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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc ChangeLog calc.texi


From: Chong Yidong
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc ChangeLog calc.texi
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:40:00 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Chong Yidong <cyd>      09/08/09 23:40:00

Modified files:
        doc/misc       : ChangeLog calc.texi 

Log message:
        * calc.texi (Date Forms): Fix typos.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/ChangeLog?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.302&r2=1.303
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/calc.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.39&r2=1.40

Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.302
retrieving revision 1.303
diff -u -b -r1.302 -r1.303
--- ChangeLog   8 Aug 2009 02:39:45 -0000       1.302
+++ ChangeLog   9 Aug 2009 23:39:59 -0000       1.303
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-09  Colin Williams  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)
+
+       * calc.texi (Date Forms): Fix typos.
+
 2009-08-08  Glenn Morris  <address@hidden>
 
        * org.texi (Agenda commands): Restore clobbered change.

Index: calc.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/calc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.39
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -b -r1.39 -r1.40
--- calc.texi   7 Aug 2009 15:22:00 -0000       1.39
+++ calc.texi   9 Aug 2009 23:39:59 -0000       1.40
@@ -11103,19 +11103,19 @@
 
 The Julian day number is based on the Julian cycle, which was invented 
 in 1583 by Joseph Justus Scaliger.  Scaliger named it the Julian cycle
-since it is involves the Julian calendar, but some have suggested that
+since it involves the Julian calendar, but some have suggested that
 Scaliger named it in honor of his father, Julius Caesar Scaliger.  The
-Julian cycle is based it on three other cycles: the indiction cycle,
-the Metonic cycle, and the solar cycle.  The indiction cycle is a 15
-year cycle originally used by the Romans for tax purposes but later
-used to date medieval documents.  The Metonic cycle is a 19 year
-cycle; 19 years is close to being a common multiple of a solar year
-and a lunar month, and so every 19 years the phases of the moon will
-occur on the same days of the year.  The solar cycle is a 28 year
-cycle; the Julian calendar repeats itself every 28 years.  The
-smallest time period which contains multiples of all three cycles is
-the least common multiple of 15 years, 19 years and 28 years, which
-(since they're pairwise relatively prime) is 
+Julian cycle is based on three other cycles: the indiction cycle, the
+Metonic cycle, and the solar cycle.  The indiction cycle is a 15 year
+cycle originally used by the Romans for tax purposes but later used to
+date medieval documents.  The Metonic cycle is a 19 year cycle; 19
+years is close to being a common multiple of a solar year and a lunar
+month, and so every 19 years the phases of the moon will occur on the
+same days of the year.  The solar cycle is a 28 year cycle; the Julian
+calendar repeats itself every 28 years.  The smallest time period
+which contains multiples of all three cycles is the least common
+multiple of 15 years, 19 years and 28 years, which (since they're
+pairwise relatively prime) is
 @texline @math{15\times 19\times 28 = 7980} years.
 @infoline 15*19*28 = 7980 years.
 This is the length of a Julian cycle.  Working backwards, the previous




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