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diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index 11ceea19eef..841bf8a0c95 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ every node in every chapter. * Conclusion:: Now you have the basics. * the-the:: An appendix: how to find reduplicated words. * Kill Ring:: An appendix: how the kill ring works. -* Full Graph:: How to create a graph with labelled axes. +* Full Graph:: How to create a graph with labeled axes. * Free Software and Free Manuals:: * GNU Free Documentation License:: * Index:: @@ -793,9 +793,9 @@ The @code{current-kill} Function * Digression concerning error:: How to mislead humans, but not computers. * Determining the Element:: -A Graph with Labelled Axes +A Graph with Labeled Axes -* Labelled Example:: +* Labeled Example:: * print-graph Varlist:: @code{let} expression in @code{print-graph}. * print-Y-axis:: Print a label for the vertical axis. * print-X-axis:: Print a horizontal label. @@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ the command in parentheses, like this: @kbd{M-C-\} invoke the command; this is called @dfn{rebinding}. @xref{Keymaps, , Keymaps}.) The abbreviation @kbd{M-C-\} means that you type your @key{META} key, @key{CTRL} key and @key{\} key all at the same time. -(On many modern keyboards the @key{META} key is labelled +(On many modern keyboards the @key{META} key is labeled @key{ALT}.) Sometimes a combination like this is called a keychord, since it is similar to the way you play a chord on a piano. If your keyboard does @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ not have a @key{META} key, the @key{ESC} key prefix is used in place of it. In this case, @kbd{M-C-\} means that you press and release your @key{ESC} key and then type the @key{CTRL} key and the @key{\} key at the same time. But usually @kbd{M-C-\} means press the @key{CTRL} key -along with the key that is labelled @key{ALT} and, at the same time, +along with the key that is labeled @key{ALT} and, at the same time, press the @key{\} key. In addition to typing a lone keychord, you can prefix what you type @@ -4749,7 +4749,7 @@ type in the name of the function whose source code you want to see, such as @code{mark-whole-buffer}, and then type @key{RET}. Emacs will switch buffers and display the source code for the function on your screen. To switch back to your current buffer, type @kbd{C-x b -@key{RET}}. (On some keyboards, the @key{META} key is labelled +@key{RET}}. (On some keyboards, the @key{META} key is labeled @key{ALT}.) @c !!! 22.1.1 tags table location in this paragraph @@ -16962,7 +16962,7 @@ For this reason, I have written enhancements to the basic @code{print-graph-body} function that automatically print labels for the horizontal and vertical axes. Since the label printing functions do not contain much new material, I have placed their description in -an appendix. @xref{Full Graph, , A Graph with Labelled Axes}. +an appendix. @xref{Full Graph, , A Graph with Labeled Axes}. @node Line Graph Exercise, , Printed Axes, Readying a Graph @section Exercise @@ -19447,7 +19447,7 @@ whether the kill ring is full or empty. This is an act of exploration. From the human point of view, the act of exploration and discovery is -not necessarily an error, and therefore should not be labelled as one, +not necessarily an error, and therefore should not be labeled as one, even in the bowels of a computer. As it is, the code in Emacs implies that a human who is acting virtuously, by exploring his or her environment, is making an error. This is bad. Even though the computer @@ -19760,25 +19760,25 @@ as @code{kill-ring-yank-pointer} do not use this library, possibly because they were written earlier. @node Full Graph, Free Software and Free Manuals, Kill Ring, Top -@appendix A Graph with Labelled Axes +@appendix A Graph with Labeled Axes Printed axes help you understand a graph. They convey scale. In an earlier chapter (@pxref{Readying a Graph, , Readying a Graph}), we wrote the code to print the body of a graph. Here we write the code -for printing and labelling vertical and horizontal axes, along with the +for printing and labeling vertical and horizontal axes, along with the body itself. @menu -* Labelled Example:: +* Labeled Example:: * print-graph Varlist:: @code{let} expression in @code{print-graph}. * print-Y-axis:: Print a label for the vertical axis. * print-X-axis:: Print a horizontal label. * Print Whole Graph:: The function to print a complete graph. @end menu -@node Labelled Example, print-graph Varlist, Full Graph, Full Graph +@node Labeled Example, print-graph Varlist, Full Graph, Full Graph @ifnottex -@unnumberedsec Labelled Example Graph +@unnumberedsec Labeled Example Graph @end ifnottex Since insertions fill a buffer to the right and below point, the new @@ -19821,9 +19821,9 @@ Here is an example of how a finished graph should look: @end smallexample @noindent -In this graph, both the vertical and the horizontal axes are labelled +In this graph, both the vertical and the horizontal axes are labeled with numbers. However, in some graphs, the horizontal axis is time -and would be better labelled with months, like this: +and would be better labeled with months, like this: @smallexample @group @@ -19838,9 +19838,9 @@ and would be better labelled with months, like this: @end smallexample Indeed, with a little thought, we can easily come up with a variety of -vertical and horizontal labelling schemes. Our task could become +vertical and horizontal labeling schemes. Our task could become complicated. But complications breed confusion. Rather than permit -this, it is better choose a simple labelling scheme for our first +this, it is better choose a simple labeling scheme for our first effort, and to modify or replace it later. @need 1200 @@ -19864,7 +19864,7 @@ These considerations suggest the following outline for the We can work on each part of the @code{print-graph} function definition in turn. -@node print-graph Varlist, print-Y-axis, Labelled Example, Full Graph +@node print-graph Varlist, print-Y-axis, Labeled Example, Full Graph @comment node-name, next, previous, up @appendixsec The @code{print-graph} Varlist @cindex @code{print-graph} varlist @@ -20391,7 +20391,7 @@ blank spaces and also separated according to the value of the variable The value of the variable @code{X-axis-label-spacing} should itself be measured in units of @code{symbol-width}, since you may want to change the width of the symbols that you are using to print the body of the -graph without changing the ways the graph is labelled. +graph without changing the ways the graph is labeled. @menu * Similarities differences:: Much like @code{print-Y-axis}, but not exactly. @@ -20722,7 +20722,7 @@ Emacs will print the horizontal axis like this: Now we are nearly ready to print the whole graph. The function to print the graph with the proper labels follows the -outline we created earlier (@pxref{Full Graph, , A Graph with Labelled +outline we created earlier (@pxref{Full Graph, , A Graph with Labeled Axes}), but with additions. @need 1250 @@ -20857,7 +20857,7 @@ Finally, the code for the @code{print-graph} function: ;;; @r{Final version.} (defun print-graph (numbers-list &optional vertical-step) - "Print labelled bar graph of the NUMBERS-LIST. + "Print labeled bar graph of the NUMBERS-LIST. The numbers-list consists of the Y-axis values. @end group @@ -21478,7 +21478,7 @@ each column." @group (defun print-graph (numbers-list &optional vertical-step horizontal-step) - "Print labelled bar graph of the NUMBERS-LIST. + "Print labeled bar graph of the NUMBERS-LIST. The numbers-list consists of the Y-axis values. @end group @@ -21979,7 +21979,7 @@ each column." @group (defun print-graph (numbers-list &optional vertical-step horizontal-step) - "Print labelled bar graph of the NUMBERS-LIST. + "Print labeled bar graph of the NUMBERS-LIST. The numbers-list consists of the Y-axis values. @end group @@ -22275,4 +22275,3 @@ airplane. @c @end iftex @bye - |