
+++ b/lispref/syntax.texi
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 @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, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001,
+@c   2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../info/syntax
 @node Syntax Tables, Abbrevs, Searching and Matching, Top
 @chapter Syntax Tables
-@cindex parsing
+@cindex parsing buffer text
 @cindex syntax table
 @cindex text parsing
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a syntax table.
 
 @node Syntax Descriptors
 @section Syntax Descriptors
-@cindex syntax classes
+@cindex syntax class
 
   This section describes the syntax classes and flags that denote the
 syntax of a character, and how they are represented as a @dfn{syntax
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ we do not want them to turn off the usual syntactic properties of
 other characters in the quotation.
 @end deffn
 
-@deffn {Syntax class} @w{escape}
+@deffn {Syntax class} @w{escape-syntax character}
 An @dfn{escape character} (designated by @samp{\}) starts an escape
 sequence such as is used in C string and character constants.  The
 character @samp{\} belongs to this class in both C and Lisp.  (In C, it
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ English text has no comment characters.  In Lisp, the semicolon
 (@samp{;}) starts a comment and a newline or formfeed ends one.
 @end deffn
 
-@deffn {Syntax class} @w{inherit}
+@deffn {Syntax class} @w{inherit standard syntax}
 This syntax class does not specify a particular syntax.  It says to look
 in the standard syntax table to find the syntax of this character.  The
 designator for this syntax class is @samp{@@}.
@@ -873,7 +873,8 @@ can still override the syntax.)
 @defopt parse-sexp-ignore-comments
 @cindex skipping comments
 If the value is non-@code{nil}, then comments are treated as
-whitespace by the functions in this section and by @code{forward-sexp}.
+whitespace by the functions in this section and by @code{forward-sexp},
+@code{scan-lists} and @code{scan-sexps}.
 @end defopt
 
 @vindex parse-sexp-lookup-properties
@@ -1010,8 +1011,9 @@ corresponds to each syntax flag.
 @end multitable
 
 @defun string-to-syntax @var{desc}
-This function returns the internal form @code{(@var{syntax-code} .
-@var{matching-char})} corresponding to the syntax descriptor @var{desc}.
+This function returns the internal form corresponding to the syntax
+descriptor @var{desc}, a cons cell @code{(@var{syntax-code}
+. @var{matching-char})}.
 @end defun
 
 @defun syntax-after pos
@@ -1041,6 +1043,7 @@ class codes.
 @node Categories
 @section Categories
 @cindex categories of characters
+@cindex character categories
 
   @dfn{Categories} provide an alternate way of classifying characters
 syntactically.  You can define several categories as needed, then
@@ -1048,6 +1051,7 @@ independently assign each character to one or more categories.  Unlike
 syntax classes, categories are not mutually exclusive; it is normal for
 one character to belong to several categories.
 
+@cindex category table
   Each buffer has a @dfn{category table} which records which categories
 are defined and also which characters belong to each category.  Each
 category table defines its own categories, but normally these are