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author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2007-10-30 23:50:54 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2007-10-30 23:50:54 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/doc/clock.n b/doc/clock.n index 97d05e1..4a4a519 100644 --- a/doc/clock.n +++ b/doc/clock.n @@ -40,16 +40,18 @@ If no \fI\-option\fR argument is supplied, returns a high-resolution time value as a system-dependent integer value. The unit of the value is system-dependent but should be the highest resolution clock available on the system such as a CPU cycle counter. See \fBHIGH RESOLUTION TIMERS\fR for a full description. -.sp +.RS +.PP If the \fI\-option\fR argument is \fI\-milliseconds\fR, then the command is synonymous with \fBclock milliseconds\fR (see below). This usage is obsolete, and \fBclock milliseconds\fR is to be considered the preferred way of obtaining a count of milliseconds. -.sp +.PP If the \fI\-option\fR argument is \fI\-microseconds\fR, then the command is synonymous with \fBclock microseconds\fR (see below). This usage is obsolete, and \fBclock microseconds\fR is to be considered the preferred way of obtaining a count of microseconds. +.RE .TP \fBclock format\fR \fItimeVal\fR ?\fI\-option value\fR...? Formats a time that is expressed as an integer number of seconds into a format @@ -134,11 +136,13 @@ the locale identified by \fIlocaleName\fR. The locale name may be any of the locales acceptable to the \fBmsgcat\fR package, or it may be the special name \fIsystem\fR, which represents the current locale of the process, or the null string, which represents Tcl's default locale. -.sp +.RS +.PP The effect of locale on scanning and formatting is discussed in the descriptions of the individual format groups under \fBFORMAT GROUPS\fR. The effect of locale on clock arithmetic is discussed under \fBCLOCK ARITHMETIC\fR. +.RE .TP \fB\-timezone\fR zoneName Specifies that clock arithmetic, formatting, and scanning are to be done |