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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-07-23 02:57:20 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-07-23 02:57:20 +0000
commitc45bd688fd44d36732edbafe2f73f68c3a1566bc (patch)
tree3193595ecec38b6a54f6edd1d084eed2b67b6a58
parent6457ee5a49b2d9e6b9c2cf0977a8d480ca2c7bd2 (diff)
downloadman-pages-c45bd688fd44d36732edbafe2f73f68c3a1566bc.tar.gz
s/floating point/floating-point/ when used attributively.
Diffstat
-rw-r--r--man2/prctl.210
-rw-r--r--man2/sigaction.210
-rw-r--r--man3/INFINITY.32
-rw-r--r--man3/__setfpucw.38
-rw-r--r--man3/fenv.322
-rw-r--r--man3/finite.32
-rw-r--r--man3/printf.32
-rw-r--r--man3/scanf.32
-rw-r--r--man3/significand.32
-rw-r--r--man3/strtod.32
-rw-r--r--man5/acct.52
-rw-r--r--man7/bootparam.72
12 files changed, 33 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 337edd71cf..1337183f90 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ in the location pointed to by
.BR PR_SET_FPEXC " (since Linux 2.4.21, 2.5.32, only on PowerPC)"
Set floating-point exception mode to \fIarg2\fP.
Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enables,
-\fBPR_FP_EXC_DIV\fP for floating point divide by zero,
-\fBPR_FP_EXC_OVF\fP for floating point overflow,
-\fBPR_FP_EXC_UND\fP for floating point underflow,
-\fBPR_FP_EXC_RES\fP for floating point inexact result,
-\fBPR_FP_EXC_INV\fP for floating point invalid operation,
+\fBPR_FP_EXC_DIV\fP for floating-point divide by zero,
+\fBPR_FP_EXC_OVF\fP for floating-point overflow,
+\fBPR_FP_EXC_UND\fP for floating-point underflow,
+\fBPR_FP_EXC_RES\fP for floating-point inexact result,
+\fBPR_FP_EXC_INV\fP for floating-point invalid operation,
\fBPR_FP_EXC_DISABLED\fP for FP exceptions disabled,
\fBPR_FP_EXC_NONRECOV\fP for async non-recoverable exception mode,
\fBPR_FP_EXC_ASYNC\fP for async recoverable exception mode,
diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2
index 310cf5f6b8..c6f6db49cf 100644
--- a/man2/sigaction.2
+++ b/man2/sigaction.2
@@ -406,19 +406,19 @@ integer divide by zero
integer overflow
.TP
.B FPE_FLTDIV
-floating point divide by zero
+floating-point divide by zero
.TP
.B FPE_FLTOVF
-floating point overflow
+floating-point overflow
.TP
.B FPE_FLTUND
-floating point underflow
+floating-point underflow
.TP
.B FPE_FLTRES
-floating point inexact result
+floating-point inexact result
.TP
.B FPE_FLTINV
-floating point invalid operation
+floating-point invalid operation
.TP
.B FPE_FLTSUB
subscript out of range
diff --git a/man3/INFINITY.3 b/man3/INFINITY.3
index 5fda7dede4..ac27fece1d 100644
--- a/man3/INFINITY.3
+++ b/man3/INFINITY.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\"
.TH INFINITY 3 2007-07-26 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
-INFINITY, NAN, HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, HUGE_VALL \- floating point constants
+INFINITY, NAN, HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, HUGE_VALL \- floating-point constants
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #define _ISOC99_SOURCE
diff --git a/man3/__setfpucw.3 b/man3/__setfpucw.3
index b631ff7e06..c4e015337b 100644
--- a/man3/__setfpucw.3
+++ b/man3/__setfpucw.3
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ __setfpucw \- set FPU control word on i386 architecture (obsolete)
.BR __setfpucw ()
transfers
.I control_word
-to the registers of the FPU (floating point unit) on the i386 architecture.
-This was used to control floating point precision,
-rounding and floating point exceptions.
+to the registers of the FPU (floating-point unit) on the i386 architecture.
+This was used to control floating-point precision,
+rounding and floating-point exceptions.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This function was a non-standard GNU extension.
.SH NOTES
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ There are new functions from C99, with prototypes in
to control FPU rounding modes, like
.IR fegetround ,
.IR fesetround ,
-and the floating point environment, like
+and the floating-point environment, like
.IR fegetenv ,
.IR feholdexcept ,
.IR fesetenv ,
diff --git a/man3/fenv.3 b/man3/fenv.3
index 843bea9a03..96c439042a 100644
--- a/man3/fenv.3
+++ b/man3/fenv.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
feclearexcept, fegetexceptflag, feraiseexcept, fesetexceptflag,
fetestexcept, fegetenv, fegetround, feholdexcept, fesetround,
fesetenv, feupdateenv, feenableexcept, fedisableexcept,
-fegetexcept \- floating point rounding and exception handling
+fegetexcept \- floating-point rounding and exception handling
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <fenv.h>
@@ -59,18 +59,18 @@ fegetexcept \- floating point rounding and exception handling
Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
These eleven functions were defined in C99, and describe the handling
-of floating point rounding and exceptions (overflow, zero-divide etc.).
+of floating-point rounding and exceptions (overflow, zero-divide etc.).
.SS Exceptions
The DivideByZero exception occurs when an operation on finite numbers
produces infinity as exact answer.
.LP
The Overflow exception occurs when a result has to be represented as a
-floating point number, but has (much) larger absolute value than the
-largest (finite) floating point number that is representable.
+floating-point number, but has (much) larger absolute value than the
+largest (finite) floating-point number that is representable.
.LP
The Underflow exception occurs when a result has to be represented as a
-floating point number, but has smaller absolute value than the smallest
-positive normalized floating point number (and would lose much accuracy
+floating-point number, but has smaller absolute value than the smallest
+positive normalized floating-point number (and would lose much accuracy
when represented as a denormalized number).
.LP
The Inexact exception occurs when the rounded result of an operation
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The
function sets the rounding mode as specified by its argument
and returns zero when it was successful.
.SS "Floating point environment"
-The entire floating point environment, including
+The entire floating-point environment, including
control modes and status flags, can be handled
as one opaque object, of type
.IR fenv_t .
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ISO C to have round to nearest, all exceptions cleared and a non-stop
.LP
The
.BR fegetenv ()
-function saves the current floating point environment in the object
+function saves the current floating-point environment in the object
.IR *envp .
.LP
The
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ It returns zero when successful.
.LP
The
.BR fesetenv ()
-function restores the floating point environment from
+function restores the floating-point environment from
the object
.IR *envp .
This object must be known to be valid, for example, the result of a call to
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ It is only defined if
.B _GNU_SOURCE
is defined.
The C99 standard does not define a way to set individual bits in the
-floating point mask, for example, to trap on specific flags.
+floating-point mask, for example, to trap on specific flags.
glibc 2.2 supports the functions
.BR feenableexcept ()
and
.BR fedisableexcept ()
-to set individual floating point traps, and
+to set individual floating-point traps, and
.BR fegetexcept ()
to query the state.
.sp
diff --git a/man3/finite.3 b/man3/finite.3
index 4f9a004db6..9bd2f6ed56 100644
--- a/man3/finite.3
+++ b/man3/finite.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.TH FINITE 3 2007-07-26 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
finite, finitef, finitel, isinf, isinff, isinfl, isnan, isnanf, isnanl \-
-BSD floating point classification functions
+BSD floating-point classification functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <math.h>
diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
index 0d470b7613..d765cd3d6f 100644
--- a/man3/printf.3
+++ b/man3/printf.3
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ comes from untrusted user input, it may contain \fB%n\fP, causing the
.BR printf ()
call to write to memory and creating a security hole.
.\" .PP
-.\" Some floating point conversions under early libc4
+.\" Some floating-point conversions under early libc4
.\" caused memory leaks.
.SH EXAMPLE
.if \w'\*(Pi'=0 .ds Pi pi
diff --git a/man3/scanf.3 b/man3/scanf.3
index eb89b0d54b..811ab93f33 100644
--- a/man3/scanf.3
+++ b/man3/scanf.3
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ or
.B _GNU_SOURCE
is also specified), in which case the
.B a
-is interpreted as a specifier for floating point numbers (see above).
+is interpreted as a specifier for floating-point numbers (see above).
Since version 2.7, glibc also provides the
.B m
diff --git a/man3/significand.3 b/man3/significand.3
index e192b4a5c9..f254f87377 100644
--- a/man3/significand.3
+++ b/man3/significand.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.TH SIGNIFICAND 3 2007-07-26 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
significand, significandf, significandl \-
-get mantissa of floating point number
+get mantissa of floating-point number
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <math.h>
.sp
diff --git a/man3/strtod.3 b/man3/strtod.3
index d1e54d159e..d38cdc3360 100644
--- a/man3/strtod.3
+++ b/man3/strtod.3
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.\"
.TH STRTOD 3 2007-07-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
-strtod, strtof, strtold \- convert ASCII string to floating point number
+strtod, strtof, strtold \- convert ASCII string to floating-point number
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <stdlib.h>
.sp
diff --git a/man5/acct.5 b/man5/acct.5
index 4efd351b66..5e114feab3 100644
--- a/man5/acct.5
+++ b/man5/acct.5
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ enum { /* Bits that may be set in ac_flag field */
.PP
The
.I comp_t
-data type is a floating point value consisting of a 3-bit, base-8 exponent,
+data type is a floating-point value consisting of a 3-bit, base-8 exponent,
and a 13-bit mantissa.
A value,
.IR c ,
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index 7a89524498..66c1805194 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ is defined.)
Some i387 coprocessor chips have bugs that show up when used in 32 bit
protected mode.
For example, some of the early ULSI-387 chips would
-cause solid lockups while performing floating point calculations.
+cause solid lockups while performing floating-point calculations.
Using the 'no387' boot arg causes Linux to ignore the maths
coprocessor even if you have one.
Of course you must then have your
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