Added a chapter to the developers' manual about i18n.

[pspp-builds.git] / doc / utilities.texi

diff --git a/doc/utilities.texi b/doc/utilities.texi
index 94fa50744d6a4c70d48befce93b2b57438c1d658..d825b9abc4a5e0e6a676ecd2c258bbb5f7d06e77 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/utilities.texi
+++ b/doc/utilities.texi
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ SET
         /MXERRS=max_errs
         /MXWARNS=max_warnings
         /PROMPT='prompt'
+        /WORKSPACE=workspace_size
 
 (program execution)
         /MEXPAND=@{ON,OFF@}
@@ -390,7 +391,6 @@ SET
         /SCRIPTTAB='c'
         /TB1=@{'xxx','xxxxxxxxxxx'@}
         /TBFONTS='string'
-        /WORKSPACE=workspace_size
         /XSORT=@{YES,NO@}
 @end display
 
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ files.  The data input subcommands are
 
 @table @asis
 @item BLANKS
+@anchor{SET BLANKS}
 This is the value assigned to an item data item that is empty or
 contains only white space.  An argument of SYSMIS or '.' will cause the
 system-missing value to be assigned to null items.  This is the
@@ -413,10 +414,13 @@ default.  Any real value may be assigned.
 
 @item DECIMAL
 @anchor{SET DECIMAL}
-The default DOT setting causes the decimal point character to be
-@samp{.} and the grouping character to be @samp{,}.  A setting of COMMA
+This value may be set to DOT or COMMA.
+Setting it to DOT causes the decimal point character to be
+@samp{.} and the grouping character to be @samp{,}.
+Setting it to COMMA
 causes the decimal point character to be @samp{,} and the grouping
 character to be @samp{.}.
+The default value is determined from the system locale.
 
 @item FORMAT
 Allows the default numeric input/output format to be specified.  The
@@ -553,6 +557,17 @@ RANDOM, which will obtain an initial seed from the current time of day.
 
 @item UNDEFINED
 Currently not used.
+
+@item WORKSPACE
+The maximum amount of memory that PSPP will use to store data being processed.
+If memory in excess of the workspace size is required, then PSPP will start
+to use temporary files to store the data.
+Setting a higher value will, in general, mean procedures will run faster, 
+but may cause other applications to run slower.
+On platforms without virtual memory management, setting a very large workspace
+may cause PSPP to abort.
+@cindex workspace
+@cindex memory, amount used to store cases
 @end table
 
 Data output subcommands affect the format of output data.  These