Commit 8c3035f1 authored by Alberto Ramos's avatar Alberto Ramos

Minor modifications to the README

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# precision-mode.el: Change format of data with uncertainties
This simple emacs minor mode helps converting numerical values with
uncertainties between human readable and computer readable formats.
uncertainties between human readable and computer readable formats. It
acts on regions of text, changing between the computer readable format
```
2.885701E+00 +/- 1.1368E-02
2.896314E+00 +/- 3.8201E-02
```
and the human readable format
```
2.886(11)
2.896(38)
```
## Install
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## Usage
At the moment the mode has some very simple features
- `M-x prec-pm-to-paren`: Transforms values in the format `value +/-
error` into the human readable `value(error)`.
- `M-x prec-pm-to-paren`: Transforms values in the format
`value +/- error` into the human readable `value(error)`.
- `M-x prec-paren-to-pm`: Performs the inverse transformation.
The variable `prec-ndigits` contains the number of significant digits
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