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diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index dda139b8d74..df30ac12e2e 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi @@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ number of processes trying to run on the system. By default, the values are integers that are 100 times the system load averages, but if @var{use-float} is non-@code{nil}, then they are -returned as floating point numbers without multiplying by 100. +returned as floating-point numbers without multiplying by 100. If it is impossible to obtain the load average, this function signals an error. On some platforms, access to load averages requires @@ -1149,24 +1149,24 @@ Titles}). @cindex UID @defun user-real-uid This function returns the real @acronym{UID} of the user. -The value may be a floating point number, in the (unlikely) event that +The value may be floating point, in the (unlikely) event that the UID is too large to fit in a Lisp integer. @end defun @defun user-uid This function returns the effective @acronym{UID} of the user. -The value may be a floating point number. +The value may be floating point. @end defun @cindex GID @defun group-gid This function returns the effective @acronym{GID} of the Emacs process. -The value may be a floating point number. +The value may be floating point. @end defun @defun group-real-gid This function returns the real @acronym{GID} of the Emacs process. -The value may be a floating point number. +The value may be floating point. @end defun @defun system-users @@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ integers, @code{(@var{sec-high} @var{sec-low} @var{microsec} integers, @code{(@var{sec-high} @var{sec-low} @var{microsec})}, or of two integers, @code{(@var{sec-high} @var{sec-low})}. The integers @var{sec-high} and @var{sec-low} give the high and low bits of an -integer number of seconds. This integer number, +integer number of seconds. This integer, @ifnottex @var{high} * 2**16 + @var{low}, @end ifnottex @@ -1518,9 +1518,9 @@ system. @end defun @defun seconds-to-time seconds -This function converts @var{seconds}, a floating point number of -seconds since the epoch, to a time value and returns that. To perform -the inverse conversion, use @code{float-time} (@pxref{Time of Day}). +This function converts @var{seconds}, the number of seconds since the +epoch, to a time value and returns that. To convert back, use +@code{float-time} (@pxref{Time of Day}). @end defun @defun format-seconds format-string seconds @@ -1805,9 +1805,8 @@ work just like ordinary timers. @deffn Command run-with-idle-timer secs repeat function &rest args Set up a timer which runs the next time Emacs is idle for @var{secs} -seconds. The value of @var{secs} may be an integer or a floating -point number; a value of the type returned by @code{current-idle-time} -is also allowed. +seconds. The value of @var{secs} may be a number or a value of the type +returned by @code{current-idle-time}. If @var{repeat} is @code{nil}, the timer runs just once, the first time Emacs remains idle for a long enough time. More often @var{repeat} is @@ -2155,7 +2154,7 @@ system-specific keysym. Each element has the form @code{(@var{code} . @var{symbol})}, where @var{code} is the numeric keysym code (not including the ``vendor specific'' bit, @ifnottex --2**28), +@minus{}2**28), @end ifnottex @tex $-2^{28}$), @@ -2165,7 +2164,7 @@ and @var{symbol} is the name for the function key. For example @code{(168 . mute-acute)} defines a system-specific key (used by HP X servers) whose numeric code is @ifnottex --2**28 +@minus{}2**28 @end ifnottex @tex $-2^{28}$ @@ -2329,10 +2328,10 @@ be anything, though implementations are free not to display it. @item :timeout @var{timeout} The timeout time in milliseconds since the display of the notification -at which the notification should automatically close. If -1, the +at which the notification should automatically close. If @minus{}1, the notification's expiration time is dependent on the notification server's settings, and may vary for the type of notification. If 0, -the notification never expires. Default value is -1. +the notification never expires. Default value is @minus{}1. @item :urgency @var{urgency} The urgency level. It can be @code{low}, @code{normal}, or @code{critical}. |