- fixed a small oops: iprint() didn't reset the number output format to decimal

[ginac.git] / ginsh / ginsh.1

diff --git a/ginsh/ginsh.1 b/ginsh/ginsh.1
index 6199676cc5b3b561bc294638bc5777b041c9ca82..b84aca96700fe43c909330dc19a83aad187193ce 100644 (file)
--- a/ginsh/ginsh.1
+++ b/ginsh/ginsh.1
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ expressions on one line. Whitespace (spaces, tabs, newlines) can be applied
 freely between tokens. To quit ginsh, enter
 .BR quit " or " exit ,
 or type an EOF (Ctrl-D) at the prompt.
 freely between tokens. To quit ginsh, enter
 .BR quit " or " exit ,
 or type an EOF (Ctrl-D) at the prompt.

+.SS COMMENTS
+Anything following a double slash
+.RB ( // )
+up to the end of the line is treated as a comment and ignored.

 .SS NUMBERS
 .SS NUMBERS

-ginsh accepts numbers in all formats accepted by CLN (the Class Library for
-Numbers, that is the foundation of GiNaC's numerics). This includes arbitrary
+ginsh accepts numbers in the usual decimal notations. This includes arbitrary

 precision integers and rationals as well as floating point numbers in standard
 or scientific notation (e.g.
 .BR 1.2E6 ).
 precision integers and rationals as well as floating point numbers in standard
 or scientific notation (e.g.
 .BR 1.2E6 ).


@@ -46,6 +49,11 @@ The general rule is that if a number contains a decimal point
 .RB ( . ),
 it is an (inexact) floating point number; otherwise it is an (exact) integer or
 rational.
 .RB ( . ),
 it is an (inexact) floating point number; otherwise it is an (exact) integer or
 rational.

+Integers can be specified in binary, octal, hexadecimal or arbitrary (2-36) base
+by prefixing them with
+.BR #b ", " #o ", " #x ", or "
+.BI # n R
+, respectively.

 .SS SYMBOLS
 Symbols are made up of a string of alphanumeric characters and the underscore
 .RB ( _ ),
 .SS SYMBOLS
 Symbols are made up of a string of alphanumeric characters and the underscore
 .RB ( _ ),


@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ Archimedes' Constant
 .B Catalan
 Catalan's Constant
 .TP
 .B Catalan
 Catalan's Constant
 .TP

-.B EulerGamma
+.B Euler

 Euler-Mascheroni Constant
 .TP
 .B I
 Euler-Mascheroni Constant
 .TP
 .B I


@@ -306,7 +314,7 @@ detail here. Please refer to the GiNaC documentation.
 .BI rem( expression ", " expression ", " symbol )
 \- remainder of polynomials
 .br
 .BI rem( expression ", " expression ", " symbol )
 \- remainder of polynomials
 .br

-.BI series( expression ", " "symbol [" ", " "point [" ", " order]] )
+.BI series( expression ", " relation-or-symbol ", " order )

 \- series expansion
 .br
 .BI sqrfree( expression ", " symbol )
 \- series expansion
 .br
 .BI sqrfree( expression ", " symbol )


@@ -369,6 +377,14 @@ will print a dump of GiNaC's internal representation for the given
 .IR expression .
 This is useful for debugging and for learning about GiNaC internals.
 .PP
 .IR expression .
 This is useful for debugging and for learning about GiNaC internals.
 .PP

+The command
+.RS
+.BI iprint( expression );
+.RE
+prints the given
+.I expression
+(which must evaluate to an integer) in decimal, octal, and hexadecimal representations.
+.PP

 Finally, the shell escape
 .RS
 .B !
 Finally, the shell escape
 .RS
 .B !


@@ -439,7 +455,7 @@ Christian Bauer <Christian.Bauer@uni-mainz.de>
 .br
 Alexander Frink <Alexander.Frink@uni-mainz.de>
 .br
 .br
 Alexander Frink <Alexander.Frink@uni-mainz.de>
 .br

-Richard B. Kreckel <Richard.Kreckel@uni-mainz.de>
+Richard Kreckel <Richard.Kreckel@uni-mainz.de>

 .SH SEE ALSO
 GiNaC Tutorial \- An open framework for symbolic computation within the
 C++ programming language
 .SH SEE ALSO
 GiNaC Tutorial \- An open framework for symbolic computation within the
 C++ programming language