From c0001b8bfca3409e25bd0e7d8925df2132e91d06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:50:11 +0200 Subject: doc: cookbook: Clarify what keywords are. * doc/guix-cookbook.texi (A Scheme Crash Course): Clarify what keywords are. --- doc/guix-cookbook.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi index 2845391db4..eb73bd33d6 100644 --- a/doc/guix-cookbook.texi +++ b/doc/guix-cookbook.texi @@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ definitions. @end lisp @item -The keyword syntax is @code{#:}; it is used to create unique identifiers. -@pxref{Keywords,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}. +@dfn{Keywords} are typically used to identify the named parameters of a +procedure. They are prefixed by @code{#:} (hash, colon) followed by +alphanumeric characters: @code{#:like-this}. +@xref{Keywords,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}. @item The percentage @code{%} is typically used for read-only global variables in -- cgit v1.2.3