; Improve wording of 'format' doc string

* src/editfns.c (Fformat): Use "produce" instead of "print".
(Bug#60125)

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index b364f441b53b2ac515e91550ebb3fa9d5366c9f4..8d56ef21d905b1798179a7774ab2a5aad96238dd 100644 (file)
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3279,18 +3279,18 @@ The other arguments are substituted into it to make the result, a string.
 The format control string may contain %-sequences meaning to substitute
 the next available argument, or the argument explicitly specified:
 
-%s means print a string argument.  Actually, prints any object, with `princ'.
-%d means print as signed number in decimal.
-%o means print a number in octal.
-%x means print a number in hex.
+%s means produce a string argument.  Actually, produces any object with `princ'.
+%d means produce as signed number in decimal.
+%o means produce a number in octal.
+%x means produce a number in hex.
 %X is like %x, but uses upper case.
-%e means print a number in exponential notation.
-%f means print a number in decimal-point notation.
-%g means print a number in exponential notation if the exponent would be
+%e means produce a number in exponential notation.
+%f means produce a number in decimal-point notation.
+%g means produce a number in exponential notation if the exponent would be
    less than -4 or greater than or equal to the precision (default: 6);
-   otherwise it prints in decimal-point notation.
-%c means print a number as a single character.
-%S means print any object as an s-expression (using `prin1').
+   otherwise it produces in decimal-point notation.
+%c means produce a number as a single character.
+%S means produce any object as an s-expression (using `prin1').
 
 The argument used for %d, %o, %x, %e, %f, %g or %c must be a number.
 %o, %x, and %X treat arguments as unsigned if `binary-as-unsigned' is t
@@ -3325,7 +3325,7 @@ included even if the precision is zero, and also forces trailing
 zeros after the decimal point to be left in place.
 
 The width specifier supplies a lower limit for the length of the
-printed representation.  The padding, if any, normally goes on the
+produced representation.  The padding, if any, normally goes on the
 left, but it goes on the right if the - flag is present.  The padding
 character is normally a space, but it is 0 if the 0 flag is present.
 The 0 flag is ignored if the - flag is present, or the format sequence
@@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@ is something other than %d, %o, %x, %e, %f, and %g.
 For %e and %f sequences, the number after the "." in the precision
 specifier says how many decimal places to show; if zero, the decimal
 point itself is omitted.  For %g, the precision specifies how many
-significant digits to print; zero or omitted are treated as 1.
+significant digits to produce; zero or omitted are treated as 1.
 For %s and %S, the precision specifier truncates the string to the
 given width.