doc/refintro.tex: Hoist $\epsilon$ to the top of the metasyntax section.

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@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ manual describes the base system as provided in the distribution.
 Fortunately, Sod is syntactically quite simple.  The notation is slightly
 unusual in order to make the presentation shorter and easier to read.
 
+The letter $\epsilon$ denotes the empty nonterminal
+\begin{quote}
+  \syntax{$\epsilon$ ::=}
+\end{quote}
+
 Anywhere a simple nonterminal name $x$ may appear in the grammar, an
 \emph{indexed} nonterminal $x[a_1, \ldots, a_n]$ may also appear.  On the
 left-hand side of a production rule, the indices $a_1$, \ldots, $a_n$ are
@@ -111,11 +116,6 @@ exactly the same as $x[a_1, \ldots, a_n]$ with the additional rules
 \end{quote}
 where $a_1$, \ldots, $a_n$ are new nonterminal symbols.
 
-The letter $\epsilon$ denotes the empty nonterminal
-\begin{quote}
-  \syntax{$\epsilon$ ::=}
-\end{quote}
-
 The following indexed productions are used throughout the grammar, some often
 enough that they deserve special notation.
 \begin{itemize}