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