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authorstanton <stanton>1999-04-30 22:44:59 (GMT)
committerstanton <stanton>1999-04-30 22:44:59 (GMT)
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diff --git a/doc/msgcat.n b/doc/msgcat.n
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--- a/doc/msgcat.n
+++ b/doc/msgcat.n
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.SH NAME
msgcat \- Tcl message catalog
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB::msgcat::mc src-string\fR
+\fB::msgcat::mc \fIsrc-string\fR
.sp
\fB::msgcat::mclocale \fR?\fInewLocale\fR?
.sp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ wishes to be enabled for multi-lingual applications.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
-\fB::msgcat::mc src-string\fR
+\fB::msgcat::mc \fIsrc-string\fR
Returns a translation of \fIsrc-string\fR according to the
user's current locale. If no translation string
exists, \fB::msgcat::mcunknown\fR is called and the string
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ later simply by defining new message catalog entries.
.TP
\fB::msgcat::mclocale \fR?\fInewLocale\fR?
This function sets the locale to \fInewLocale\fR. If \fInewLocale\fR
-is omitted, the current locale is returned, otherwise the new locale
-is returned. The initial locale defaults to the locale specified in
+is omitted, the current locale is returned, otherwise the current locale
+is set to \fInewLocale\fR.
+The initial locale defaults to the locale specified in
the user's environment. See \fBLOCALE AND SUBLOCALE SPECIFICATION\fR
below for a description of the locale string format.
.TP
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ and were loaded is returned.
Sets the translation for \fIsrc-string\fR to \fItranslate-string\fR
in the specified \fIlocale\fR. If \fItranslate-string\fR is not
specified, \fIsrc-string\fR is used for both. The function
-return \fItranslate-string\fR.
+returns \fItranslate-string\fR.
.TP
\fB::msgcat::mcunknown \fIlocale src-string\fR
This routine is called by \fB::msgcat::mc\fR in the case when
@@ -89,9 +90,9 @@ a translation for \fIsrc-string\fR is not defined in the
current locale. The default action is to return
\fIsrc-string\fR. This procedure can be redefined by the
application, for example to log error messages for each unknown
-string. The \fB::msgcat::mcunknown\fB procedure is invoked at the
+string. The \fB::msgcat::mcunknown\fR procedure is invoked at the
same stack context as the call to \fB::msgcat::mc\fR. The return vaue
-of \fB::msgcat::mcunknown\fB is used as the return vaue for the call
+of \fB::msgcat::mcunknown\fR is used as the return vaue for the call
to \fB::msgcat::mc\fR.
.SH "LOCALE AND SUBLOCALE SPECIFICATION"