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commit 2da3841e32e0fa1e4a9b93812ab1ecde2e7af69b
parent 86592afd4aa1662c69773633726a0cc28afce45f
Author: Alexander Burger <abu@software-lab.de>
Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:54:29 +0200

Doc changes (minor)
Diffstat:
Mdoc/faq.html | 6++++--
Mdoc/ref.html | 12++++++------
Mdoc/refS.html | 2+-
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html @@ -633,8 +633,10 @@ href="ref.html#num-io">fixpoint numbers</a>, with unlimited precision. smack of imperfection, they don't give "exact" results, have limited precision and range, and require an extra data type. For fixpoint support, the system must handle just integer arithmetics, I/O and string conversions. The rest is under -programmer's control and responsibility (the essence of PicoLisp). Carefully -scaled fixpoint calculations can do anything floating points can do. +programmer's control and responsibility (the essence of PicoLisp). + +<p>Carefully scaled fixpoint calculations can do anything floating points can +do. <p><hr> diff --git a/doc/ref.html b/doc/ref.html @@ -643,9 +643,9 @@ symbols and lists) and for read-macros: -> -12345678901245678901234567890 </code></pre> -<p>Fixed-point numbers can be input by embedding a decimal point -'<code>.</code>', and setting the global variable <code><a -href="refS.html#*Scl">*Scl</a></code> appropriately: +<p>Fixpoint numbers can be input by embedding a decimal point '<code>.</code>', +and setting the global variable <code><a href="refS.html#*Scl">*Scl</a></code> +appropriately: <pre><code> : *Scl @@ -664,11 +664,11 @@ href="refS.html#*Scl">*Scl</a></code> appropriately: -> 456780 </code></pre> -<p>Thus, fixed-point input simply scales the number to an integer value +<p>Thus, fixpoint input simply scales the number to an integer value corresponding to the number of digits in <code><a href="refS.html#*Scl">*Scl</a></code>. -<p>Formatted output of scaled fixed-point values can be done with the <code><a +<p>Formatted output of scaled fixpoint values can be done with the <code><a href="refF.html#format">format</a></code> and <code><a href="refR.html#round">round</a></code> functions: @@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ include <dt><code><a href="refS.html#+String">+String</a></code> <dd>Strings (just a general case of symbols) <dt><code><a href="refN.html#+Number">+Number</a></code> - <dd>Integers and fixed-point numbers + <dd>Integers and fixpoint numbers <dt><code><a href="refD.html#+Date">+Date</a></code> <dd>Calendar date values, represented by a number <dt><code><a href="refT.html#+Time">+Time</a></code> diff --git a/doc/refS.html b/doc/refS.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <dl> <dt><a name="*Scl"><code>*Scl</code></a> -<dd>A global variable holding the current fixed-point input scale. See also <a +<dd>A global variable holding the current fixpoint input scale. See also <a href="ref.html#num-io">Numbers</a> and <code><a href="refS.html#scl">scl</a></code>.