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diff --git a/tcl8.6/doc/Backslash.3 b/tcl8.6/doc/Backslash.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0805f8e --- /dev/null +++ b/tcl8.6/doc/Backslash.3 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH Tcl_Backslash 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +.sp +char +\fBTcl_Backslash\fR(\fIsrc, countPtr\fR) +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS char *countPtr out +.AP char *src in +Pointer to a string starting with a backslash. +.AP int *countPtr out +If \fIcountPtr\fR is not NULL, \fI*countPtr\fR gets filled +in with number of characters in the backslash sequence, including +the backslash character. +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +The use of \fBTcl_Backslash\fR is deprecated in favor of +\fBTcl_UtfBackslash\fR. +.PP +This is a utility procedure provided for backwards compatibility with +non-internationalized Tcl extensions. It parses a backslash sequence and +returns the low byte of the Unicode character corresponding to the sequence. +\fBTcl_Backslash\fR modifies \fI*countPtr\fR to contain the number of +characters in the backslash sequence. +.PP +See the Tcl manual entry for information on the valid backslash sequences. +All of the sequences described in the Tcl manual entry are supported by +\fBTcl_Backslash\fR. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +Tcl(n), Tcl_UtfBackslash(3) + +.SH KEYWORDS +backslash, parse |