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author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-06-29 22:28:20 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-06-29 22:28:20 (GMT) |
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Prepare Tcl's docs for life as 8.6 (remove out of date change bars, fix
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diff --git a/doc/Notifier.3 b/doc/Notifier.3 index 5b7d964..b9d3495 100644 --- a/doc/Notifier.3 +++ b/doc/Notifier.3 @@ -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: Notifier.3,v 1.21 2007/12/13 15:22:31 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Notifier.3,v 1.22 2008/06/29 22:28:24 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Notifier 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ Structure of function pointers describing notifier procedures that are to replace the ones installed in the executable. See \fBREPLACING THE NOTIFIER\fR for details. .BE - .SH INTRODUCTION .PP The interfaces described here are used to customize the Tcl event @@ -217,7 +216,6 @@ return. .IP [7] Either return 0 to indicate that no events were ready, or go back to step [2] if blocking was requested by the caller. - .SH "CREATING A NEW EVENT SOURCE" .PP An event source consists of three procedures invoked by the notifier, @@ -232,7 +230,7 @@ Its arguments specify the setup procedure and check procedure for the event source. \fISetupProc\fR should match the following prototype: .CS -typedef void Tcl_EventSetupProc( +typedef void \fBTcl_EventSetupProc\fR( ClientData \fIclientData\fR, int \fIflags\fR); .CE @@ -272,9 +270,9 @@ a structure that describes a time interval in seconds and microseconds: .CS typedef struct Tcl_Time { - long \fIsec\fR; - long \fIusec\fR; -} Tcl_Time; + long \fIsec\fR; + long \fIusec\fR; +} \fBTcl_Time\fR; .CE The \fIusec\fR field should be less than 1000000. .PP @@ -306,7 +304,7 @@ procedure, indicated by the \fIcheckProc\fR argument to \fBTcl_CreateEventSource\fR. \fICheckProc\fR must match the following prototype: .CS -typedef void Tcl_EventCheckProc( +typedef void \fBTcl_EventCheckProc\fR( ClientData \fIclientData\fR, int \fIflags\fR); .CE @@ -332,7 +330,7 @@ rest of the notifier. A \fBTcl_Event\fR has the following definition: typedef struct { Tcl_EventProc *\fIproc\fR; struct Tcl_Event *\fInextPtr\fR; -} Tcl_Event; +} \fBTcl_Event\fR; .CE The event source must fill in the \fIproc\fR field of the event before calling \fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR. @@ -362,7 +360,7 @@ above) \fBTcl_ServiceEvent\fR will invoke the \fIproc\fR specified in the first queued \fBTcl_Event\fR structure. \fIProc\fR must match the following prototype: .CS -typedef int Tcl_EventProc( +typedef int \fBTcl_EventProc\fR( Tcl_Event *\fIevPtr\fR, int \fIflags\fR); .CE @@ -419,7 +417,7 @@ for each event in the queue, deleting those for with the procedure returns 1. Events for which the procedure returns 0 are left in the queue. \fIProc\fR should match the following prototype: .CS -typedef int Tcl_EventDeleteProc( +typedef int \fBTcl_EventDeleteProc\fR( Tcl_Event *\fIevPtr\fR, ClientData \fIclientData\fR); .CE @@ -432,7 +430,6 @@ point to the next event in the queue. \fIcheckProc\fR, and \fIclientData\fR arguments must exactly match those provided to the \fBTcl_CreateEventSource\fR for the event source to be deleted. If no such source exists, \fBTcl_DeleteEventSource\fR has no effect. - .SH "CREATING A NEW NOTIFIER" .PP The notifier consists of all the procedures described in this manual @@ -528,7 +525,6 @@ in their respective manual pages. The easiest way to create a new notifier is to look at the code for an existing notifier, such as the files \fBunix/tclUnixNotfy.c\fR or \fBwin/tclWinNotify.c\fR in the Tcl source distribution. - .SH "REPLACING THE NOTIFIER" .PP A notifier that has been written according to the conventions above @@ -551,7 +547,7 @@ typedef struct Tcl_NotifierProcs { Tcl_FinalizeNotifierProc *finalizeNotifierProc; Tcl_AlertNotifierProc *alertNotifierProc; Tcl_ServiceModeHookProc *serviceModeHookProc; -} Tcl_NotifierProcs; +} \fBTcl_NotifierProcs\fR; .CE Following the call to \fBTcl_SetNotifier\fR, the pointers given in the \fBTcl_NotifierProcs\fR structure replace whatever notifier had @@ -560,7 +556,6 @@ been installed in the process. It is extraordinarily unwise to replace a running notifier. Normally, \fBTcl_SetNotifier\fR should be called at process initialization time before the first call to \fBTcl_InitNotifier\fR. - .SH "EXTERNAL EVENT LOOPS" .PP The notifier interfaces are designed so that Tcl can be embedded into @@ -621,9 +616,8 @@ then calls to \fBTcl_ServiceAll\fR will behave normally. mode, which should be restored when the recursive loop exits. \fBTcl_GetServiceMode\fR returns the current value of the service mode. - .SH "SEE ALSO" -\fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR, \fBTcl_DeleteFileHandler\fR, \fBTcl_Sleep\fR, -\fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR, \fBThread(3)\fR +Tcl_CreateFileHandler(3), Tcl_DeleteFileHandler(3), Tcl_Sleep(3), +Tcl_DoOneEvent(3), Thread(3) .SH KEYWORDS event, notifier, event queue, event sources, file events, timer, idle, service mode, threads |