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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-06-29 22:28:20 (GMT)
committerdkf <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Prepare Tcl's docs for life as 8.6 (remove out of date change bars, fix
typedefs, add a few missing bits)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: bgerror.n,v 1.13 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: bgerror.n,v 1.14 2008/06/29 22:28:24 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH bgerror n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ bgerror \- Command invoked to process background errors
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBbgerror \fImessage\fR
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.VS 8.5
+.PP
Release 8.5 of Tcl supports the \fBinterp bgerror\fR command,
which allows applications to register in an interpreter the command
that will handle background errors in that interpreter. In older
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ describes the interface requirements of the \fBbgerror\fR command
an application might define to retain compatibility with pre-8.5
releases of Tcl. Applications intending to support only
Tcl releases 8.5 and later should simply make use of \fBinterp bgerror\fR.
-.VE 8.5
.PP
The \fBbgerror\fR command does not exist as built-in part of Tcl. Instead,
individual applications or users can define a \fBbgerror\fR
@@ -77,6 +75,7 @@ The reason for this is that the application programmer may also want
to define a \fBbgerror\fR, or use other code that does and thus will
have trouble integrating your code.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
+.PP
This \fBbgerror\fR procedure appends errors to a file, with a timestamp.
.CS
proc bgerror {message} {
@@ -86,9 +85,7 @@ proc bgerror {message} {
close $fl
}
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
after(n), interp(n), tclvars(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
background error, reporting