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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-10-14 22:30:58 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-10-14 22:30:58 (GMT)
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Fix a bit of formatting.
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@@ -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: binary.n,v 1.42 2008/10/10 21:45:37 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: binary.n,v 1.43 2008/10/14 22:30:59 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH binary n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -627,9 +627,10 @@ reverse (low-to-high) order within each byte. For example,
.CE
will return \fB2\fR with \fB706\fR stored in \fIvar1\fR and
\fB502143\fR stored in \fIvar2\fR.
-.RE
+.PP
Note that most code that wishes to parse the hexadecimal digits from
multiple bytes in order should use the \fBH\fR format.
+.RE
.IP \fBc\fR 5
The data is turned into \fIcount\fR 8-bit signed integers and stored
in the corresponding variable as a list. If \fIcount\fR is \fB*\fR,