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1 2012-06-21 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
2
3 * Makefile.in: Rename infodir to buildinfodir throughout. (Bug#11737)
4
5 2012-05-29 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
6
7 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Nuke hand-written node pointers.
8 (dolist, dotimes): Fix sectioning.
9
10 2012-05-12 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
11
12 * Makefile.in (MKDIR_P): New, set by configure.
13 (mkinfodir): Use $MKDIR_P.
14
15 2012-05-05 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
16
17 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Making Errors): Don't mention Emacs 20.
18 (Void Function, Wrong Type of Argument, Recursion with list)
19 (Simple Extension): Assume a non-ancient Emacs.
20 (Void Variable, Switching Buffers): Improve page breaks.
21
22 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Update GNU Press contact details.
23
24 2012-05-04 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
25
26 * Makefile.in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New, set by configure.
27 (info, infoclean): Use $INFO_EXT.
28 (${infodir}/eintr$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
29 * makefile.w32-in (INFO_EXT, INFO_OPTS): New.
30 (INFO_TARGETS, clean): Use $INFO_EXT.
31 ($(infodir)/eintr$(INFO_EXT)): Use $INFO_EXT and $INFO_OPT.
32
33 2012-05-02 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
34
35 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Syntax): Reword to avoid underfull hbox.
36
37 2012-04-14 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
38
39 * Makefile.in: Replace non-portable use of $< in ordinary rules.
40
41 2012-02-28 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
42
43 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Standardize possessive apostrophe usage.
44
45 2012-02-17 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
46
47 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Design @value{COUNT-WORDS}, Syntax)
48 (count-words-in-defun): Fix cross-refs to Emacs manual.
49
50 2012-01-28 Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
51
52 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Top): Move setting of COUNT-WORDS outside
53 of @menu. (Bug#10628)
54
55 2012-01-19 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
56
57 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (count-words-in-defun):
58 Add missing parenthesis (bug#10544).
59
60 2012-01-17 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
61
62 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (re-search-forward): Fix typo.
63
64 2011-11-24 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
65
66 * makefile.w32-in: Update dependencies.
67
68 2011-11-16 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
69
70 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (etags): Fix typo.
71
72 2011-03-07 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
73
74 * Version 23.3 released.
75
76 2011-02-19 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
77
78 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Sync @dircategory with ../../info/dir.
79
80 2011-01-23 Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
81
82 * Makefile.in (MAKEINFO): Now controlled by `configure'.
83 (MAKEINFO_OPTS): New variable. Use it where appropriate.
84 (ENVADD): New variable to control texi2dvi and texi2pdf.
85
86 2010-11-13 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
87
88 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Rename the `count-words-region' example,
89 since there is now a standard command of that name.
90
91 2010-10-11 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
92
93 * Makefile.in (.dvi.ps): Remove unnecessary suffix rule.
94 (.PHONY): Add ps.
95 (ps, emacs-lisp-intro.ps): New targets.
96 (clean): Delete ps file.
97 (MAKEINFO): Use --force like the other doc/ Makefiles do.
98 Add explicit -I$srcdir.
99
100 2010-10-09 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
101
102 * Makefile.in (VPATH): Remove.
103 (infodir): Make it absolute.
104 (mkinfodir, $(infodir)/eintr, infoclean): No need to cd $srcdir.
105
106 * Makefile.in (dist): Anchor regexps.
107
108 * Makefile.in (${infodir}/eintr, emacs-lisp-intro.dvi)
109 (emacs-lisp-intro.pdf, emacs-lisp-intro.html): Use $<.
110
111 * Makefile.in (infoclean): Remove harmless, long-standing error.
112
113 * Makefile.in ($(infodir)): Delete rule.
114 (mkinfodir): New.
115 ($(infodir)/eintr): Use $mkinfodir instead of infodir.
116
117 2010-10-09 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
118
119 * Makefile.in (.PHONY): Declare info, dvi, html, pdf, dist.
120
121 2010-10-07 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
122
123 * Makefile.in (version): New, set by configure.
124 (clean): Delete dist tar file.
125 (dist): Use version in tar name.
126
127 2010-10-06 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
128
129 * Makefile.in (SHELL): Use /bin/sh, like every other Makefile.in.
130 (INFO_SOURCES, INFO_TARGETS, DVI_TARGETS): Remove variables.
131 ($(infodir), html, pdf, infoclean, dist): New rules.
132 (${infodir}/eintr): Ensure $infodir exists. Use $@.
133 (emacs-lisp-intro.dvi, emacs-lisp-intro.pdf, emacs-lisp-intro.html):
134 Use $^.
135 (.PHONY): Declare clean rules.
136 (mostlyclean): Delete more temp files.
137 (clean): Delete specific dvi, pdf and html files.
138 (maintainer-clean): Use infoclean.
139 (.NOEXPORT): Remove, unused by any other Makefile.in.
140
141 2010-09-21 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
142
143 * cons-1.eps, cons-2.eps, cons-2a.eps, cons-3.eps, cons-4.eps:
144 * cons-5.eps, lambda-1.eps, lambda-2.eps, lambda-3.eps:
145 Add first line EPSF magic comment. (Bug#7064)
146
147 2010-06-23 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
148
149 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Untabify.
150
151 2010-05-07 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
152
153 * Version 23.2 released.
154
155 2010-03-10 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
156
157 * Branch for 23.2.
158
159 2010-02-16 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
160
161 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Fix typo in name of `find-tag' command.
162
163 2010-02-01 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
164
165 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Text and Auto-fill, Mode Line):
166 Avoid obsolete special default variables like default-major-mode.
167
168 2009-12-09 David Robinow <drobinow@gmail.com> (tiny change)
169
170 * makefile.w32-in: Use parenthesis for macros for nmake compatibility.
171
172 2009-12-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
173
174 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Free Software and Free Manuals):
175 Update URL, and remove duplicate text.
176
177 2009-10-28 Robert J. Chassell <bob@gnu.org>
178
179 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Don't change urlcolor or linkcolor in tex
180 output (not needed and does not work with recent texinfo.tex).
181 Bump edition number.
182
183 2009-10-27 Robert J. Chassell <bob@gnu.org>
184
185 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Bump edition number.
186
187 2009-10-27 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
188
189 * cons-1.pdf, cons-2.pdf, cons-2a.pdf, cons-3.pdf, cons-4.pdf:
190 * cons-5.pdf, drawers.pdf, lambda-1.pdf, lambda-2.pdf, lambda-3.pdf:
191 New files, generated from .eps versions with epstopdf.
192 * README: Add copyright information for PDF images.
193
194 * Makefile.in (TEXI2PDF): New variable.
195 (emacs-lisp-intro.pdf): New target.
196
197 * makefile.w32-in (texinfodir, TEXI2PDF): New variables.
198 (ENVADD): Add -I$texinfodir.
199 (emacs-lisp-intro.pdf): New target.
200
201 2009-07-28 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
202
203 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Simple Extension): Bump emacs versions in
204 examples.
205
206 2009-07-10 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
207
208 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Top): Add missing @detailmenu entry.
209
210 2009-07-09 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
211
212 * Makefile.in (texinfodir): Rename from usermanualdir, and update.
213
214 2009-07-06 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
215
216 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (defvar and asterisk): Minor rephrasing.
217
218 2009-06-21 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
219
220 * Branch for 23.1.
221
222 2009-06-14 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
223
224 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (edebug): Fix typo.
225
226 2009-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
227
228 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Default Configuration): Fix dup word "by by".
229
230 2009-02-20 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
231
232 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (current-kill, Code for current-kill)
233 (Body of current-kill): Remove duplicate words.
234
235 2008-11-19 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
236
237 * doclicense.texi: New file.
238 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Relicense under FDL 1.3 or later.
239 Include doclicense.texi rather than having license in the file itself.
240
241 2008-10-16 Sean Sieger <sean.sieger@gmail.com> (tiny change)
242
243 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Recursion with list): Fix typo.
244
245 2008-10-04 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
246
247 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Apply similar formatting changes as for
248 the emacs and lispref manuals, to save pages. A couple minor
249 rewordings and reformatting of code to avoid overfull and
250 underfull lines.
251 (edition-number): Bump to 3.08.
252 (update-date): Bump to 4 October 2008.
253
254 2008-06-20 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
255
256 * makefile.w32-in (distclean): Remove makefile.
257
258 2008-06-16 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
259
260 * Makefile.am, Makefile.old, aclocal.m4, configure, configure.in:
261 * install-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs: Remove obsolete files.
262
263 2008-05-13 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
264
265 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Lisp Atoms): Rephrase "in addition" to
266 avoid confusion with addition operation discussed in previous
267 paragraph.
268
269 2008-01-31 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
270
271 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Update back cover text.
272
273 2007-09-12 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
274
275 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Add email address to Thank You correctly.
276
277 2007-09-06 Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com>
278
279 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): Delete info files.
280
281 2007-09-06 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
282
283 Move from lispintro/ to doc/lispintro/.
284 * Makefile.in (infodir): Go up one more level.
285 (usermanualdir): Change from ../man to ../emacs.
286 * makefile.w32-in (infodir, ENVADD): Go up one more level.
287 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (setfilename): Go up one more level.
288
289 2007-07-30 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
290
291 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Fix typo on line 5173, change `thee' to
292 `these'.
293
294 2007-07-25 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
295
296 * Relicense all FSF files to GPLv3 or later.
297
298 2007-06-02 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
299
300 * Version 22.1 released.
301
302 2007-01-30 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
303
304 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (else): Rephrase message of first
305 if-then-else example so it is right both in itself and in the
306 "true" case of the expression, which asks whether 4 is greater
307 than 5.
308
309 2006-11-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
310
311 * Makefile.in (usermanualdir): Define.
312 (emacs-lisp-intro.dvi): Pass -I options to texi2dvi instead of
313 using TEXINPUTS.
314
315 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Input texinfo instead of ../man/texinfo
316 to fix building outside source directory.
317
318 2006-11-09 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
319
320 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Copy descriptions from detailed master
321 menu to menus within body.
322
323 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (at the beginning): Add `other shell
324 commands' to produce additional output formats; total is now ten.
325 (A Loop with an Incrementing Counter, and others): Ensure Info
326 menus will appear in short windows.
327 (Disentangle beginning-of-buffer): Replace `version 21' with `more
328 recent versions'.
329 (Simple Extension): Show how to handle multiple versions by adding
330 an alternative with a test of `>= 21'.
331
332 2006-11-06 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
333
334 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Finish minor changes seen from DVI output.
335 Replace 22.1.100 with 22.1.1.
336 (current-kill): Mention functions that directly or indirectly call
337 `kill-new', which sets `kill-ring-yank-pointer'.
338 (Understanding current-kill): Change `lasted' to `last'. Remove
339 extraneous parenthesis. Reword item about returning `car' of list.
340 (yank): Remove mention of `rotate-yank-pointer'.
341 (Y Axis Element): Add comment regarding replacement of blank space.
342 (print-Y-axis Penultimate): Explain that `print-graph' will pass
343 `height-of-top-line' so `print-Y-axis' does not have a bug.
344
345 2006-11-05 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
346
347 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Yet more minor changes:
348 (defcustom): Said that `:options' is usually for a hook. Remove
349 extraneous space in parenthetical remark concerning
350 `text-mode-hook-identify'. At end, mention other defines, too.
351 (Beginning a .emacs File): Reverse words about comments so they
352 parallel numbers of listed semi-colons.
353 (Text and Auto-fill): Remove extraneous blank line in example.
354 (Mail Aliases): Remove extraneous blank line in example.
355 (Keybindings): Reformat as needed with `key' rather than `kbd'.
356 (Keybindings, Miscellaneous, Mode Line): For small book format, start
357 section name on top of new page.
358 (Simple Extension): Replace longer expression with
359 `emacs-major-version'. Remove comment about `number-to-string'
360 function.
361 (Miscellaneous): Add filename option, `-H', to `grep' example.
362 (debug, debug-on-entry): Replace `GNU Emacs 22' with `a recent
363 GNU Emacs'.
364 (edebug): More properly state where to place point for 'M-x
365 edebug-defun'.
366
367 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: More minor changes.
368 Center images for TeX output.
369 (kill-new function): Remove indentation for sentence talking about
370 momentarily skipping code.
371 (cons & search-fwd Review): Document @code{funcall}. Document
372 @code{re-search-forward} with existing @code{search-forward}.
373 Reference chapter on regular expression searches.
374 (Recursion with list): Specify a more recent version as being Emacs.
375 (Recursion with list, Every, recursive-graph-body-print): Change
376 `if ... progn' expression to `when'.
377 (Recursive triangle function): For printing in small book, ensure
378 section name is not last on bottom of preceding page.
379 (Keep): Remove extraneous space in function definition example.
380 (sentence-end): Specify `in English' for glyphs that end a sentence.
381 Note that in GNU Emacs 22, the name refers to both a variable and a
382 function.
383 (fwd-sentence while loops): Write a function as one, not as a form.
384 (fwd-para let): Add `which' to sentence with `parstart' and `parsep'.
385 (etags): Move sentences involving `find-tag' and sources. State
386 location of Emacs `src' directory.
387 (Design count-words-region): Better explain two backslashes in a row.
388 (Find a File): Fix grammar; add a `to' and write `to visit'. Change
389 `named' to `selected'.
390 (lengths-list-file): Remove extraneous parenthesis from reference.
391 (lengths-list-many-files): Explain `expand-file-name' better.
392 (Files List): Rephrase sentence regarding Lisp sources directory.
393
394 2006-11-04 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
395
396 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Replace 22.0.100 with 22.1.100.
397 (defcustom): Note that the value set by defconst is a variable.
398 (Buffer Size & Locations): Parenthetical remark about evaluation.
399 (Finding More): Change text to include C sources by inference.
400
401 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Minor fixes.
402 Replace all tabs with eight spaces each so printed text looks correct.
403 Remove extraneous comma in a printed node name produced by `ref'.
404 (insert-buffer): Add a missing beginning parenthesis.
405 (beginning-of-buffer): Add `beginning of' to note about accessible
406 portion.
407 (narrow Exercise): Write closing parenthesis at end of correct
408 paragraph.
409 (zap-to-char): Remove extraneous `a' from first sentence.
410 (Complete zap-to-char): Remove two extraneous sentences.
411 (zap-to-char body): Move sentences on documentation two nodes earlier.
412 (Lisp macro): Add definition of `unless' macro.
413 (last-command & this-command): Remove comment that `we have not yet
414 seen' the @code{eq} function.
415 (kill-append function): Reformat `kill-append' function definition so
416 it prints well.
417 (kill-new function): Indent the sentence beginning `notice'. Replace
418 `the same as' with `similar to'. Repair typo. Remove obsolete
419 references to `yank' and `yank-pop. End section with a note that `we
420 will digress into C.'
421
422 2006-11-02 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
423
424 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (kill-ring-yank-pointer): Revert addition
425 of extraneous quotation mark to rotate-yank-pointer.
426
427 2006-11-01 Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
428
429 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Fix unbalanced quotes.
430
431 2006-10-31 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
432
433 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Revised text for kill-region,
434 copy-region-as-kill, kill-append, kill-new, forward-sentence,
435 forward-paragraph, find-file, current-kill, yank, and yank-pop.
436 Removed INSTALL MANIFEST from the directory since those files are
437 now irrelevant. Updated Info file in ../info. Changed numbering
438 so is now Revised Third Edition and this instance's edition-number
439 is 3.00. Did not update ISBN number.
440
441 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Remove version reference for X colors.
442 Document `='. Remove mention that :eval was new in 21. Updated
443 instance's edition-number to 3.01.
444
445 2006-10-30 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
446
447 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Many changes since it turned out that
448 many `simple' functions were rewritten. Changes to the text
449 regarding zap-to-char, mark-whole-buffer, append-to-buffer,
450 copy-to-buffer, beginning-of-buffer, what-line, and possibly
451 others. (I have not reviewed all yet.) This instance does build
452 for Info and TeX.
453
454 2006-10-29 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
455
456 * Makefile.in: Use relative paths to avoid advertising filesystem
457 contents during compilation.
458
459 2006-08-21 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
460
461 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Deleted in directory copy of texinfo.tex
462 and pointed towards ../man/texinfo.tex so only one file
463 needs updating. Added comment of what to do when building on own.
464
465 * texinfo.tex: Changed to version 2006-02-13.16
466 to enable a DVI build using the more recent versions of TeX.
467
468 2006-05-25 David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
469
470 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (setcar): Replace an antelope rather than
471 a giraffe with a hippopotamus.
472
473 2006-05-19 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>
474
475 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Digression concerning error): Fix typo.
476
477 2005-09-16 Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com>
478
479 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (GNU Free Documentation License):
480 Specify GFDL version 1.2.
481
482 2005-07-30 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
483
484 * makefile.w32-in (info): Don't run install-info.
485 ($(infodir)/dir): New target, produced by running install-info.
486
487 2005-07-04 Lute Kamstra <lute@gnu.org>
488
489 Update FSF's address in GPL notices.
490
491 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Update FSF's address.
492
493 2004-04-23 Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es>
494
495 * makefile.w32-in: Add "-*- makefile -*-" mode tag.
496
497 2004-02-29 Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es>
498
499 * makefile.w32-in (mostlyclean, clean, maintainer-clean):
500 Use $(DEL) instead of rm, and ignore exit code.
501
502 2003-11-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
503
504 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: [CVS commitment by <bob@rattlesnake.com>]
505 Corrections to cross references.
506 (Interactive Options): elisp "interactive" -> "Using Interactive".
507 (defvar and asterisk): Remove emacs "Edit Options" reference,
508 edit-options is no longer described in the emacs manual.
509 (Lists diagrammed): elisp "List Type" -> "Cons Cell Type".
510
511 2003-09-03 Peter Runestig <peter@runestig.com>
512
513 * makefile.w32-in: New file.
514
515 2001-11-29 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
516
517 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Index): @ignore extraneous text.
518 Use @dircategory and @direntry to define the DIR entry.
519
520 2001-11-25 Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
521
522 * emacs-lisp-intro.texi: Move @contents to the beginning of the
523 file. Set the size to @smallbook.
524
525 2001-11-24 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
526
527 * Makefile.in: New file.
528
529 * README: Update.
530
531 * *.eps: Rename to avoid clashes in DOS 8+3 namespace.
532
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