@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2013 Free Software
+@c Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
-@node Read and Print, Minibuffers, Debugging, Top
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@node Read and Print
@chapter Reading and Printing Lisp Objects
@dfn{Printing} and @dfn{reading} are the operations of converting Lisp
@defvar print-quoted
If this is non-@code{nil}, that means to print quoted forms using
-abbreviated reader syntax, e.g.@: @code{(quote foo)} prints as
+abbreviated reader syntax, e.g., @code{(quote foo)} prints as
@code{'foo}, and @code{(function foo)} as @code{#'foo}.
@end defvar
If non-@code{nil}, that means number continuously across print calls.
This affects the numbers printed for @samp{#@var{n}=} labels and
@samp{#@var{m}#} references.
-
Don't set this variable with @code{setq}; you should only bind it
temporarily to @code{t} with @code{let}. When you do that, you should
also bind @code{print-number-table} to @code{nil}.
@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
+This variable specifies how to print floating point numbers. The
+default 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