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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2015-09-16 12:56:45 +0300
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Restore some of the quoting in the manuals
* doc/lispref/windows.texi (Coordinates and Windows) (Coordinates and Windows): * doc/lispref/variables.texi (Lexical Binding) (File Local Variables): * doc/lispref/text.texi (Format Properties): * doc/lispref/symbols.texi (Symbol Components): * doc/lispref/strings.texi (Creating Strings): * doc/lispref/sequences.texi (Sequence Functions): * doc/lispref/searching.texi (Regexp Special, Regexp Search) (Search and Replace): * doc/lispref/processes.texi (Bindat Spec): * doc/lispref/os.texi (Idle Timers): * doc/lispref/objects.texi (Basic Char Syntax): * doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Float Basics, Random Numbers): * doc/lispref/nonascii.texi (Character Properties): * doc/lispref/modes.texi (Major Mode Conventions, Mode Hooks) (Mode Line Variables): * doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Text from Minibuffer): * doc/lispref/loading.texi (Autoload): * doc/lispref/keymaps.texi (Controlling Active Maps): * doc/lispref/frames.texi (Frame Layout, Size and Position) (Size Parameters, Implied Frame Resizing): * doc/lispref/files.texi (Changing Files, Magic File Names): * doc/lispref/eval.texi (Self-Evaluating Forms): * doc/lispref/display.texi (Progress, Abstract Display) (Abstract Display Example, Bidirectional Display): * doc/lispref/commands.texi (Event Mod): * doc/emacs/windows.texi (Displaying Buffers): * doc/emacs/trouble.texi (Bug Criteria, Checklist): * doc/emacs/text.texi (Enriched Text): * doc/emacs/programs.texi (MixedCase Words): * doc/emacs/picture-xtra.texi (Insert in Picture) (Tabs in Picture): * doc/emacs/misc.texi (Emacs Server, Printing): * doc/emacs/mini.texi (Minibuffer History): * doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Old Revisions, VC Change Log) (Pulling / Pushing): * doc/emacs/killing.texi (Yanking, Cut and Paste, Clipboard): * doc/emacs/help.texi (Help, Help Echo): * doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): * doc/emacs/frames.texi (Mouse Commands, Creating Frames) (Frame Commands): * doc/emacs/files.texi (Reverting, Saving, Directories): * doc/emacs/entering.texi (Exiting): * doc/emacs/emacs.texi (Top): * doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (Window Size X, Icons X): * doc/emacs/anti.texi (Antinews): Restore quoting of text where appropriate or replace quoting with @dfn. * doc/misc/ediff.texi (Window and Frame Configuration): * doc/lispref/processes.texi (Network Feature Testing): * doc/lispref/display.texi (Display Margins): Quote the phrase after "a.k.a." where appropriate.
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@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ distinguish them.
@cindex NaN
The @acronym{IEEE} floating-point standard supports positive
infinity and negative infinity as floating-point values. It also
-provides for a class of values called NaN or not a number;
+provides for a class of values called NaN, or ``not a number'';
numerical functions return such values in cases where there is no
correct answer. For example, @code{(/ 0.0 0.0)} returns a NaN@.
Although NaN values carry a sign, for practical purposes there is no other
@@ -1217,7 +1217,8 @@ fashion. The numbers are not truly random, but they have certain
properties that mimic a random series. For example, all possible
values occur equally often in a pseudo-random series.
- Pseudo-random numbers are generated from a seed. Starting from
+@cindex seed, for random number generation
+ Pseudo-random numbers are generated from a @dfn{seed value}. Starting from
any given seed, the @code{random} function always generates the same
sequence of numbers. By default, Emacs initializes the random seed at
startup, in such a way that the sequence of values of @code{random}