Emacs Lisp reference: address@hidden vs body...

[Juri Linkov]

I noticed a small inconsistency in the Emacs Lisp Reference manual.
Some functions have their argument `body' renamed to `forms'
in the documentation, some not.  Some use the Texinfo command
address@hidden' to produce dots, some use `...' literally.  Even very
similar commands have different argument names in the manual.
For example:

@defmac while-no-input body...
@defmac with-local-quit address@hidden

@defspec save-excursion address@hidden
@defspec save-restriction address@hidden

Should these arguments be fixed in the manual to be more uniform?
I guess address@hidden' would be more preferable.

A list of `body' and `form' arguments to check:

buffers.texi:205:@defspec save-current-buffer body...
buffers.texi:218:@defmac with-current-buffer buffer-or-name body...
buffers.texi:230:@defmac with-temp-buffer body...
commands.texi:2437:@defmac while-no-input body...
commands.texi:2661:@defmac with-local-quit address@hidden
compile.texi:473:@defspec with-no-warnings body...
control.texi:80:@defspec progn address@hidden
control.texi:100:@defspec prog1 form1 address@hidden
control.texi:124:@defspec prog2 form1 form2 address@hidden
control.texi:151:@defspec if condition then-form address@hidden
control.texi:176:@defmac when condition address@hidden
control.texi:192:@defmac unless condition address@hidden
control.texi:425:@defspec while condition address@hidden
control.texi:477:@defmac dolist (var list [result]) address@hidden
control.texi:493:@defmac dotimes (var count [result]) address@hidden
control.texi:591:@defspec catch tag address@hidden
control.texi:1175:@defspec unwind-protect body-form address@hidden
display.texi:405:@defmac dotimes-with-progress-reporter (var count [result]) 
message body...
display.texi:953:@defspec with-output-to-temp-buffer buffer-name address@hidden
edebug.texi:847:@defmac edebug-tracing string address@hidden
files.texi:628:@defmac with-temp-file file body...
frames.texi:1322:@defspec track-mouse address@hidden
intro.texi:415:@defspec count-loop (@var{var} address@hidden @var{to} 
address@hidden) @address@hidden
macros.texi:209:@defspec defmacro name argument-list address@hidden
modes.texi:978:@defmac define-derived-mode variant parent name docstring 
address@hidden address@hidden
modes.texi:1157:@defmac delay-mode-hooks body...
modes.texi:1367:@defmac define-minor-mode mode doc [init-value [lighter 
[keymap]]] keyword-args... body...
os.texi:1443:@defmac with-timeout (seconds address@hidden) address@hidden
positions.texi:832:@defspec save-excursion address@hidden
positions.texi:947:@defspec save-restriction address@hidden
searching.texi:1597:@defmac save-match-data address@hidden
streams.texi:666:@defmac with-output-to-string body...
syntax.texi:515:@defmac with-syntax-table @var{table} @var{body}...
text.texi:4270:@defmac combine-after-change-calls body...
variables.texi:190:@defspec let (address@hidden) address@hidden
variables.texi:220:@defspec let* (address@hidden) address@hidden
windows.texi:463:@defmac save-selected-window address@hidden
windows.texi:478:@defmac with-selected-window window address@hidden
windows.texi:2222:@defspec save-window-excursion address@hidden

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/