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diff --git a/doc/parens.texi b/doc/parens.texi index a7085a6..2c486ce 100644 --- a/doc/parens.texi +++ b/doc/parens.texi @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ process giving you the REPL, make those Scheme buffers come to life. @section Activating Geiser @cindex geiser-mode -@img{geiser-mode, right} With Geiser installed following any of the +@img{geiser-mode, right} +With Geiser installed following any of the procedures described in @ref{The easy and quick way} or @ref{From the source's mouth}, Emacs will automatically activate @i{geiser-mode} when opening a Scheme buffer. Geiser also instructs Emacs to consider files @@ -216,7 +217,8 @@ If you use a numeric prefix, as in @kbd{C-u C-c C-z}, besides being teleported to the REPL, the latter will switch to the namespace of the Scheme source file, as if you had used @kbd{C-c C-m} in the REPL, with the source file's module as argument; -cf. discussion in @altr{Switching context,,Switching context,. This} +cf. discussion in +@altr{Switching context,,Switching context,. This} command is also bound to @kbd{C-c C-a}. Once you're in the REPL, the same @kbd{C-c C-z} shortcut will bring @@ -284,7 +286,8 @@ bound by default to @kbd{C-c C-d s}, to show the autodoc string for the symbol at point. @cindex autodoc explained -@img{autodoc-scm, right} The way autodoc displays information deserves +@img{autodoc-scm, right} +The way autodoc displays information deserves some explanation. It will first show the name of the module where the identifier at hand is defined, followed by a colon and the identifier itself. If the latter corresponds to a procedure or macro, it will be @@ -301,7 +304,8 @@ macros defined using @code{syntax-case}). Another way in which autodoc displays its ignorance is by using an underscore to display parameters whose name is beyond its powers. -@img{autodoc-multi, right} It can also be the case that a function or +@img{autodoc-multi, right} +It can also be the case that a function or macro has more than one signature (e.g., functions defined using @code{case-lambda}, or some @code{syntax-rules} macros, for which Geiser has often the black magic necessary to retrieve their actual arities). @@ -312,7 +316,8 @@ As you have already noticed, the whole autodoc message is enclosed in parentheses. After all, we're talking about Scheme here. @cindex autodoc for variables -@img{autodoc-var, right} Finally, life is much easier when your cursor +@img{autodoc-var, right} +Finally, life is much easier when your cursor is on a symbol corresponding to a plain variable: you'll see in the echo area its name, preceded by the module where it's defined, and followed by its value, with an intervening arrow for greater effect. This time, @@ -371,7 +376,8 @@ some other tidbits for re-exported identifiers. You can also ask Geiser to display information about a module, in the form of a list of its exported identifiers, using @kbd{C-c C-d C-m}, -exactly as you would do in @altr{repl-mod,the REPL,The REPL,.} +exactly as you would do in +@altr{repl-mod,the REPL,The REPL,.} In both cases, the documentation browser will show a couple of buttons giving you access to further documentation. First, you'll see a button |