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author | hobbs <hobbs@noemail.net> | 1999-09-21 04:20:28 (GMT) |
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committer | hobbs <hobbs@noemail.net> | 1999-09-21 04:20:28 (GMT) |
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1999-09-16 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com>
* tests/timer.test: changed after delay in timer test 6.29 from
1 to 10. [Bug: 2796]
* tests/pkg.test:
* generic/tclPkg.c: fixed package version check to disallow 1.2..3
[Bug: 2539]
* unix/Makefile.in: fixed gendate target - this never worked
since RCS was intro'd.
* generic/tclGetDate.y: updated to reflect previous changes
to tclDate.c (leap year calc) and added CEST and UCT time zone
recognition. Fixed 4 missing UCHAR() casts. [Bug: 2717, 954,
1245, 1249]
* generic/tclCkalloc.c: changed Tcl_DumpActiveMemory to really
dump to stderr and close it [Bug: 725] and changed Tcl_Ckrealloc
and Tcl_Ckfree to not bomb when NULL was passed in [Bug: 1719]
and changed Tcl_Alloc, et al to not panic when a alloc request
for zero came through and NULL was returned (valid on AIX, Tru64)
[Bug: 2795, etc]
* tests/clock.test:
* doc/clock.n:
* generic/tclClock.c: added -milliseconds switch to clock clicks
to guarantee that the return value of clicks is in the millisecs
granularity [Bug: 2682, 1332]
1999-09-15 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com>
* generic/tclIOCmd.c: fixed potential core dump in conjunction
with stacked channels with result obj manipulation in
Tcl_ReadChars [Bug: 2623]
* tests/format.test:
* generic/tclCmdAH.c: fixed translation of %0#s in format [Bug: 2605]
* doc/msgcat.n: fixed \\ bug in example [Bug: 2548]
* unix/tcl.m4:
* unix/aclocal.m4: added fix for FreeBSD-[1-2] recognition
[Bug: 2070] and fix for IRIX SHLIB_LB_LIBS. [Bug: 2610]
* doc/array.n:
* tests/var.test:
* tests/set.test:
* generic/tclVar.c: added an array unset operation, with docs
and tests. Variation of [Bug: 1775]. Added fix in TclArraySet
to check when trying to set in a non-existent namespace. [Bug: 2613]
1999-09-14 Jeff Hobbs <hobbs@scriptics.com>
* tests/linsert.test:
* doc/linsert.n:
* generic/tclCmdIL.c: fixed end-int interpretation of linsert
to correctly calculate value for end, added test and docs [Bug: 2693]
* doc/regexp.n:
* doc/regsub.n:
* tests/regexp.test:
* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: add -start switch to regexp and regsub
with docs and tests
* doc/switch.n: added proper use of comments to example.
* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed switch to complain when an error
occurs that seems to be due to a misplaced comment.
* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: fixed illegal ref for \[0-9] substitutions
in regsub [Bug: 2723]
* generic/tclCmdMZ.c: changed [string equal] to return an Int
type object (was a Boolean)
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diff --git a/doc/regexp.n b/doc/regexp.n index 03010e3..3b19420 100644 --- a/doc/regexp.n +++ b/doc/regexp.n @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regexp.n,v 1.6 1999/06/24 21:15:13 jpeek Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regexp.n,v 1.7 1999/09/21 04:20:36 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros -.TH regexp n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.TH regexp n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME @@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ element of the list is a subexpression count. The second element is a list of property names that describe various attributes of the regular expression. This switch is primarily intended for debugging purposes. .VE 8.1 +.VS 8.3 +.TP 15 +\fB\-start\fR \fIindex\fR +Specifies a character index offset into the string to start +matching the regular expression at. When using this switch, `^' +will not match the beginning of the line, and \\A will still +match the start of the string at \fIindex\fR. If \fB\-indices\fR +is specified, the indices will be indexed starting from the +absolute beginning of the input string. +\fIindex\fR will be constrained to the bounds of the input string. +.VE 8.3 .TP 15 \fB\-\|\-\fR Marks the end of switches. The argument following this one will |