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-'\"
-'\" Copyright (c) 1999 Scriptics Corporation
-'\"
-'\" 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 1.3 1999/06/30 17:46:51 welch Exp $
-.so man.macros
-.TH Tcl_ReplaceChannel 3 8.2 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
-.BS
-'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
-.SH NAME
-Tcl_ReplaceChannel, Tcl_UndoReplaceChannel \- stack an I/O channel on top of another, and undo it
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.nf
-\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
-.sp
-Tcl_Channel
-\fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR(\fIinterp, typePtr, clientData, mask, channel\fR)
-.sp
-void
-\fBTcl_UndoReplaceChannel\fR(\fIinterp, channel\fR)
-.sp
-.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_ChannelType
-.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-The Tcl interpreter in which \fIchannel\fP is registered.
-.AP Tcl_ChannelType *typePtr in
-The new channel I/O procedures to use for \fIchannel\fP.
-.AP ClientData clientData in
-Arbitrary one-word value to pass to channel I/O procedures.
-.AP int mask in
-Conditions under which \fIchannel\fR will be used: OR-ed combination of
-\fBTCL_READABLE\fR, \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR and \fBTCL_EXCEPTION\fR.
-This can be a subset of the operations currently allowed on \fIchannel\fP.
-.AP Tcl_Channel channel in
-An existing Tcl channel such as returned by \fBTcl_CreateChannel\fR.
-.BE
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-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
-replaces an existing \fIchannel\fP with a new channel by
-the same name that was registered for \fIchannel\fP
-with \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fP.
-Because the channel name is the same, all Tcl-level I/O
-operations will automatically use the new channel instead
-of the old one.
-The new channel uses the I/O channel functions
-defined in \fItypePtr\fP, and the channel functions are passed
-the new \fIclientData\fP.
-A pointer to the new channel structure is returned.
-If an error occurs when creating the new channel,
-NULL is returned instead.
-.PP
-The \fImask\fP parameter specifies the operations that
-are allowed on the new channel.
-These can be a subset of the operations allowed on the original channel.
-For example, a read-write channel may become
-read-only after the \fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR call.
-.PP
-The old Tcl_Channel data structure
-is linked to the new channel
-using the \fBsupercedes\fP structure member of the
-Tcl_Channel that is returned by
-\fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR.
-The new channel functions
-should use the standard channel APIs like
-\fBTcl_Read\fP, \fBTcl_ReadChars\fP and \fBTcl_Write\fP
-to get at the underlying channel instead of
-accessing the other channel data structure directly.
-.PP
-Closing the new channel closes the channels stacked below it.
-The close of stacked channels is executed in a way that
-allows buffered data to be properly flushed.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_UndoReplaceChannel\fP reverses the process.
-The old channel is associated with the channel name,
-and the new channel created by
-\fBTcl_ReplaceChannel\fR is destroyed.
-If there is no old channel, then \fBTcl_UndoReplaceChannel\fP
-is equivalent to \fBTcl_Close\fP .
-
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-Notifier(3), Tcl_CreateChannel(3), Tcl_OpenFileChannel(3), vwait(n).
-
-.SH KEYWORDS
-channel, compression