* Lisp History:: Emacs Lisp is descended from Maclisp.
* Conventions:: How the manual is formatted.
* Version Info:: Which Emacs version is running?
-* Acknowledgements:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual.
+* Acknowledgments:: The authors, editors, and sponsors of this manual.
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@node Caveats
@pindex cl
A certain amount of Common Lisp emulation is available via the
-@file{cl} library. @xref{Top,, Overview, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}.
+@file{cl-lib} library. @xref{Top,, Overview, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}.
Emacs Lisp is not at all influenced by Scheme; but the GNU project has
an implementation of Scheme, called Guile. We use it in all new GNU
A @dfn{variable} is a name that can be @dfn{bound} (or @dfn{set}) to
an object. The object to which a variable is bound is called a
-@dfn{value}; we say also that variable @dfn{holds} that value.
+@dfn{value}; we say also that variable holds that value.
Although nearly all variables can be set by the user, certain
variables exist specifically so that users can change them; these are
called @dfn{user options}. Ordinary variables and user options are
@defvar emacs-build-time
The value of this variable indicates the time at which Emacs was
-built. It is a list of three integers, like the value of
+built. It is a list of four integers, like the value of
@code{current-time} (@pxref{Time of Day}).
@example
@group
emacs-build-time
- @result{} (18846 52016 156039)
+ @result{} (20614 63694 515336 438000)
@end group
@end example
@end defvar
23.1, the value is 1.
@end defvar
-@node Acknowledgements
-@section Acknowledgements
+@node Acknowledgments
+@section Acknowledgments
This manual was originally written by Robert Krawitz, Bil Lewis, Dan
LaLiberte, Richard@tie{}M. Stallman and Chris Welty, the volunteers of