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emacs-29 1e5cebc88bb: Spell out RPN abbreviation in Calc manual intro
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
emacs-29 1e5cebc88bb: Spell out RPN abbreviation in Calc manual intro |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 05:00:46 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-29
commit 1e5cebc88bb5f028058e072071fee03529d0b204
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Spell out RPN abbreviation in Calc manual intro
* doc/misc/calc.texi (What is Calc, Demonstration of Calc)
(RPN Tutorial): Spell out "Reverse Polish notation" abbreviation.
---
doc/misc/calc.texi | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi
index c3e32433fc4..ac6604473a8 100644
--- a/doc/misc/calc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ series of calculators, its many features include:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry of calculations.
+Choice of algebraic or Reverse Polish notation (RPN),
+i.e. stack-based, entry of calculations.
@item
Arbitrary precision integers and floating-point numbers.
@@ -421,8 +422,8 @@ difference between lower-case and upper-case letters.
Remember,
@key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{DEL}, and @key{SPC} are the Return, Tab,
Delete, and Space keys.
-@strong{RPN calculation.} In RPN, you type the input number(s) first,
-then the command to operate on the numbers.
+@strong{RPN calculation.} In Reverse Polish notation (RPN), you type
+the input number(s) first, then the command to operate on the numbers.
@noindent
Type @kbd{2 @key{RET} 3 + Q} to compute
@@ -1348,18 +1349,19 @@ to control various modes of the Calculator.
@subsection RPN Calculations and the Stack
@cindex RPN notation
+@cindex Reverse Polish notation
@noindent
@ifnottex
-Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN
-system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript.
-(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician
-Jan Lukasiewicz.)
+Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar
+with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or
+PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish
+mathematician Jan Lukasiewicz.)
@end ifnottex
@tex
-Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN
-system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript.
-(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician
-Jan \L ukasiewicz.)
+Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar
+with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or
+PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish
+mathematician Jan \L ukasiewicz.)
@end tex
The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A
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