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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2007-11-27 19:48:05 (GMT)
committerdgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2007-11-27 19:48:05 (GMT)
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* doc/chan.n: "Fix" the limitation on channel -eofchar
* doc/fconfigure.n: values to single byte characters by documenting * generic/tclIO.c: it and making it fail loudly. Thanks to * tests/chan.test: Stuart Cassoff for contributing the fix. [Bug 800753]
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@@ -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: chan.n,v 1.15 2007/11/01 13:43:14 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: chan.n,v 1.16 2007/11/27 19:48:07 dgp Exp $
.so man.macros
.TH chan n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ returned. The default value for \fB\-eofchar\fR is the empty string
in all cases except for files under Windows. In that case the
\fB\-eofchar\fR is Control-z (\ex1a) for reading and the empty string
for writing.
+The acceptable range for \fB\-eofchar\fR values is \ex01 - \ex7f;
+attempting to set \fB\-eofchar\fR to a value outside of this range will
+generate an error.
.TP
\fB\-translation\fR \fImode\fR
.TP