(Mode Line Data): Minor cleanup.

[gnu-emacs] / lispref / streams.texi

diff --git a/lispref/streams.texi b/lispref/streams.texi
index a4e88b82f2ed0e99bc5deb5835b0ba1225d3320f..09f8695cd25a11a607033f89ca633dd08bb6ffbb 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/streams.texi
+++ b/lispref/streams.texi
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ For example:
 @defvar standard-input
 This variable holds the default input stream---the stream that
 @code{read} uses when the @var{stream} argument is @code{nil}.
+The default is @code{t}, meaning use the minibuffer.
 @end defvar
 
 @node Output Streams
@@ -574,7 +575,6 @@ characters are used.  @code{print} returns @var{object}.  For example:
      @print{} "the hat"
      @print{}
      @print{} " came back"
-     @print{}
      @result{} " came back"
 @end group
 @end example
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ characters in the output.  (This argument is supported in Emacs versions
 @end group
 @end example
 
-See @code{format}, in @ref{String Conversion}, for other ways to obtain
+See @code{format}, in @ref{Formatting Strings}, for other ways to obtain
 the printed representation of a Lisp object as a string.
 @end defun
 
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ returns @code{"The buffer is foo"}.
 @defvar standard-output
 The value of this variable is the default output stream---the stream
 that print functions use when the @var{stream} argument is @code{nil}.
+The default is @code{t}, meaning display in the echo area.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar print-quoted
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ Emacs-Lisp Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
 @end defopt
 
   These variables are used for detecting and reporting circular
-and shared structure---but they are only defined in Emacs 21.
+and shared structure:
 
 @tindex print-circle
 @defvar print-circle
@@ -821,6 +822,17 @@ the @code{print-circle} feature.  You should not use it except
 to bind it to @code{nil} when you bind @code{print-continuous-numbering}.
 @end defvar
 
+@defvar float-output-format
+This variable specifies how to print floating point numbers.  Its
+default value is @code{nil}, meaning use the shortest output
+that represents the number without losing information.
+
+To control output format more precisely, you can put a string in this
+variable.  The string should hold a @samp{%}-specification to be used
+in the C function @code{sprintf}.  For further restrictions on what
+you can use, see the variable's documentation string.
+@end defvar
+
 @ignore
    arch-tag: 07636b8c-c4e3-4735-9e06-2e864320b434
 @end ignore