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[gnu-emacs] / lispref / streams.texi

diff --git a/lispref/streams.texi b/lispref/streams.texi
index bd87fc84bddf24574c99c3a7a1f0b11ac9a8494d..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
@@ -361,7 +362,9 @@ The output characters are inserted into the buffer that @var{marker}
 points into, at the marker position.  The marker position advances as
 characters are inserted.  The value of point in the buffer has no effect
 on printing when the stream is a marker, and this kind of printing
-does not move point.
+does not move point (except that if the marker points at or before the
+position of point, point advances with the surrounding text, as
+usual).
 
 @item @var{function}
 @cindex function output stream
@@ -572,7 +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
@@ -657,7 +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
 
@@ -683,6 +685,14 @@ 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
+If this is non-@code{nil}, that means to print quoted forms using
+abbreviated reader syntax.  @code{(quote foo)} prints as @code{'foo},
+@code{(function foo)} as @code{#'foo}, and backquoted forms print
+using modern backquote syntax.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar print-escape-newlines
@@ -780,7 +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
@@ -812,6 +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