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diff --git a/doc/Backslash.3 b/doc/Backslash.3 index 95fc7e8..f121c7c 100644 --- a/doc/Backslash.3 +++ b/doc/Backslash.3 @@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Backslash.3,v 1.3 1999/04/16 00:46:30 stanton Exp $ -'\" -.so man.macros .TH Tcl_Backslash 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros .BS .SH NAME Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence @@ -19,35 +17,31 @@ Tcl_Backslash \- parse a backslash sequence char \fBTcl_Backslash\fR(\fIsrc, countPtr\fR) .SH ARGUMENTS -.AS char *countPtr +.AS char *countPtr out .AP char *src in Pointer to a string starting with a backslash. .AP int *countPtr out -If \fIcountPtr\fR isn't NULL, \fI*countPtr\fR gets filled +If \fIcountPtr\fR is not NULL, \fI*countPtr\fR gets filled in with number of characters in the backslash sequence, including the backslash character. .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -.VS 8.1 The use of \fBTcl_Backslash\fR is deprecated in favor of \fBTcl_UtfBackslash\fR. .PP -This is a utility procedure provided for backwards compatibilty with +This is a utility procedure provided for backwards compatibility with non-internationalized Tcl extensions. It parses a backslash sequence and returns the low byte of the Unicode character corresponding to the sequence. -.VE \fBTcl_Backslash\fR modifies \fI*countPtr\fR to contain the number of characters in the backslash sequence. .PP See the Tcl manual entry for information on the valid backslash sequences. All of the sequences described in the Tcl manual entry are supported by \fBTcl_Backslash\fR. -.VS 8.1 br .SH "SEE ALSO" Tcl(n), Tcl_UtfBackslash(3) -.VE .SH KEYWORDS backslash, parse |