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authorhershey <hershey>1999-04-16 22:53:43 (GMT)
committerhershey <hershey>1999-04-16 22:53:43 (GMT)
commitedef398a091868bf7168e0e350b5cb8010209f56 (patch)
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added Tcl_DStringTrunc to DString.3
added mention of Tcl_ThreadQueueEvent, Tcl_ThreadAlert to Notifier.3 added Tcl_ThreadQueueEvent, Tcl_ThreadAlert, and Tcl_GetCurrentThread to Thread.3
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diff --git a/doc/Notifier.3 b/doc/Notifier.3
index dcd8250..c92b3cb 100644
--- a/doc/Notifier.3
+++ b/doc/Notifier.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" 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 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:49 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Notifier.3,v 1.3 1999/04/16 22:53:43 hershey Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Notifier 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Tcl_CreateEventSource, Tcl_DeleteEventSource, Tcl_SetMaxBlockTime, Tcl_QueueEven
\fBTcl_SetMaxBlockTime\fR(\fItimePtr\fB)\fR
.sp
\fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR(\fIevPtr, position\fR)
+.sp
+\fBTcl_ThreadQueueEvent\fR(\fIthreadId, evPtr, position\fR)
.VS
.sp
\fBTcl_DeleteEvents\fR(\fIdeleteProc, clientData\fR)
@@ -31,6 +33,15 @@ Tcl_CreateEventSource, Tcl_DeleteEventSource, Tcl_SetMaxBlockTime, Tcl_QueueEven
int
\fBTcl_WaitForEvent\fR(\fItimePtr\fR)
.sp
+ClientData
+\fBTcl_InitNotifier\fR()
+.sp
+\fBTcl_FinalizeNotifier\fR(\fIclientData\fR)
+.sp
+\fBTcl_AlertNotifier\fR(\fIclientData\fR)
+.sp
+\fBTcl_ThreadAlert\fR(\fIthreadId\fR)
+.sp
\fBTcl_SetTimer\fR(\fItimePtr\fR)
.sp
int
@@ -119,7 +130,9 @@ servicing at a future time.
\fBTcl_QueueEvent\fR is used (primarily
by event sources) to add events to the event queue and
\fBTcl_DeleteEvents\fR is used to remove events from the queue without
-processing them.
+processing them. See the manual entry for \fBThread\fR for a
+description of the \fBTcl_ThreadQueueEvent\fR procedure.
+
.IP [3]
The event loop: in order to detect and process events, the application
enters a loop that waits for events to occur, places them on the event
@@ -406,7 +419,8 @@ entry, plus \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR and \fBTcl_Sleep\fR, which are
available on all platforms, and \fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR and
\fBTcl_DeleteFileHandler\fR, which are Unix-specific. Most of these
procedures are generic, in that they are the same for all notifiers.
-However, five of the procedures are notifier-dependent:
+However, eight of the procedures are notifier-dependent:
+\fBTcl_InitNotifier\fR, \fBTcl_AlertNotifier\fR, \fBTcl_FinalizeNotifier\fR,
\fBTcl_SetTimer\fR, \fBTcl_Sleep\fR, \fBTcl_WaitForEvent\fR,
\fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR and \fBTcl_DeleteFileHandler\fR. To
support a new platform or to integrate Tcl with an