summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/StdChannels.3
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorhobbs <hobbs>2001-11-14 23:38:38 (GMT)
committerhobbs <hobbs>2001-11-14 23:38:38 (GMT)
commit49fe76ced5db356a7f65c413e66fbf669b912370 (patch)
tree8621e76fe627be510ab862788d8d8512fe1524f6 /doc/StdChannels.3
parent03bf512eba9ec5dde914e6b2cb171b35cf297b08 (diff)
downloadtcl-49fe76ced5db356a7f65c413e66fbf669b912370.zip
tcl-49fe76ced5db356a7f65c413e66fbf669b912370.tar.gz
tcl-49fe76ced5db356a7f65c413e66fbf669b912370.tar.bz2
minor doc comment fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/StdChannels.3')
-rw-r--r--doc/StdChannels.310
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/StdChannels.3 b/doc/StdChannels.3
index c874c2d..c3eb8bd 100644
--- a/doc/StdChannels.3
+++ b/doc/StdChannels.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: StdChannels.3,v 1.5 2001/11/12 19:37:03 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: StdChannels.3,v 1.6 2001/11/14 23:38:39 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH "Standard Channels" 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
Tcl_StandardChannels \- How the Tcl library deals with the standard channels
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
This page explains the initialization and use of standard channels in
the Tcl library.
.PP
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ output and the other for error messages.
.PP
Tcl generalizes this concept in a cross-platform way and
exposes standard channels to the script level.
+
.SH APIs
.PP
The public API procedures dealing directly with standard channels are
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ channel information, or when implicitly required during registration
of a new channel.
.PP
These cases differ in how they handle unavailable platform- specific
-standard channels. (A channel is not "available" if it could not be
+standard channels. (A channel is not ``available'' if it could not be
successfully opened; for example, in a Tcl application run as a
Windows NT service.)
.TP