Fix minor grammatical error in documentation

[pspp] / doc / utilities.texi

diff --git a/doc/utilities.texi b/doc/utilities.texi
index cfbafccb223de06cc47737f096ee05f1dc0ea82c..ea7f555ebb410d0fc9208cb41e6640d28a33c02f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/utilities.texi
+++ b/doc/utilities.texi
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ encountered in the input.
 * HOST::                        Temporarily return to the operating system.
 * INCLUDE::                     Include a file within the current one.
 * INSERT::                      Insert a file within the current one.
+* OUTPUT::                      Modify the appearance of the output.
 * PERMISSIONS::                 Change permissions on a file.
 * PRESERVE and RESTORE::        Saving settings and restoring them later.
 * SET::                         Adjust @pspp{} runtime parameters.
@@ -334,6 +335,42 @@ When ENCODING is not specified, the default is taken from the
 @option{--syntax-encoding} command option, if it was specified, and
 otherwise it is @code{Auto}.
 
+@node OUTPUT
+@section OUTPUT
+@vindex OUTPUT
+@cindex precision, of output
+@cindex decimal places
+
+@display
+OUTPUT MODIFY
+       /SELECT TABLES
+       /TABLECELLS SELECT = [ @{SIGNIFICANCE, COUNT@} ]
+                   FORMAT = @var{fmt_spec}.
+@end display
+@note{In the above synopsis the characters @samp{[} and @samp{]} are literals.
+They must appear in the syntax to be interpreted.}
+
+@cmd{OUTPUT} changes the appearance of the tables in which results are printed.
+In particular, it can be used to set the format and precision to which results are displayed.
+
+After running this command, the default table appearance parameters will have been modified and  each 
+new output table generated will use the new parameters.
+
+Following @code{/TABLECELLS SELECT =} a list of cell classes must appear, enclosed in square
+brackets.  This list determines the classes of values should be selected for modification.
+Each class can be:
+
+@table @asis
+@item SIGNIFICANCE
+Significance of tests (p-values).
+
+@item COUNT
+Counts or sums of weights.
+@end table
+
+The value of @var{fmt_spec} must be a valid output format (@pxref{Input and Output Formats}).
+Note that not all possible formats are meaningful for all classes.
+
 @node PERMISSIONS
 @section PERMISSIONS
 @vindex PERMISSIONS
@@ -403,6 +440,7 @@ SET
         /MXLOOPS=@var{max_loops}
         /SEED=@{RANDOM,@var{seed_value}@}
         /UNDEFINED=@{WARN,NOWARN@}
+        /FUZZBITS=@var{fuzzbits}
 
 (data output)
         /CC@{A,B,C,D,E@}=@{'@var{npre},@var{pre},@var{suf},@var{nsuf}','@var{npre}.@var{pre}.@var{suf}.@var{nsuf}'@}
@@ -605,8 +643,15 @@ RANDOM, which will obtain an initial seed from the current time of day.
 @item UNDEFINED
 Currently not used.
 
+@item FUZZBITS
+@anchor{SET FUZZBITS}
+The maximum number of bits of errors in the least-significant places
+to accept for rounding up a value that is almost halfway between two
+possibilities for rounding with the RND operator (@pxref{Miscellaneous
+Mathematics}).  The default @var{fuzzbits} is 6.
+
 @item WORKSPACE
-The maximum amount of memory that @pspp{} will use to store data being processed.
+The maximum amount of memory (in kilobytes) that @pspp{} will use to store data being processed.
 If memory in excess of the workspace size is required, then @pspp{} will start
 to use temporary files to store the data.
 Setting a higher value will, in general, mean procedures will run faster, 
@@ -818,7 +863,7 @@ SET LOCALE='ru_RU.cp1251'.
 SET LOCALE='japanese'.
 @end example
 
-Contrary to the intuition, this command does not affect any aspect 
+Contrary to intuition, this command does not affect any aspect 
 of the system's locale.
 @end table
 
@@ -841,6 +886,7 @@ SHOW
         [DIRECTORY]
         [ENVIRONMENT]
         [FORMAT]
+        [FUZZBITS]
         [LENGTH]
         [MXERRS]
         [MXLOOPS]