X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintroduction.texi;h=3a6ca3bad593e2b0eb6a6d70181c766bab59a258;hb=9c5440448a9999db5515937c85a3f37deb033efa;hp=f96a2329e3747afa6b6cafc7e5142626a4208ead;hpb=dfd1972f7bcb550a4fc3b05dbe7e71d12334b0a7;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/introduction.texi b/doc/introduction.texi index f96a2329e3..3a6ca3bad5 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.texi +++ b/doc/introduction.texi @@ -1,33 +1,37 @@ +@c PSPP - a program for statistical analysis. +@c Copyright (C) 2017 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. +@cindex @pspp{} language +@cindex language, @pspp{} +@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. +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. -@cindex files, PSPP -@cindex output, PSPP @cindex PostScript @cindex PDF @cindex HTML -@cindex SVG -@cindex graphics -@cindex Ghostscript -@cindex Free Software Foundation -PSPP produces tables and charts as output, which it can produce in -several formats; currently, ASCII, PostScript, PDF, HTML, and SVG are +@cindex DocBook +@pspp{} produces tables and charts as output, which it can produce in +several formats; currently, ASCII, PostScript, PDF, HTML, and DocBook are supported. -The current version of PSPP, @value{VERSION}, is woefully 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 current version of @pspp{}, @value{VERSION}, is incomplete in +terms of its statistical procedure support. @pspp{} is a work in progress. +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.