improve page breaks, etc.

5 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lispref/ChangeLog b/lispref/ChangeLog
index 9ba3a1c7c5b..c113d1ff7cf 100644
--- a/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2007-03-30  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
+
+        * lists.texi (List-related Predicates): Remove spurious @need.
+        (Setcdr): Use @smallexample to improve page break.
+        (Association Lists) <assoc>: Reword to improve page break.
+
+        * strings.texi (String Conversion): Insert blank line to improve
+        page break.
+
+        * numbers.texi (Random Numbers): Use @minus{}.
+        (Math Functions): Use @minus{}.
+
+        * intro.texi (Acknowledgements): Avoid line breaks before middle
+        initials.
+
 2007-03-24  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * errors.texi (Standard Errors): Add an index entry.
diff --git a/lispref/intro.texi b/lispref/intro.texi
index c919a46610d..7beb324a428 100644
--- a/lispref/intro.texi
+++ b/lispref/intro.texi
@@ -535,11 +535,12 @@ The minor version number of Emacs, as an integer.  For Emacs version
 @section Acknowledgements
 
   This manual was written by Robert Krawitz, Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte,
-Richard M. Stallman and Chris Welty, the volunteers of the GNU manual
-group, in an effort extending over several years.  Robert J. Chassell
-helped to review and edit the manual, with the support of the Defense
-Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA Order 6082, arranged by Warren
-A. Hunt, Jr.@: of Computational Logic, Inc.
+Richard@tie{}M. Stallman and Chris Welty, the volunteers of the GNU
+manual group, in an effort extending over several years.
+Robert@tie{}J. Chassell helped to review and edit the manual, with the
+support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA Order
+6082, arranged by Warren@tie{}A. Hunt, Jr.@: of Computational Logic,
+Inc.
 
   Corrections were supplied by Karl Berry, Jim Blandy, Bard Bloom,
 Stephane Boucher, David Boyes, Alan Carroll, Richard Davis, Lawrence
diff --git a/lispref/lists.texi b/lispref/lists.texi
index 24214bbc357..cce3b5f1828 100644
--- a/lispref/lists.texi
+++ b/lispref/lists.texi
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ considered a list and @code{not} when it is considered a truth value
 @end example
 @end defun
 
-@need 2000
 
 @node List Elements
 @section Accessing Elements of Lists
@@ -991,10 +990,9 @@ x1
 @end group
 @end example
 
-@need 4000
   Here is the result in box notation:
 
-@example
+@smallexample
 @group
                    --------------------
                   |                    |
@@ -1004,7 +1002,7 @@ x1
 |       |      |     |       |      |      |       |      |
  --------------       --------------        --------------
 @end group
-@end example
+@end smallexample
 
 @noindent
 The second cons cell, which previously held the element @code{b}, still
@@ -1589,7 +1587,7 @@ of property lists and association lists.
 
 @defun assoc key alist
 This function returns the first association for @var{key} in
-@var{alist}.  It compares @var{key} against the alist elements using
+@var{alist}, comparing @var{key} against the alist elements using
 @code{equal} (@pxref{Equality Predicates}).  It returns @code{nil} if no
 association in @var{alist} has a @sc{car} @code{equal} to @var{key}.
 For example:
diff --git a/lispref/numbers.texi b/lispref/numbers.texi
index 6e54af3319c..4928708cb49 100644
--- a/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ pi/2
 @math{\pi/2}
 @end tex
 (inclusive) whose sine is @var{arg}; if, however, @var{arg} is out of
-range (outside [-1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
+range (outside [@minus{}1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
 @end defun
 
 @defun acos arg
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ pi
 @math{\pi}
 @end tex
 (inclusive) whose cosine is @var{arg}; if, however, @var{arg} is out
-of range (outside [-1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
+of range (outside [@minus{}1, 1]), it signals a @code{domain-error} error.
 @end defun
 
 @defun atan y &optional x
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ generates the same sequence of numbers.  Emacs always starts with the
 same seed value, so the sequence of values of @code{random} is actually
 the same in each Emacs run!  For example, in one operating system, the
 first call to @code{(random)} after you start Emacs always returns
--1457731, and the second one always returns -7692030.  This
+@minus{}1457731, and the second one always returns @minus{}7692030.  This
 repeatability is helpful for debugging.
 
 If you want random numbers that don't always come out the same, execute
diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi
index 23f679d5bb9..0b2cd0e8685 100644
--- a/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ first character of @var{string} is the null character, @acronym{ASCII} code
 @example
 (string-to-char "ABC")
      @result{} 65
+
 (string-to-char "xyz")
      @result{} 120
 (string-to-char "")