# HG changeset patch # User wenzelm # Date 1185653971 -7200 # Node ID 386f025be266871363d83c6ca9251a14e59af7f0 # Parent b3d7eb6f535f09595d79679ee1f44e301b50309a tuned; diff -r b3d7eb6f535f -r 386f025be266 doc-src/IsarRef/syntax.tex --- a/doc-src/IsarRef/syntax.tex Sat Jul 28 22:17:46 2007 +0200 +++ b/doc-src/IsarRef/syntax.tex Sat Jul 28 22:19:31 2007 +0200 @@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ not stored within the theorem database of the theory or proof context, but any given attributes are applied nonetheless. -An attribute declaration with an extra pair of brackets --- such as -``$[[simproc~a]]$'' --- abbreviates a theorem reference that involves -an internal dummy fact, which will be ignored later on. So only the +An extra pair of brackets around attribute declarations --- such as +``$[[simproc~a]]$'' --- abbreviates a theorem reference involving an +internal dummy fact, which will be ignored later on. So only the effect of the attribute on the background context will persist. This form of in-place declarations is particularly useful with commands like $\DECLARE$ and $\USINGNAME$.