Thanks for reporting those typos. I installed the attached patch into
the bison 'maint' branch.
>From 212ae93aec6d204b17dd83b644c214dffa914500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:09:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Capitalize "Polish" when it's a proper adjective
---
NEWS | 2 +-
doc/bison.texi | 21 ++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2aed3f2a..fed9077f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
extracted from the documentation:
- rpcalc
- Reverse polish calculator, a simple introductory example.
+ Reverse Polish Calculator, a simple introductory example.
- mfcalc
Multi-function Calc, a calculator with memory and functions and located
error messages.
diff --git a/doc/bison.texi b/doc/bison.texi
index 737a119c..e1f6a546 100644
--- a/doc/bison.texi
+++ b/doc/bison.texi
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Writing GLR Parsers
Examples
-* RPN Calc:: Reverse polish notation calculator;
+* RPN Calc:: Reverse Polish Notation Calculator;
a first example with no operator precedence.
* Infix Calc:: Infix (algebraic) notation calculator.
Operator precedence is introduced.
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ simple program, all the rest of the program can go here.
@cindex examples, simple
Now we show and explain several sample programs written using Bison: a
-reverse polish notation calculator, an algebraic (infix) notation
+Reverse Polish Notation calculator, an algebraic (infix) notation
calculator --- later extended to track ``locations'' ---
and a multi-function calculator. All
produce usable, though limited, interactive desk-top calculators.
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ languages are written the same way. You can copy these examples into a
source file to try them.
@menu
-* RPN Calc:: Reverse polish notation calculator;
+* RPN Calc:: Reverse Polish Notation Calculator;
a first example with no operator precedence.
* Infix Calc:: Infix (algebraic) notation calculator.
Operator precedence is introduced.
@@ -1516,13 +1516,12 @@ source file to try them.
@node RPN Calc
@section Reverse Polish Notation Calculator
-@cindex reverse polish notation
-@cindex polish notation calculator
+@cindex Reverse Polish Notation
@cindex @code{rpcalc}
@cindex calculator, simple
-The first example is that of a simple double-precision @dfn{reverse polish
-notation} calculator (a calculator using postfix operators). This example
+The first example is that of a simple double-precision @dfn{Reverse Polish
+Notation} calculator (a calculator using postfix operators). This example
provides a good starting point, since operator precedence is not an issue.
The second example will illustrate how operator precedence is handled.
@@ -1542,12 +1541,12 @@ The source code for this calculator is named @file{rpcalc.y}. The
@node Rpcalc Declarations
@subsection Declarations for @code{rpcalc}
-Here are the C and Bison declarations for the reverse polish notation
+Here are the C and Bison declarations for the Reverse Polish Notation
calculator. As in C, comments are placed between @samp{/*@dots{}*/}.
@comment file: rpcalc.y
@example
-/* Reverse polish notation calculator. */
+/* Reverse Polish Notation calculator. */
@group
%@{
@@ -1598,7 +1597,7 @@ declared is @code{NUM}, the token type for numeric constants.
@node Rpcalc Rules
@subsection Grammar Rules for @code{rpcalc}
-Here are the grammar rules for the reverse polish notation calculator.
+Here are the grammar rules for the Reverse Polish Notation calculator.
@comment file: rpcalc.y
@example
@@ -13346,7 +13345,7 @@ A reentrant subprogram is a subprogram which can be in invoked any
number of times in parallel, without interference between the various
invocations. @xref{Pure Decl, ,A Pure (Reentrant) Parser}.
-@item Reverse polish notation
+@item Reverse Polish Notation
A language in which all operators are postfix operators.
@item Right recursion
--
2.13.5
