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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-24 14:29:35 (GMT)
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.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_LinkVar 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ rejected with Tcl errors.
.TP
\fBTCL_LINK_BOOLEAN\fR
The C variable is of type \fBint\fR.
-If its value is zero then it will read from Tcl as ``0'';
-otherwise it will read from Tcl as ``1''.
+If its value is zero then it will read from Tcl as
+.QW 0 ;
+otherwise it will read from Tcl as
+.QW 1 .
Whenever \fIvarName\fR is
modified, the C variable will be set to a 0 or 1 value.
Any value written into the Tcl variable must have a proper boolean
@@ -183,7 +185,8 @@ Whenever the Tcl variable is modified the current C string will be
freed and new memory will be allocated to hold a copy of the variable's
new value.
If the C variable contains a NULL pointer then the Tcl variable
-will read as ``NULL''.
+will read as
+.QW NULL .
.PP
If the \fBTCL_LINK_READ_ONLY\fR flag is present in \fItype\fR then the
variable will be read-only from Tcl, so that its value can only be