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author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-01-18 15:59:22 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-01-18 15:59:22 (GMT) |
commit | 6ffdf3453e1742088513fa2f50f02707b6c20275 (patch) | |
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Minor fixes for indented paragraph handling
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@@ -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: dde.n,v 1.23 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dde.n,v 1.24 2008/01/18 15:59:22 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH dde n 1.3 dde "Tcl Bundled Packages" @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The following commands are a subset of the full Dynamic Data Exchange set of commands. .TP \fBdde servername \fR?\fB\-force\fR? ?\fB\-handler \fIproc\fR? ?\fB\-\|\-\fR? ?\fItopic\fR? +. \fBdde servername\fR registers the interpreter as a DDE server with the service name \fBTclEval\fR and the topic name specified by \fItopic\fR. If no \fItopic\fR is given, \fBdde servername\fR returns the name @@ -61,14 +62,17 @@ is appended to the name to make it unique. The command's result will be the name actually used. The \fB\-force\fR option is used to force registration of precisely the given \fItopic\fR name. -.IP +.RS +.PP The \fB\-handler\fR option specifies a Tcl procedure that will be called to process calls to the dde server. If the package has been loaded into a safe interpreter then a \fB\-handler\fR procedure must be defined. The procedure is called with all the arguments provided by the remote call. +.RE .TP \fBdde execute\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR +. \fBdde execute\fR takes the \fIdata\fR and sends it to the server indicated by \fIservice\fR with the topic indicated by \fItopic\fR. Typically, \fIservice\fR is the name of an application, and \fItopic\fR is a file to @@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ script did not run, unless the \fB\-async\fR flag was used, in which case the command returns immediately with no error. .TP \fBdde poke \fIservice topic item data\fR +. \fBdde poke\fR passes the \fIdata\fR to the server indicated by \fIservice\fR using the \fItopic\fR and \fIitem\fR specified. Typically, \fIservice\fR is the name of an application. \fItopic\fR is application @@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ it must always be non-null. The \fIdata\fR field is given to the remote application. .TP \fBdde request\fR ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic item\fR +. \fBdde request\fR is typically used to get the value of something; the value of a cell in Microsoft Excel or the text of a selection in Microsoft Word. \fIservice\fR is typically the name of an application, @@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ string with terminating null. If \fB\-binary\fR is specified, the result is returned as a byte array. .TP \fBdde services \fIservice topic\fR +. \fBdde services\fR returns a list of service-topic pairs that currently exist on the machine. If \fIservice\fR and \fItopic\fR are both empty strings ({}), then all service-topic pairs currently @@ -110,6 +117,7 @@ service-topic pair currently exists, it is returned; otherwise, an empty string is returned. .TP \fBdde eval\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fItopic cmd \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? +. \fBdde eval\fR evaluates a command and its arguments using the interpreter specified by \fItopic\fR. The DDE service must be the \fBTclEval\fR service. The \fB\-async\fR option requests asynchronous invocation. The @@ -155,9 +163,7 @@ particularly important website: package require dde \fBdde execute\fR iexplore WWW_OpenURL http://www.tcl.tk/ .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" tk(n), winfo(n), send(n) - .SH KEYWORDS application, dde, name, remote execution diff --git a/doc/registry.n b/doc/registry.n index f28a361..b9c7b14 100644 --- a/doc/registry.n +++ b/doc/registry.n @@ -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: registry.n,v 1.21 2007/12/13 15:22:33 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: registry.n,v 1.22 2008/01/18 15:59:22 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH registry n 1.1 registry "Tcl Bundled Packages" @@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ as a corrupted registry can leave your system in an unusable state. .PP \fIKeyName\fR is the name of a registry key. Registry keys must be one of the following forms: -.IP +.RS +.PP \fB\e\e\fIhostname\fB\e\fIrootname\fB\e\fIkeypath\fR -.IP +.PP \fIrootname\fB\e\fIkeypath\fR -.IP +.PP \fIrootname\fR +.RE .PP \fIHostname\fR specifies the name of any valid Windows host that exports its registry. The \fIrootname\fR component must be @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.13 2007/12/13 15:22:33 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.14 2008/01/18 15:59:22 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH tm n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This document describes the facilities for locating and loading Tcl Modules. The following commands are supported: .TP \fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBadd\fR \fIpath\fR... +. The paths are added at the head to the list of module paths, in order of appearance. This means that the last argument ends up as the new head of the list. @@ -46,14 +47,17 @@ looked at first. .RE .TP \fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBremove\fR \fIpath\fR... +. Removes the paths from the list of module paths. The command silently ignores all paths which are not on the list. .TP \fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBlist\fR +. Returns a list containing all registered module paths, in the order that they are searched for modules. .TP \fB::tcl::tm::roots\fR \fIpath\fR... +. Similar to \fBpath add\fR, and layered on top of it. This command takes a list of paths, extends each with .QW "\fBtcl\fIX\fB/site-tcl\fR" , @@ -109,9 +113,11 @@ of the command \fB::tcl::tm::path list\fR. This is called the \fIModule path\fR. Neither the \fBauto_path\fR nor the \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR variables are used. All directories on the module path have to obey one restriction: -.IP +.RS +.PP For any two directories, neither is an ancestor directory of the other. +.RE .PP This is required to avoid ambiguities in package naming. If for example the two directories @@ -125,19 +131,23 @@ obscuring a package named \fBice\fR, unqualified. .PP Before the search is started, the name of the requested package is translated into a partial path, using the following algorithm: -.IP +.RS +.PP All occurrences of .QW "\fB::\fR" in the package name are replaced by the appropriate directory separator character for the platform we are on. On Unix, for example, this is .QW "\fB/\fR" . +.RE .PP Example: -.IP +.RS +.PP The requested package is \fBencoding::base64\fR. The generated partial path is .QW "\fIencoding/base64\fR" . +.RE .PP After this translation the package is looked for in all module paths, by combining them one-by-one, first to last with the partial path to @@ -207,6 +217,7 @@ are found in the variable. .SS "SYSTEM SPECIFIC PATHS" .TP \fBfile normalize [info library]/../tcl\fIX\fB/\fIX\fB.\fIy\fR +. In other words, the interpreter will look into a directory specified by its major version and whose minor versions are less than or equal to the minor version of the interpreter. @@ -227,6 +238,7 @@ can also be used by all interpreters which have the same major number .RE .TP \fBfile normalize EXEC/tcl\fIX\fB/\fIX\fB.\fIy\fR +. Where \fBEXEC\fR is \fBfile normalize [info nameofexecutable]/../lib\fR or \fBfile normalize [::tcl::pkgconfig get libdir,runtime]\fR .RS @@ -239,11 +251,13 @@ identical. .SS "SITE SPECIFIC PATHS" .TP \fBfile normalize [info library]/../tcl\fIX\fB/site-tcl\fR +. Note that this is always a single entry because \fIX\fR is always a specific value (the current major version of Tcl). .SS "USER SPECIFIC PATHS" .TP \fB$::env(TCL\fIX\fB.\fIy\fB_TM_PATH)\fR +. A list of paths, separated by either \fB:\fR (Unix) or \fB;\fR (Windows). This is user and site specific as this environment variable can be set not only by the user's profile, but by system configuration |