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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2007-04-07 02:06:21 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2007-04-07 02:06:21 +0000
commit77bf576c2232365d3f9d5ae179af9ea9c6ec4ead (patch)
treed5a81c0986aec9a7dd33a34d26bd5770783f5a36 /lispref/lists.texi
parent73f9ed9ac40612d20ca32b477a2bafc2d05d56d7 (diff)
Improve index entries. Remove redundant/useless ones.
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diff --git a/lispref/lists.texi b/lispref/lists.texi
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
@setfilename ../info/lists
@node Lists, Sequences Arrays Vectors, Strings and Characters, Top
@chapter Lists
-@cindex list
+@cindex lists
@cindex element (of list)
A @dfn{list} represents a sequence of zero or more elements (which may
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ the whole list.
@node Cons Cells
@section Lists and Cons Cells
@cindex lists and cons cells
-@cindex @code{nil} and lists
Lists in Lisp are not a primitive data type; they are built up from
@dfn{cons cells}. A cons cell is a data object that represents an
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ otherwise. @code{nil} is not a cons cell, although it @emph{is} a list.
@end defun
@defun atom object
-@cindex atoms
This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is an atom, @code{nil}
otherwise. All objects except cons cells are atoms. The symbol
@code{nil} is an atom and is also a list; it is the only Lisp object
@@ -1305,7 +1303,7 @@ compare @var{object} against the elements of the list. For example:
@end defun
@defun delq object list
-@cindex deletion of elements
+@cindex deleting list elements
This function destructively removes all elements @code{eq} to
@var{object} from @var{list}. The letter @samp{q} in @code{delq} says
that it uses @code{eq} to compare @var{object} against the elements of