guile/guile-core/doc/ref ChangeLog scheme-data....

[Neil Jerram]

CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    guile
Changes by:     Neil Jerram <address@hidden>    01/08/30 13:02:13

Modified files:
        guile-core/doc/ref: ChangeLog scheme-data.texi scheme-ideas.texi 
                            scheme-modules.texi scm.texi 

Log message:
        * Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from the stable CVS 
branch.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ref/ChangeLog.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.2&tr2=1.3&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.1&tr2=1.2&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.1&tr2=1.2&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-modules.texi.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.1&tr2=1.2&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scm.texi.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&tr1=1.1&tr2=1.2&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ref/ChangeLog
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ref/ChangeLog:1.2 
guile/guile-core/doc/ref/ChangeLog:1.3
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ref/ChangeLog:1.2      Mon Aug 27 14:25:44 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ref/ChangeLog  Thu Aug 30 13:02:13 2001
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2001-08-30  Neil Jerram  <address@hidden>
+
+       * scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
+       Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
+       scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
+       scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
+       Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
+       the stable CVS branch.
+
 2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <address@hidden>
 
        * intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi:1.1 
guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi:1.2
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi:1.1       Fri Aug 24 02:40:29 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi   Thu Aug 30 13:02:13 2001
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
 Thinking of vect as coordinates in space of
 dimension n = (vector-length vect), the coordinates
 are uniformly distributed over the surface of the
-unit n-shere.
+unit n-sphere.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn primitive random:normal [state]
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@
 the sum of whose squares is less than 1.0.
 Thinking of vect as coordinates in space of
 dimension n = (vector-length vect), the coordinates
-are uniformly distributed within the unit n-shere.
+are uniformly distributed within the unit n-sphere.
 The sum of the squares of the numbers is returned.
 @end deffn
 
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@
 current implementation restricts strings to a length of 2^24
 characters.}  If you want to insert a double quote character into a
 string literal, it must be prefixed with a backslash @code{\} character
-(called an @emph{escape character}).
+(called an @dfn{escape character}).
 
 The following are examples of string literals:
 
@@ -1410,8 +1410,7 @@
 
 @rnindex string?
 @deffn primitive string? obj
-Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is a string, else returns
address@hidden
+Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is a string, else @code{#f}.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn primitive string-null? str
@@ -1522,9 +1521,9 @@
 @node String Modification
 @subsection String Modification
 
-These procedures are for modifying strings in-place.  That means, that
-not a new string is the result of a string operation, but that the
-actual memory representation of a string is modified.
+These procedures are for modifying strings in-place.  This means that the
+result of the operation is not a new string; instead, the original string's
+memory representation is modified.
 
 @rnindex string-set!
 @deffn primitive string-set! str k chr
@@ -1821,7 +1820,7 @@
 describes a whole class of strings.  A full description of regular
 expressions and their syntax is beyond the scope of this manual;
 an introduction can be found in the Emacs manual (@pxref{Regexps,
-, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, or
+, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}), or
 in many general Unix reference books.
 
 If your system does not include a POSIX regular expression library, and
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi:1.1 
guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi:1.2
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi:1.1      Fri Aug 24 02:40:29 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi  Thu Aug 30 13:02:13 2001
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@
 @code{define} syntax that can be used when defining new procedures.
 
 @item
-REFFIXME, to read about an alternative form of the @code{set!}  syntax
-that helps with changing a single value in the depths of a compound data
-structure.)
address@hidden with Setters}, to read about an alternative form of the
address@hidden syntax that helps with changing a single value in the depths
+of a compound data structure.)
 @end itemize
 
 
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-modules.texi
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-modules.texi:1.1 
guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-modules.texi:1.2
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-modules.texi:1.1    Fri Aug 24 02:40:29 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-modules.texi        Thu Aug 30 13:02:13 2001
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
 glue code to convert the arguments and return values of the functions
 from Scheme to C and back.  Additionally, we need a function that will
 add them to the set of Guile primitives.  Because this is just an
-example, we will only implement this for the @code{j0} function, tho.
+example, we will only implement this for the @code{j0} function.
 
 @c FIXME::martin: Change all gh_ references to their scm_ equivalents.
 
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scm.texi
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scm.texi:1.1 
guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scm.texi:1.2
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scm.texi:1.1       Fri Aug 24 02:40:29 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scm.texi   Thu Aug 30 13:02:13 2001
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                       (">=" . "_geq")
                       ("<"  . "_less")
                       (">"  . "_gr")
-                      ("@"  . "at"))))
+                      ("@@"  . "at"))))
     (while transforms
       (let ((trigger (concat "\\(.*\\)"
                              (regexp-quote (caar transforms))
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@
 which collectively implement the port behaviour.  Creating a new port
 type mostly involves writing these procedures.
 
address@hidden initialises three elements of the structure
address@hidden initializes three elements of the structure
 (@code{name}, @code{fill_input} and @code{write}) from its arguments.
-The remaining elements are initialised with default values and can be
+The remaining elements are initialized with default values and can be
 set later if required.
 
 @table @code