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author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2007-10-24 14:29:35 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2007-10-24 14:29:35 (GMT) |
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Lots of improvements to look and feel of manual pages
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diff --git a/doc/binary.n b/doc/binary.n index 4cac04d..f6598a4 100644 --- a/doc/binary.n +++ b/doc/binary.n @@ -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: binary.n,v 1.29 2006/10/06 13:37:20 patthoyts Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: binary.n,v 1.30 2007/10/24 14:29:38 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH binary n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ will return a string equivalent to \fB\\xe0\\xe1\\xa0\fR. .IP \fBh\fR 5 Stores a string of \fIcount\fR hexadecimal digits in low-to-high within each byte in the output string. \fIArg\fR must contain a -sequence of characters in the set ``0123456789abcdefABCDEF''. The -resulting bytes are emitted in first to last order with the hex digits +sequence of characters in the set +.QW 0123456789abcdefABCDEF . +The resulting bytes are emitted in first to last order with the hex digits being formatted in low-to-high order within each byte. If \fIarg\fR has fewer than \fIcount\fR digits, then zeros will be used for the remaining digits. If \fIarg\fR has more than the specified number of @@ -472,7 +473,10 @@ will return \fB1\fR with \fBabc efghi\fR stored in \fIvar1\fR. .RE .IP \fBb\fR 5 The data is turned into a string of \fIcount\fR binary digits in -low-to-high order represented as a sequence of ``1'' and ``0'' +low-to-high order represented as a sequence of +.QW 1 +and +.QW 0 characters. The data bytes are scanned in first to last order with the bits being taken in low-to-high order within each byte. Any extra bits in the last byte are ignored. If \fIcount\fR is \fB*\fR, then @@ -498,7 +502,8 @@ will return \fB2\fR with \fB01110\fR stored in \fIvar1\fR and .IP \fBH\fR 5 The data is turned into a string of \fIcount\fR hexadecimal digits in high-to-low order represented as a sequence of characters in the set -``0123456789abcdef''. The data bytes are scanned in first to last +.QW 0123456789abcdef . +The data bytes are scanned in first to last order with the hex digits being taken in high-to-low order within each byte. Any extra bits in the last byte are ignored. If \fIcount\fR is \fB*\fR, then all of the remaining hex digits in \fIstring\fR will be @@ -783,9 +788,7 @@ proc \fIreadString\fR {channel} { return [encoding convertfrom utf-8 $data] } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" format(n), scan(n), tclvars(n) - .SH KEYWORDS binary, format, scan |