[m-dev.] trivial diff: fix metavariables in reference manual

[Fergus Henderson]

On 07-Jan-2000, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> doc/reference_manual.texi:
> 	Fix meta-variables in the paragraph describing
> 	the `X `OP` Y' syntax.
...
>  accents (backquotes).  Any variable or name may
>  be used as an operator in this way.  If @var{fun} is a variable or name,
> -then a term of the form @code{x `fun` y} is equivalent to 
> - at code{fun(x,y)}.  The operator is treated as having the highest precedence
> -possible and is left associative.
> +then a term of the form @code{x `@var{fun}` y} is equivalent to 
> + at code{@var{fun}(x,y)}.  The operator is treated as having the highest
> +precedence possible and is left associative.

Why do you treat `fun' as a meta-variable but not `x' or `y'?

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