lint and better documentation of the character vs. byte oriented commands

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/tell.n b/doc/tell.n
index fbbef62..15079c3 100644
--- a/doc/tell.n
+++ b/doc/tell.n
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\" 
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tell.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:55 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tell.n,v 1.3 1999/05/05 01:19:43 stanton Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
-.TH tell n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.TH tell n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ tell \- Return current access position for an open channel
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-Returns a decimal string giving the current access position in
-\fIchannelId\fR.
+.VS 8.1
+Returns an integer string giving the current access position in
+\fIchannelId\fR.  This value returned is a byte offset that can be passed to
+\fBseek\fR in order to set the channel to a particular position.  Note
+that this value is in terms of bytes, not characters like \fBread\fR.
+.VE 8.1
 The value returned is -1 for channels that do not support
 seeking.