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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/puts.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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/puts.n')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/puts.n | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -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: puts.n,v 1.4 2000/09/07 14:27:50 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: puts.n,v 1.5 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH puts n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ puts \- Write to a channel .PP Writes the characters given by \fIstring\fR to the channel given by \fIchannelId\fR. -\fIChannelId\fR must be a channel identifier such as returned from a -previous invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR. It must have been opened -for output. If no \fIchannelId\fR is specified then it defaults to +.PP +.VS +\fIChannelId\fR must be an identifier for an open channel such as a +Tcl standard channel (\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. The channel +must have been opened for output. +.VE +.PP +If no \fIchannelId\fR is specified then it defaults to \fBstdout\fR. \fBPuts\fR normally outputs a newline character after \fIstring\fR, but this feature may be suppressed by specifying the \fB\-nonewline\fR switch. @@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ be used in an event-driven fashion with the \fBfileevent\fR command via a file event that the channel is ready for more output data). .SH "SEE ALSO" -file(n), fileevent(n) +file(n), fileevent(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3) .SH KEYWORDS channel, newline, output, write |