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Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:11:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0Tt-00080K-CU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:11:14 -0400 Original-Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:54359) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fa0Tt-0007xg-75 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:11:09 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 203.213.106.91 Original-Received: from epi.local (203-213-106-91.static.tpgi.com.au [203.213.106.91]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D2E9E0006 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:11:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:148094 Archived-At: diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi = b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index be3e938b24..82c49bf693 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ Primitive Functions @cindex Primitives written in C All functions are defined in terms of other functions, except for a few @dfn{primitive} functions that are written in the C programming -language. When you write functions' definitions, you will write them = in +language. When you write function definitions, you will write them in Emacs Lisp and use other functions as your building blocks. Some of = the functions you will use will themselves be written in Emacs Lisp = (perhaps by you) and some will be primitives written in C@. The primitive @@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ defun =20 @findex * @r{(multiplication)} The third line of the example consists of the body of the function -definition. (Most functions' definitions, of course, are longer than +definition. (Most function definitions, of course, are longer than this.) In this function, the body is the list, @code{(* 7 number)}, = which says to multiply the value of @var{number} by 7. (In Emacs Lisp, @code{*} is the function for multiplication, just as @code{+} is the