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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2016-06-16 16:27:01 (GMT)
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diff --git a/doc/GetStdChan.3 b/doc/GetStdChan.3
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@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
'\"
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
-.so man.macros
+'\"
.TH Tcl_GetStdChannel 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ Tcl defines three special channels that are used by various I/O related
commands if no other channels are specified. The standard input channel
has a channel name of \fBstdin\fR and is used by \fBread\fR and \fBgets\fR.
The standard output channel is named \fBstdout\fR and is used by
-\fBputs\fR. The standard error channel is named \fBstderr\fR and is used for
+\fBputs\fR. The standard error channel is named \fBstderr\fR and is used for
reporting errors. In addition, the standard channels are inherited by any
child processes created using \fBexec\fR or \fBopen\fR in the absence of any
other redirections.
.PP
The standard channels are actually aliases for other normal channels. The
current channel associated with a standard channel can be retrieved by calling
-\fBTcl_GetStdChannel\fR with one of
+\fBTcl_GetStdChannel\fR with one of
\fBTCL_STDIN\fR, \fBTCL_STDOUT\fR, or \fBTCL_STDERR\fR as the \fItype\fR. The
return value will be a valid channel, or NULL.
.PP
-A new channel can be set for the standard channel specified by \fItype\fR
+A new channel can be set for the standard channel specified by \fItype\fR
by calling \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR with a new channel or NULL in the
\fIchannel\fR argument. If the specified channel is closed by a later call to
\fBTcl_Close\fR, then the corresponding standard channel will automatically be
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ be corrected without contradicting the assumptions of some existing
code that calls \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR.
.PP
If \fBTcl_GetStdChannel\fR is called before \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR, Tcl will
-construct a new channel to wrap the appropriate platform-specific standard
+construct a new channel to wrap the appropriate platform-specific standard
file handle. If \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR is called before
\fBTcl_GetStdChannel\fR, then the default channel will not be created.
.PP