DOCUMENTS}. They can be removed from the active dataset with @cmd{DROP
DOCUMENTS}.
-Specify the @var{documentary text} following the DOCUMENT keyword.
+Specify the @var{documentary text} following the @subcmd{DOCUMENT} keyword.
It is interpreted literally --- any quotes or other punctuation marks
will be included in the file.
You can extend the documentary text over as many lines as necessary.
@vindex ERASE
@display
-ERASE FILE file_name.
+ERASE FILE @var{file_name}.
@end display
@cmd{ERASE FILE} deletes a file from the local filesystem.
-file_name must be quoted.
+@var{file_name} must be quoted.
This command cannot be used if the SAFER (@pxref{SET}) setting is active.
system locale.
@item @var{charset_name}
-One of the character set names listed by IANA at
+One of the character set names listed by @acronym{IANA} at
@uref{http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets}. Some examples
are @code{ASCII} (United States), @code{ISO-8859-1} (western Europe),
@code{EUC-JP} (Japan), and @code{windows-1252} (Windows). Not all
@item @code{Auto,@var{encoding}}
Automatically detects whether a syntax file is encoded in an Unicode
encoding such as UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32. If it is not, then @pspp{}
-generally assumes that the file is encoded in @var{encoding} (an IANA
+generally assumes that the file is encoded in @var{encoding} (an @acronym{IANA}
character set name). However, if @var{encoding} is UTF-8, and the
syntax file is not valid UTF-8, @pspp{} instead assumes that the file
is encoded in @code{windows-1252}.
-For best results, @var{encoding} should be an ASCII-compatible
-encoding (the most common locale encodings are all ASCII-compatible),
-because encodings that are not ASCII compatible cannot be
+For best results, @var{encoding} should be an @acronym{ASCII}-compatible
+encoding (the most common locale encodings are all @acronym{ASCII}-compatible),
+because encodings that are not @acronym{ASCII} compatible cannot be
automatically distinguished from UTF-8.
@item @code{Auto}
@item @code{Auto,Locale}
Automatic detection, as above, with the default encoding taken from
-the system locale or the setting on SET LOCALE.
+the system locale or the setting on @subcmd{SET LOCALE}.
@end table
When ENCODING is not specified, the default is taken from the
@item DECIMAL
@anchor{SET DECIMAL}
This value may be set to @subcmd{DOT} or @subcmd{COMMA}.
-Setting it to DOT causes the decimal point character to be
+Setting it to @subcmd{DOT} causes the decimal point character to be
@samp{.} and the grouping character to be @samp{,}.
Setting it to @subcmd{COMMA}
causes the decimal point character to be @samp{,} and the grouping
@pspp{} extension to set the byte ordering (endianness) used for reading
data in IB or PIB format (@pxref{Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric
-Formats}). In MSBFIRST ordering, the most-significant byte appears at
-the left end of a IB or PIB field. In LSBFIRST ordering, the
-least-significant byte appears at the left end. VAX ordering is like
-MSBFIRST, except that each pair of bytes is in reverse order. NATIVE,
-the default, is equivalent to MSBFIRST or LSBFIRST depending on the
+Formats}). In @subcmd{MSBFIRST} ordering, the most-significant byte appears at
+the left end of a IB or PIB field. In @subcmd{LSBFIRST} ordering, the
+least-significant byte appears at the left end. @subcmd{VAX} ordering is like
+@subcmd{MSBFIRST}, except that each pair of bytes is in reverse order. @subcmd{NATIVE},
+the default, is equivalent to @subcmd{MSBFIRST} or @subcmd{LSBFIRST} depending on the
native format of the machine running @pspp{}.
@item RRB
@item LOCALE
Overrides the system locale for the purpose of reading and writing
syntax and data files. The argument should be a locale name in the
-general form @code{language_country.encoding}, where @code{language}
-and @code{country} are 2-character language and country abbreviations,
-respectively, and @code{encoding} is an IANA character set name.
+general form @code{@var{language}_@var{country}.@var{encoding}}, where @var{language}
+and @var{country} are 2-character language and country abbreviations,
+respectively, and @var{encoding} is an @acronym{IANA} character set name.
Example locales are @code{en_US.UTF-8} (UTF-8 encoded English as
spoken in the United States) and @code{ja_JP.EUC-JP} (EUC-JP encoded
Japanese as spoken in Japan).
details.
@item DECIMAL
-The default DOT setting causes the decimal point character to be
-@samp{.}. A setting of COMMA causes the decimal point character to be
+The default @subcmd{DOT} setting causes the decimal point character to be
+@samp{.}. A setting of @subcmd{COMMA} causes the decimal point character to be
@samp{,}.
@item FORMAT
@pspp{} extension to set the byte ordering (endianness) used for writing
data in IB or PIB format (@pxref{Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric
-Formats}). In MSBFIRST ordering, the most-significant byte appears at
-the left end of a IB or PIB field. In LSBFIRST ordering, the
-least-significant byte appears at the left end. VAX ordering is like
-MSBFIRST, except that each pair of bytes is in reverse order. NATIVE,
-the default, is equivalent to MSBFIRST or LSBFIRST depending on the
+Formats}). In @subcmd{MSBFIRST} ordering, the most-significant byte appears at
+the left end of a IB or PIB field. In @subcmd{LSBFIRST} ordering, the
+least-significant byte appears at the left end. @subcmd{VAX} ordering is like
+@subcmd{MSBFIRST}, except that each pair of bytes is in reverse order. @subcmd{NATIVE},
+the default, is equivalent to @subcmd{MSBFIRST} or @subcmd{LSBFIRST} depending on the
native format of the machine running @pspp{}.
@item WRB
@pspp{} extension to set the floating-point format used for writing data in
RB format (@pxref{Binary and Hexadecimal Numeric Formats}). The choices
-are the same as SET RIB. The default is NATIVE.
+are the same as @subcmd{SET RIB}. The default is @subcmd{NATIVE}.
@end table
In the @pspp{} text-based interface, the output routing subcommands
@table @asis
@item ERRORS
-Applies to error and warning messages. The default is BOTH.
+Applies to error and warning messages. The default is @subcmd{BOTH}.
@item MESSAGES
-Applies to notes. The default is BOTH.
+Applies to notes. The default is @subcmd{BOTH}.
@item PRINTBACK
Determines whether the syntax used for input is printed back as part
-of the output. The default is NONE.
+of the output. The default is @subcmd{NONE}.
@item RESULTS
Applies to everything not in one of the above categories, such as the
-results of statistical procedures. The default is BOTH.
+results of statistical procedures. The default is @subcmd{BOTH}.
@end table
These subcommands have no effect on output in the @pspp{} GUI
@itemx MORE
@itemx WIDTH
@itemx TNUMBERS
-The TNUMBERS option sets the way in which values are displayed in output tables.
-The valid settings are VALUES, LABELS and BOTH.
-If TNUMBERS is set to VALUES, then all values are displayed with their literal value
+The @subcmd{TNUMBERS} option sets the way in which values are displayed in output tables.
+The valid settings are @subcmd{VALUES}, @subcmd{LABELS} and @subcmd{BOTH}.
+If @subcmd{TNUMBERS} is set to @subcmd{VALUES}, then all values are displayed with their literal value
(which for a numeric value is a number and for a string value an alphanumeric string).
-If TNUMBERS is set to LABELS, then values are displayed using their assigned labels if any.
+If @subcmd{TNUMBERS} is set to @subcmd{LABELS}, then values are displayed using their assigned labels if any.
(@xref{VALUE LABELS}.)
If the a value has no label, then it will be displayed using its literal value.
-If TNUMBERS is set to BOTH, then values will be displayed with both their label
+If @subcmd{TNUMBERS} is set to @subcmd{BOTH}, then values will be displayed with both their label
(if any) and their literal value in parenthesis.
@end table
@item JOURNAL
@itemx LOG
These subcommands, which are synonyms, control the journal. The
-default is ON, which causes commands entered interactively to be
+default is @subcmd{ON}, which causes commands entered interactively to be
written to the journal file. Commands included from syntax files that
are included interactively and error messages printed by @pspp{} are also
-written to the journal file, prefixed by @samp{>}. OFF disables use
+written to the journal file, prefixed by @samp{>}. @subcmd{OFF} disables use
of the journal.
The journal is named @file{pspp.jnl} by default. A different name may
@item SCOMPRESSION
Whether system files created by @cmd{SAVE} or @cmd{XSAVE} are
-compressed by default. The default is ON.
+compressed by default. The default is @subcmd{ON}.
@end table
Security subcommands affect the operations that commands are allowed to
[MXERRS]
[MXLOOPS]
[MXWARNS]
+ [N]
[SCOMPRESSION]
[TEMPDIR]
[UNDEFINED]
@item @subcmd{ALL}
Show all settings.
@item @subcmd{CC}
-Show all custom currency settings (CCA through CCE).
+Show all custom currency settings (@subcmd{CCA} through @subcmd{CCE}).
@item @subcmd{DIRECTORY}
Shows the current working directory.
@item @subcmd{ENVIRONMENT}
Shows the operating system details.
+@item @subcmd{N}
+Reports the number of cases in the active dataset. The reported number is not
+weighted. If no dataset is defined, then @samp{Unknown} will be reported.
@item @subcmd{TEMPDIR}
Shows the path of the directory where temporary files will be stored.
@item @subcmd{VERSION}
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