* doc/dde.n: corrected dde poke docs. [Bug: 4991]

FossilOrigin-Name: 6356a7ea596454669be727e68576820eafb9f56f

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/dde.n b/doc/dde.n
index 2ce319c..63ea05e 100644
--- a/doc/dde.n
+++ b/doc/dde.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: dde.n,v 1.4 1999/08/21 19:40:48 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dde.n,v 1.5 2000/04/12 18:41:54 hobbs Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH dde n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ application. The command returns an error if the script did not
 run. If the \fB\-async\fR flag was used, the command
 returns immediately with no error.
 .TP
-\fBdde poke \fIservice topic data\fR
-\fBdde poke\fR takes the \fIdata\fR and sends it to the server
-indicated by \fIservice\fR with the topic indicated by
-\fItopic\fR. Typically, \fIservice\fR is the name of an application,
-and \fItopic\fR is a file to work on.  The \fIdata\fR field is given
-to the remote application.
+\fBdde poke \fIservice topic item data\fR
+\fBdde poke\fR passes the \fIdata\fR to the server indicated by
+\fIservice\fR using the \fItopic\fR and \fIitem\fR specified.  Typically,
+\fIservice\fR is the name of an application.  \fItopic\fR is application
+specific but can be a command to the server or the name of a file to work
+on.  The \fIitem\fR is also application specific and is often not used, but
+it must always be non-null.  The \fIdata\fR field is given to the remote
+application.
 .TP
 \fBdde request \fIservice topic item\fR
 \fBdde request\fR is typically used to get the value of something; the