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authorStefan Kangas2023-02-18 10:57:27 +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.
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@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ series of calculators, its many features include:
232 232
233@itemize @bullet 233@itemize @bullet
234@item 234@item
235Choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry of calculations. 235Choice of algebraic or Reverse Polish notation (RPN),
236i.e. stack-based, entry of calculations.
236 237
237@item 238@item
238Arbitrary precision integers and floating-point numbers. 239Arbitrary 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,
422Delete, and Space keys. 423Delete, 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
425then the command to operate on the numbers. 426the input number(s) first, then the command to operate on the numbers.
426 427
427@noindent 428@noindent
428Type @kbd{2 @key{RET} 3 + Q} to compute 429Type @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
1353Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN 1355Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar
1354system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript. 1356with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or
1355(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician 1357PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish
1356Jan Lukasiewicz.) 1358mathematician Jan Lukasiewicz.)
1357@end ifnottex 1359@end ifnottex
1358@tex 1360@tex
1359Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN 1361Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar
1360system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript. 1362with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or
1361(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician 1363PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish
1362Jan \L ukasiewicz.) 1364mathematician Jan \L ukasiewicz.)
1363@end tex 1365@end tex
1364 1366
1365The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A 1367The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A