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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2005-04-06 20:55:16 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2005-04-06 20:55:16 (GMT)
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Purge old and inaccurate .VS/.VE macros.
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: read.n,v 1.9 2004/10/27 14:24:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: read.n,v 1.10 2005/04/06 20:55:23 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH read n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ the channel is configured to use a multi-byte encoding, then the
number of characters read may not be the same as the number of bytes
read.
.PP
-.VS
\fIChannelId\fR must be an identifier for an open channel such as the
Tcl standard input channel (\fBstdin\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 input.
-.VE
.PP
If \fIchannelId\fR is in nonblocking mode, the command may not read as
many characters as requested: once all available input has been read,