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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2006-11-15 09:23:00 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2006-11-15 09:23:00 (GMT)
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Convert \fP to \fR for easier manual page scraping
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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: fconfigure.n,v 1.16 2006/11/03 00:34:51 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fconfigure.n,v 1.17 2006/11/15 09:23:01 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH fconfigure n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ newline character (\en). However, in actual files and devices the end of
a line may be represented differently on different platforms, or even for
different devices on the same platform. For example, under UNIX newlines
are used in files, whereas carriage-return-linefeed sequences are
-normally used in network connections. On input (i.e., with \fBgets\fP
-and \fBread\fP) the Tcl I/O system automatically translates the external
+normally used in network connections. On input (i.e., with \fBgets\fR
+and \fBread\fR) the Tcl I/O system automatically translates the external
end-of-line representation into newline characters. Upon output (i.e.,
-with \fBputs\fP), the I/O system translates newlines to the external
-end-of-line representation. The default translation mode, \fBauto\fP,
+with \fBputs\fR), the I/O system translates newlines to the external
+end-of-line representation. The default translation mode, \fBauto\fR,
handles all the common cases automatically, but the \fB\-translation\fR
option provides explicit control over the end of line translations.
.RS
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ currently supported:
\fBauto\fR
.
As the input translation mode, \fBauto\fR treats any of newline
-(\fBlf\fP), carriage return (\fBcr\fP), or carriage return followed by a
-newline (\fBcrlf\fP) as the end of line representation. The end of line
+(\fBlf\fR), carriage return (\fBcr\fR), or carriage return followed by a
+newline (\fBcrlf\fR) as the end of line representation. The end of line
representation can even change from line-to-line, and all cases are
translated to a newline. As the output translation mode, \fBauto\fR
chooses a platform specific representation; for sockets on all platforms
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ setting for \fB\-translation\fR is \fBauto\fR for both input and output.
\fBbinary\fR
.
No end-of-line translations are performed. This is nearly identical to
-\fBlf\fP mode, except that in addition \fBbinary\fP mode also sets the
+\fBlf\fR mode, except that in addition \fBbinary\fR mode also sets the
end-of-file character to the empty string (which disables it) and sets the
encoding to \fBbinary\fR (which disables encoding filtering). See the
description of \fB\-eofchar\fR and \fB\-encoding\fR for more information.
@@ -180,17 +180,17 @@ the translation.
.
The end of a line in the underlying file or device is represented by a
single carriage return character. As the input translation mode,
-\fBcr\fP mode converts carriage returns to newline characters. As the
-output translation mode, \fBcr\fP mode translates newline characters to
+\fBcr\fR mode converts carriage returns to newline characters. As the
+output translation mode, \fBcr\fR mode translates newline characters to
carriage returns.
.TP
\fBcrlf\fR
.
The end of a line in the underlying file or device is represented by a
carriage return character followed by a linefeed character. As the input
-translation mode, \fBcrlf\fP mode converts carriage-return-linefeed
+translation mode, \fBcrlf\fR mode converts carriage-return-linefeed
sequences to newline characters. As the output translation mode,
-\fBcrlf\fP mode translates newline characters to carriage-return-linefeed
+\fBcrlf\fR mode translates newline characters to carriage-return-linefeed
sequences. This mode is typically used on Windows platforms and for
network connections.
.TP