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Style fixes for floating-point doc.

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* commands.texi, customize.texi, display.texi, elisp.texi, files.texi:
* frames.texi, hash.texi, internals.texi, keymaps.texi, lists.texi:
* minibuf.texi, nonascii.texi, numbers.texi, objects.texi, os.texi:
* processes.texi, streams.texi, strings.texi, text.texi:
* variables.texi, windows.texi:
Hyphenate "floating-point" iff it precedes a noun.
Reword to avoid nouns and hyphenation when that's easy.
Prefer "integer" to "integer number" and "is floating point"
to "is a floating point number".
Prefer "@minus{}" to "-" when it's a minus.
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Paul Eggert 2014-03-17 18:19:03 -07:00
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@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ following example:
@example
@group
(defvar x -99) ; @r{@code{x} receives an initial value of -99.}
(defvar x -99) ; @r{@code{x} receives an initial value of @minus{}99.}
(defun getx ()
x) ; @r{@code{x} is used ``free'' in this function.}
@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ following example:
@result{} 1
;; @r{After the @code{let} form finishes, @code{x} reverts to its}
;; @r{previous value, which is -99.}
;; @r{previous value, which is @minus{}99.}
(getx)
@result{} -99
@ -852,14 +852,14 @@ that @code{defun} construct itself. When we call @code{getx} from
within a @code{let} form in which @code{x} is (dynamically) bound, it
retrieves the local value (i.e., 1). But when we call @code{getx}
outside the @code{let} form, it retrieves the global value (i.e.,
-99).
@minus{}99).
Here is another example, which illustrates setting a dynamically
bound variable using @code{setq}:
@example
@group
(defvar x -99) ; @r{@code{x} receives an initial value of -99.}
(defvar x -99) ; @r{@code{x} receives an initial value of @minus{}99.}
(defun addx ()
(setq x (1+ x))) ; @r{Add 1 to @code{x} and return its new value.}
@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ bound variable using @code{setq}:
@result{} 3 ; @r{The two @code{addx} calls add to @code{x} twice.}
;; @r{After the @code{let} form finishes, @code{x} reverts to its}
;; @r{previous value, which is -99.}
;; @r{previous value, which is @minus{}99.}
(addx)
@result{} -98
@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ will set them to @code{t}:
This variable holds a list of all variables of type @code{DEFVAR_BOOL}.
@end defvar
Variables of type @code{DEFVAR_INT} can only take on integer values.
Variables of type @code{DEFVAR_INT} can take on only integer values.
Attempting to assign them any other value will result in an error:
@example