From: Jens Vollinga <vollinga@thep.physik.uni-mainz.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:03:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Man-page mentions keywords real_symbols and complex_symbols.
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Man-page mentions keywords real_symbols and complex_symbols.
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diff --git a/ginsh/ginsh.1.in b/ginsh/ginsh.1.in
index 4c448ddf..44c2e38a 100644
--- a/ginsh/ginsh.1.in
+++ b/ginsh/ginsh.1.in
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ when they are used. To refer to the unevaluated symbol, put single quotes
 .RB ( ' )
 around the name, as demonstrated for the "unassign" command above.
 .PP
+Symbols are considered to be in the complex domain by default, i.e. they are
+treated as if they stand in for complex numbers. This behavior can be changed
+by using the keywords
+.BI real_symbols
+and 
+.BI complex_symbols
+and affects all newly created symbols.
+.PP
 The following symbols are pre-defined constants that cannot be assigned
 a value by the user:
 .RS