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authorEthan Stefan Day <esday@ethan-stefan.net>2016-08-07 23:38:57 +0200
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2016-08-07 23:40:16 +0200
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Documentation fixes
* doc/ref/api-compound.texi: * doc/ref/api-control.texi: * doc/ref/api-data.texi: Fix typos and clarify.
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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-data.texi b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
index c87b01eca..34e1ff64d 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-data.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ starts from 0 for the least significant bit.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} ash n count
@deffnx {C Function} scm_ash (n, count)
-Return @math{floor(n * 2^count)}.
+Return @math{floor(n * 2^{count})}.
@var{n} and @var{count} must be exact integers.
With @var{n} viewed as an infinite-precision twos-complement
@@ -5141,7 +5141,7 @@ mapping consistently:
@lisp
;; 1=red, 2=green, 3=purple
-(if (eq? (colour-of car) 1)
+(if (eq? (colour-of vehicle) 1)
...)
@end lisp
@@ -5154,7 +5154,7 @@ defining constants:
(define green 2)
(define purple 3)
-(if (eq? (colour-of car) red)
+(if (eq? (colour-of vehicle) red)
...)
@end lisp
@@ -5163,7 +5163,7 @@ But the simplest and clearest approach is not to use numbers at all, but
symbols whose names specify the colours that they refer to:
@lisp
-(if (eq? (colour-of car) 'red)
+(if (eq? (colour-of vehicle) 'red)
...)
@end lisp
@@ -5185,15 +5185,15 @@ Then a car's combined property set could be naturally represented and
manipulated as a list of symbols:
@lisp
-(properties-of car1)
+(properties-of vehicle1)
@result{}
(red manual unleaded power-steering)
-(if (memq 'power-steering (properties-of car1))
- (display "Unfit people can drive this car.\n")
- (display "You'll need strong arms to drive this car!\n"))
+(if (memq 'power-steering (properties-of vehicle1))
+ (display "Unfit people can drive this vehicle.\n")
+ (display "You'll need strong arms to drive this vehicle!\n"))
@print{}
-Unfit people can drive this car.
+Unfit people can drive this vehicle.
@end lisp
Remember, the fundamental property of symbols that we are relying on