X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintroduction.texi;h=2e74a6f453a033277149798e01cb4d30c8fe5de9;hb=915ae62e6caddda59ac7c7b5e373fcb9b8da8a22;hp=4ab79595e80ec9ea42437cdb95f424956de6ba19;hpb=620d94c8a41811d8dc8ba8a0f500896a9a894a18;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/introduction.texi b/doc/introduction.texi index 4ab79595e8..2e74a6f453 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.texi +++ b/doc/introduction.texi @@ -1,33 +1,37 @@ +@c PSPP - a program for statistical analysis. +@c Copyright (C) 2017, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 +@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; +@c with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. +@c A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU +@c Free Documentation License". +@c @node Introduction @chapter Introduction @cindex introduction @cindex @pspp{} language @cindex language, @pspp{} -@pspp{} is a tool for statistical analysis of sampled data. It reads a -syntax file and a data file, analyzes the data, and writes the results -to a listing file or to standard output. +@pspp{} is a tool for statistical analysis of sampled data. +It reads the data, analyzes the data according to commands provided, and writes the results +to a listing file, to the standard output or to a window of the graphical display. The language accepted by @pspp{} is similar to those accepted by SPSS -statistical products. The details of @pspp{}'s language are given -later in this manual. +statistical products. +The details of @pspp{}'s language are given later in this manual. -@cindex files, @pspp{} -@cindex output, @pspp{} @cindex PostScript @cindex PDF @cindex HTML -@cindex SVG -@cindex graphics -@cindex Ghostscript -@cindex Free Software Foundation +@cindex DocBook @pspp{} produces tables and charts as output, which it can produce in -several formats; currently, ASCII, PostScript, PDF, HTML, and SVG are +several formats; currently, ASCII, PostScript, PDF, HTML, DocBook and @TeX{} are supported. -The current version of @pspp{}, @value{VERSION}, is woefully incomplete in +The current version of @pspp{}, @value{VERSION}, is incomplete in terms of its statistical procedure support. @pspp{} is a work in progress. -The author hopes to fully support all features in the products -that @pspp{} replaces, eventually. The author welcomes questions, +The authors hope to fully support all features in the products +that @pspp{} replaces, eventually. The authors welcome questions, comments, donations, and code submissions. @xref{Bugs,,Submitting Bug -Reports}, for instructions on contacting the author. +Reports}, for instructions on contacting the authors.