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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2005-12-07 09:30:08 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2005-12-07 09:30:08 (GMT) |
| commit | cf19c60188b714ac2d1ff99555e8a7a22aecda95 (patch) | |
| tree | ff67e52cbd7647ef4611da0a12937663865e6d59 /doc/fconfigure.n | |
| parent | 5fac5e25b13ebc15e5a05c4d6969b87aae7ed7eb (diff) | |
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Improved documentation on topic of asynch sockets in response to queries on
the Tcler's Chat.
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diff --git a/doc/fconfigure.n b/doc/fconfigure.n index 10e5fb1..e5bb5c5 100644 --- a/doc/fconfigure.n +++ b/doc/fconfigure.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: fconfigure.n,v 1.13 2005/05/10 18:33:59 kennykb Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fconfigure.n,v 1.14 2005/12/07 09:30:09 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH fconfigure n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ channel can cause the process to block indefinitely. The value of the option must be a proper boolean value. Channels are normally in blocking mode; if a channel is placed into nonblocking mode it will affect the operation of the \fBgets\fR, -\fBread\fR, \fBputs\fR, \fBflush\fR, and \fBclose\fR commands; +\fBread\fR, \fBputs\fR, \fBflush\fR, and \fBclose\fR commands by +allowing them to operate asynchronously; see the documentation for those commands for details. For nonblocking mode to work correctly, the application must be using the Tcl event loop (e.g. by calling \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR or |