Example updates/additions.

3 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b0287d..8884b16 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-17  Donal K. Fellows  <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
+
+	* doc/list.n: Updated example to fit with the unified format.
+	* doc/seek.n: Added some examples.
+
 2004-05-17  Vince Darley  <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* win/tclWinFile.c:
diff --git a/doc/list.n b/doc/list.n
index ec32108..4cb356b 100644
--- a/doc/list.n
+++ b/doc/list.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: list.n,v 1.8 2003/08/11 13:26:13 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: list.n,v 1.9 2004/05/17 15:16:13 dkf Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH list n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ so that \fBeval\fR may be used to execute the resulting list, with
 its arguments.  \fBList\fR produces slightly different results than
 \fBconcat\fR:  \fBconcat\fR removes one level of grouping before forming
 the list, while \fBlist\fR works directly from the original arguments.
-For example, the command
+.SH EXAMPLE
+The command
 .CS
-\fBlist a b {c d e} {f {g h}}\fR
+list a b "c d e  " "  f {g h}"
 .CE
 will return
 .CS
-\fBa b {c d e} {f {g h}}\fR
+\fBa b {c d e  } {  f {g h}}\fR
 .CE
 while \fBconcat\fR with the same arguments will return
 .CS
diff --git a/doc/seek.n b/doc/seek.n
index 5f3118a..163f203 100644
--- a/doc/seek.n
+++ b/doc/seek.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: seek.n,v 1.5 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: seek.n,v 1.6 2004/05/17 15:16:14 dkf Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH seek n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -62,6 +62,27 @@ Note that \fIoffset\fR values are byte offsets, not character
 offsets.  Both \fBseek\fR and \fBtell\fR operate in terms of bytes,
 not characters, unlike \fBread\fR.
 .VE 8.1
+.SH EXAMPLES
+Read a file twice:
+.CS
+set f [open file.txt]
+set data1 [read $f]
+seek $f 0
+set data2 [read $f]
+close $f
+# $data1 == $data2 if the file wasn't updated
+.CE
+
+Read the last 10 bytes from a file:
+.CS
+set f [open file.data]
+# This is guaranteed to work with binary data but
+# may fail with other encodings...
+fconfigure $f -translation binary
+seek $f -10 end
+set data [read $f 10]
+close $f
+.CE
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), tell(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3)