From 51904989d9954e92740e99966986bc1eed42de64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 23:00:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation updates from Oliver Bock . --- doc/data-file-format.texi | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/data-file-format.texi b/doc/data-file-format.texi index 2973b6b5..d0e8fddb 100644 --- a/doc/data-file-format.texi +++ b/doc/data-file-format.texi @@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ label record are to be applied. @item int32 vars[/* variable length */]; A list of variables to which to apply the value labels. There are -@code{count} elements. +@code{count} elements. Each element identifies a variable record, where +the first element is numbered 1 and long string variables are considered +to occupy multiple indexes. @end table @node Document Record, Machine int32 Info Record, Value Label Variable Record, Data File Format @@ -554,7 +556,9 @@ The total number of records in @code{aux_params}, multiplied by 3. @item struct aux_params aux_params[]; An array of @code{struct aux_params}. The order of the elements corresponds -to the order of the variables in the Variable Records. The @code{struct aux_params} type is defined as follows: +to the order of the variables in the Variable Records. No element +corresponds to variable records that continue long string variables. +The @code{struct aux_params} type is defined as follows: @example struct aux_params @@ -705,8 +709,9 @@ The total length is @code{count} bytes. Miscellaneous informational records must follow the variable records and precede the dictionary termination record. -Miscellaneous informational records are ignored by PSPP when reading -system files. They are not written by PSPP when writing system files. +Some specific types of miscellaneous informational records are +documented here, but others are known to exist. PSPP ignores unknown +miscellaneous informational records when reading system files. @example struct sysfile_misc_info -- 2.30.2