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2 files changed, 29 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e3d40f..1e9c9c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+2009-04-27 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net>
+
+ * doc/concat.n (EXAMPLES): [Bug 2780680]: Rewrote so that the spacing
+ of result messages is correct. (The exact way they were wrong was
+ different when rendered through groff or as HTML, but it was still
+ wrong both ways.)
+
2009-04-24 Stuart Cassoff <stwo@users.sf.net>
- * unix/Makefile.in: Don't chmod/exec installManPage.
- [Patch 2769530]
+ * unix/Makefile.in: [Patch 2769530]: Don't chmod/exec installManPage.
2009-04-15 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
diff --git a/doc/concat.n b/doc/concat.n
index c54f662..2ebcb63 100644
--- a/doc/concat.n
+++ b/doc/concat.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: concat.n,v 1.11 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: concat.n,v 1.11.2.1 2009/04/27 12:35:01 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH concat n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -26,33 +26,33 @@ into a single list.
It permits any number of arguments;
if no \fIarg\fRs are supplied, the result is an empty string.
.SH EXAMPLES
-Although \fBconcat\fR will concatenate lists (so the command:
+Although \fBconcat\fR will concatenate lists, flattening them in the process
+(so giving the following interactive session):
+.PP
.CS
-\fBconcat\fR a b {c d e} {f {g h}}
+\fI%\fR \fBconcat\fR a b {c d e} {f {g h}}
+\fIa b c d e f {g h}\fR
.CE
-will return
-.QW "\fBa b c d e f {g h}\fR"
-as its result), it will also
-concatenate things that are not lists, and hence the command:
+.PP
+it will also concatenate things that are not lists, as can be seen from this
+session:
+.PP
.CS
-\fBconcat\fR " a b {c " d " e} f"
+\fI%\fR \fBconcat\fR " a b {c " d " e} f"
+\fIa b {c d e} f\fR
.CE
-will return
-.QW "\fBa b {c d e} f\fR"
-as its result.
.PP
-Note that the concatenation does not remove spaces from the middle of
-its arguments, so the command:
+Note also that the concatenation does not remove spaces from the middle of
+values, as can be seen here:
+.PP
.CS
-\fBconcat\fR "a b c" { d e f }
+\fI%\fR \fBconcat\fR "a b c" { d e f }
+\fIa b c d e f\fR
.CE
-will return
-.QW "\fBa b c d e f\fR"
-(i.e. with three spaces between
-the \fBa\fR, the \fBb\fR and the \fBc\fR).
-
+.PP
+(i.e., there are three spaces between each of the \fBa\fR, the \fBb\fR and the
+\fBc\fR).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-append(n), eval(n)
-
+append(n), eval(n), join(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
concatenate, join, lists