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authorwelch <welch>1999-06-25 23:46:59 (GMT)
committerwelch <welch>1999-06-25 23:46:59 (GMT)
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Fixed return value in doc.
-rw-r--r--doc/ChnlReplace.311
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChnlReplace.3 b/doc/ChnlReplace.3
index 1a25f63..a1129c3 100644
--- a/doc/ChnlReplace.3
+++ b/doc/ChnlReplace.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ChnlReplace.3,v 1.1 1999/06/25 23:29:25 welch Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: ChnlReplace.3,v 1.2 1999/06/25 23:46:59 welch Exp $
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_ReplaceChannel 3 8.2 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Tcl_ReplaceChannel, Tcl_UndoReplaceChannel \- stack an I/O channel on top of ano
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
.sp
-void
+Tcl_Channel
\fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR(\fIinterp, typePtr, clientData, mask, channel\fR)
.sp
void
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ These functions are for use by extensions that add processing
layers on top of Tcl I/O channels. Examples include compression
and encryption modules. These functions transparently stack and unstack
a new channel on top of an existing one.
+Any number of channels can be stacked together.
.PP
\fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR
interposes a new channel type on an existing \fIchannel\fP.
@@ -54,17 +55,15 @@ the new \fIclientData\fP instead of the existing client data
for \fIchannel\fP.
A new channel structure is created under the same name that
exists for \fIchannel\fP, and the existing Tcl_Channel data structure
-is linked using the chanPtr->supercedes structure member.
-The new channel
+is linked using the channelPtr->supercedes structure member.
+The new channel functions
should use Tcl_Read and Tcl_Write to get at the underlying channel.
Closing the new channel closes the channels stacked below it.
-Any number of channels can be stacked together using \fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR.
.PP
The set of operations allowed on the new channel can be restricted
by the new channel type. For example, a read-write channel may become
read-only after the \fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR
call.
-
.PP
\fBTcl_UndoReplaceChannel\fP restores the channel to its original state.