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2 files changed, 27 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 181883a..73fa657 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-11-26 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
+
+ * doc/dde.n: Resynchonized the documentation with itself and fixed
+ some formatting errors.
+
2004-11-25 Zoran Vasiljevic <vasiljevic@users.sf.net>
* doc/Notify.3:
@@ -10,10 +15,10 @@
2004-11-24 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
- * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_ENABLE_THREADS): Corrected failure to determine
- the number of arguments for readdir_r on SunOS systems. [Bug 1071701]
+ * unix/tcl.m4 (SC_ENABLE_THREADS): Corrected failure to determine
+ the number of arguments for readdir_r on SunOS systems. [Bug 1071701]
- * unix/configure: autoconf-2.13
+ * unix/configure: autoconf-2.13
2004-11-24 Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@ActiveState.com>
@@ -213,9 +218,9 @@
2004-10-29 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
- * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Correct reaction to errors in the
- obsolete processCmdLineArgsHook. [Bug 1055673]
- * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to tcltest 2.2.7
+ * library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Correct reaction to errors in the
+ obsolete processCmdLineArgsHook. [Bug 1055673]
+ * library/tcltest/pkgIndex.tcl: Bump to tcltest 2.2.7
2004-10-28 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com>
@@ -1149,7 +1154,7 @@
* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Corrected references to
non-existent $name variable in [cleanupTests]. [Bug 833637]
-
+
2004-02-03 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
* library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl: Corrected parsing of single
diff --git a/doc/dde.n b/doc/dde.n
index 925d622..f15de7d 100644
--- a/doc/dde.n
+++ b/doc/dde.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: dde.n,v 1.8.2.2 2004/10/27 14:23:56 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dde.n,v 1.8.2.3 2004/11/26 09:37:39 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH dde n 1.2 dde "Tcl Bundled Packages"
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ dde \- Execute a Dynamic Data Exchange command
.sp
\fBpackage require dde 1.2\fR
.sp
-\fBdde \fIservername\fR ?\fItopic\fR?
+\fBdde eval\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fIservice cmd\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR?
.sp
-\fBdde \fIexecute\fR ?\fI\-async\fR? \fIservice topic \fR?\fIdata\fR?
+\fBdde execute\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR
.sp
-\fBdde \fIpoke\fR \fIservice topic item data\fR
+\fBdde poke \fIservice topic item data\fR
.sp
-\fBdde \fIrequest\fR ?\fI\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic \fR?\fIdata\fR?
+\fBdde request\fR ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR
.sp
-\fBdde \fIservices\fR \fIservice topic \fR?\fIdata\fR?
+\fBdde servername\fR ?\fItopic\fR?
.sp
-\fBdde \fIeval\fR ?\fI\-async\fR? \fIservice topic \fR?\fIdata\fR?
+\fBdde services \fIservice topic\fR
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ transaction needs a \fIservice name\fR and a \fItopic\fR. Both the
\fIservice name\fR and \fItopic\fR are application defined; Tcl uses
the service name \fBTclEval\fR, while the topic name is the name of the
interpreter given by \fBdde servername\fR. Other applications have their
-own \fIservice names\fR and \fItopics\fR. For instance, Microsoft Excel
+own \fIservice name\fRs and \fItopic\fRs. For instance, Microsoft Excel
has the service name \fBExcel\fR.
.PP
The \fBeval\fR and \fBexecute\fR commands accept the option \fB\-async\fR:
.TP
-
.SH "DDE COMMANDS"
.PP
The following commands are a subset of the full Dynamic Data Exchange
@@ -56,13 +55,13 @@ 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
of the current topic or the empty string if it is not registered as a service.
.TP
-\fBdde execute\fR ?\fI\-async\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR
+\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
work on. The \fIdata\fR field is given to the remote application.
Typically, the application treats the \fIdata\fR field as a script, and the
-script is run in the application. The \fI\-async\fR option requests
+script is run in the application. The \fB\-async\fR option requests
asynchronous invocation. The command returns an error message if the
script did not run, unless the \fB\-async\fR flag was used, in which case
the command returns immediately with no error.
@@ -76,14 +75,14 @@ on. The \fIitem\fR is also application specific and is often not used, but
it must always be non-null. The \fIdata\fR field is given to the remote
application.
.TP
-\fBdde request\fR ?\fI\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic item\fR
+\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,
\fItopic\fR is typically the name of the file, and \fIitem\fR is
application-specific. The command returns the value of \fIitem\fR as
defined in the application. Normally this is interpreted to be a
-string with terminating null. If \fI\-binary\fR is specified, the
+string with terminating null. If \fB\-binary\fR is specified, the
result is returned as a byte array.
.TP
\fBdde services \fIservice topic\fR
@@ -97,14 +96,13 @@ for a given service are returned. If both are not null, if that
service-topic pair currently exists, it is returned; otherwise, null
is returned.
.TP
-\fBdde eval\fR ?\fI\-async\fR? \fItopic cmd \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
+\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 \fI\-async\fR option requests asynchronous invocation. The
+service. The \fB\-async\fR option requests asynchronous invocation. The
command returns an error message if the script did not run, unless the
\fB\-async\fR flag was used, in which case the command returns immediately
-with no error. This command can be used to replace send on Windows.
-
+with no error. This command can be used to replace \fBsend\fR on Windows.
.SH "DDE AND TCL"
A Tcl interpreter always has a service name of \fBTclEval\fR. Each
different interpreter of all running Tcl applications must be