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author | dkf <dkf@noemail.net> | 2007-10-29 01:42:17 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <dkf@noemail.net> | 2007-10-29 01:42:17 (GMT) |
commit | 8b8418832809d71caf32ba00e64c07178f6fc5f9 (patch) | |
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Next stage of doing GOOBE improvements to documentation now that the html generation works
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diff --git a/doc/source.n b/doc/source.n index 8269734..34c7913 100644 --- a/doc/source.n +++ b/doc/source.n @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: source.n,v 1.15 2007/10/28 14:17:40 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: source.n,v 1.16 2007/10/29 01:42:19 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH source n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ source \- Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script \fBsource\fR \fB\-encoding \fIencodingName fileName\fR .VE 8.5 .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command takes the contents of the specified file or resource @@ -33,13 +32,20 @@ If a \fBreturn\fR command is invoked from within the script then the remainder of the file will be skipped and the \fBsource\fR command will return normally with the result from the \fBreturn\fR command. .PP -The end-of-file character for files is '\e32' (^Z) for all platforms. +The end-of-file character for files is +.QW \e32 +(^Z) for all platforms. The source command will read files up to this character. This restriction does not exist for the \fBread\fR or \fBgets\fR commands, allowing for files containing code and data segments (scripted documents). -If you require a ``^Z'' in code for string comparison, you can use -``\e032'' or ``\eu001a'', which will be safely substituted by the Tcl -interpreter into ``^Z''. +If you require a +.QW ^Z +in code for string comparison, you can use +.QW \e032 +or +.QW \eu001a , +which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into +.QW ^Z . .PP .VS 8.5 The \fB-encoding\fR option is used to specify the encoding of @@ -59,9 +65,7 @@ foreach scriptFile {foo.tcl bar.tcl} { \fBsource\fR $scriptFile } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" file(n), cd(n), encoding(n), info(n) - .SH KEYWORDS file, script |