interface.
@menu
-* Main Options::
-* PDF PostScript and SVG Output Options::
-* Plain Text Output Options::
-* HTML Output Options::
-* OpenDocument Output Options::
-* Comma-Separated Value Output Options::
+* Main Options::
+* PDF PostScript and SVG Output Options::
+* Plain Text Output Options::
+* HTML Output Options::
+* OpenDocument Output Options::
+* Comma-Separated Value Output Options::
@end menu
@node Main Options
@item @option{-O format=@var{format}}
@pspp{} uses the extension of the file name given on @option{-o} to
select an output format. Use this option to override this choice by
-specifying an alternate format, e.g.@: @option{-o pspp.out -O html} to
+specifying an alternate format, e.g.@: @option{-o pspp.out -O format=html} to
write HTML to a file named @file{pspp.out}. Use @option{--help} to
list the available formats.
@item @option{-r}
@itemx @option{--no-statrc}
-Disables running @file{rc} at @pspp{} startup time.
+By default, at startup @pspp{} searches for a file named @file{rc} in
+the include path (described above) and, if it finds one, runs the
+commands in it. This option disables this behavior.
@item @option{-a @{enhanced|compatible@}}
@itemx @option{--algorithm=@{enhanced|compatible@}}
@item @option{-O foreground-color=@var{color}}
@itemx @option{-O background-color=@var{color}}
-Sets @var{color} as the color to be used for the background or foreground to
+Sets @var{color} as the color to be used for the background or foreground to
be used for charts.
Color should be given in the format @code{#@var{RRRR}@var{GGGG}@var{BBBB}},
where @var{RRRR}, @var{GGGG} and @var{BBBB} are 4 character hexadecimal
representations of the red, green and blue components respectively.
If charts are disabled, this option has no effect.
-@item @option{-O width=@var{character-count}}
-Width of a page, in characters. For screen output you may specify
-@code{auto} in place of a number to track the width of the terminal as
-it changes. Default: @code{79}.
+@item @option{-O width=@var{columns}}
+Width of a page, in columns. If unspecified or given as @code{auto},
+the default is the width of the terminal, for interactive output, or
+the WIDTH setting (@pxref{SET}), for output to a file.
@item @option{-O box=@{ascii|unicode@}}
-Sets the characters used for lines in tables.
-If set to
+Sets the characters used for lines in tables.
+If set to
@code{ascii} the characters @samp{-}, @samp{|}, and @samp{+} for single-width
lines and @samp{=} and @samp{#} for double-width lines are used.
If set to @code{unicode} then Unicode box drawing characters will be used.
functionality of the command line interface. In addition it gives an
instantaneous view of the data, variables and statistical output.
-The graphic user interface can be started by typing @command{psppire} at a
+The graphic user interface can be started by typing @command{psppire} at a
command prompt.
-Alternatively many systems have a system of interactive menus or buttons
+Alternatively many systems have a system of interactive menus or buttons
from which @command{psppire} can be started by a series of mouse clicks.
-Once the principles of the @pspp{} system are understood,
+Once the principles of the @pspp{} system are understood,
the graphic user interface is designed to be largely intuitive, and
for this reason is covered only very briefly by this manual.