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| author | andreas_kupries <akupries@shaw.ca> | 2001-09-14 19:20:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | andreas_kupries <akupries@shaw.ca> | 2001-09-14 19:20:39 (GMT) |
| commit | e670c6f17e7ac704c3c6f117912e45313254d4d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 601c942962a61099835ec8cca4eb537578460b9d /doc/fileevent.n | |
| parent | 1aa543f158267b3810d76b69186f8aa94aec2c84 (diff) | |
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* doc/gets.n:
* doc/read.n:
* doc/puts.n:
* doc/flush.n:
* doc/fconfigure.n:
* doc/flush.n:
* doc/eof.n:
* doc/seek.n:
* doc/tell.n:
* doc/close.n:
* doc/fileevent.n: Added references to the Tcl standard
channels. Item [219250], reported by David LeBlanc
<whisper@oz.net>. Thanks to Christopher Nelson
<chris@pinebush.com> for doing editorial work.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/fileevent.n b/doc/fileevent.n index f5b6b1f..037d361 100644 --- a/doc/fileevent.n +++ b/doc/fileevent.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fileevent.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:47 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fileevent.n,v 1.4 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH fileevent n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ appear to the user to ``freeze up''. With \fBfileevent\fR, the process can tell when data is present and only invoke \fBgets\fR or \fBread\fR when they won't block. .PP -The \fIchannelId\fR argument to \fBfileevent\fR refers to an open channel, -such as the return value from a previous \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR -command. +.VS +The \fIchannelId\fR argument to \fBfileevent\fR refers to an open +channel such as a Tcl standard channel (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR, +or \fBstderr\fR), the return value from an invocation of \fBopen\fR +or \fBsocket\fR, or the result of a channel creation command provided +by a Tcl extension. +.VE +.PP If the \fIscript\fR argument is specified, then \fBfileevent\fR creates a new event handler: \fIscript\fR will be evaluated whenever the channel becomes readable or writable (depending on the @@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ buggy handlers. by Mark Diekhans. .SH "SEE ALSO" -bgerror(n), fconfigure(n), gets(n), puts(n), read(n) +bgerror(n), fconfigure(n), gets(n), puts(n), read(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3) .SH KEYWORDS asynchronous I/O, blocking, channel, event handler, nonblocking, readable, |