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| author | Stefan Kangas | 2023-02-18 10:57:27 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefan Kangas | 2023-02-18 10:59:45 +0100 |
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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.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/calc.texi | 24 |
1 files 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: | |||
| 232 | 232 | ||
| 233 | @itemize @bullet | 233 | @itemize @bullet |
| 234 | @item | 234 | @item |
| 235 | Choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry of calculations. | 235 | Choice of algebraic or Reverse Polish notation (RPN), |
| 236 | i.e. stack-based, entry of calculations. | ||
| 236 | 237 | ||
| 237 | @item | 238 | @item |
| 238 | Arbitrary precision integers and floating-point numbers. | 239 | Arbitrary precision integers and floating-point numbers. |
| @@ -421,8 +422,8 @@ difference between lower-case and upper-case letters. Remember, | |||
| 421 | @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{DEL}, and @key{SPC} are the Return, Tab, | 422 | @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{DEL}, and @key{SPC} are the Return, Tab, |
| 422 | Delete, and Space keys. | 423 | Delete, and Space keys. |
| 423 | 424 | ||
| 424 | @strong{RPN calculation.} In RPN, you type the input number(s) first, | 425 | @strong{RPN calculation.} In Reverse Polish notation (RPN), you type |
| 425 | then the command to operate on the numbers. | 426 | the input number(s) first, then the command to operate on the numbers. |
| 426 | 427 | ||
| 427 | @noindent | 428 | @noindent |
| 428 | Type @kbd{2 @key{RET} 3 + Q} to compute | 429 | Type @kbd{2 @key{RET} 3 + Q} to compute |
| @@ -1348,18 +1349,19 @@ to control various modes of the Calculator. | |||
| 1348 | @subsection RPN Calculations and the Stack | 1349 | @subsection RPN Calculations and the Stack |
| 1349 | 1350 | ||
| 1350 | @cindex RPN notation | 1351 | @cindex RPN notation |
| 1352 | @cindex Reverse Polish notation | ||
| 1351 | @noindent | 1353 | @noindent |
| 1352 | @ifnottex | 1354 | @ifnottex |
| 1353 | Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN | 1355 | Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar |
| 1354 | system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript. | 1356 | with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or |
| 1355 | (Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician | 1357 | PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish |
| 1356 | Jan Lukasiewicz.) | 1358 | mathematician Jan Lukasiewicz.) |
| 1357 | @end ifnottex | 1359 | @end ifnottex |
| 1358 | @tex | 1360 | @tex |
| 1359 | Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN | 1361 | Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar |
| 1360 | system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript. | 1362 | with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or |
| 1361 | (Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician | 1363 | PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish |
| 1362 | Jan \L ukasiewicz.) | 1364 | mathematician Jan \L ukasiewicz.) |
| 1363 | @end tex | 1365 | @end tex |
| 1364 | 1366 | ||
| 1365 | The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A | 1367 | The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A |