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diff --git a/doc/RecordEval.3 b/doc/RecordEval.3 index ebc726c..e1625ff 100644 --- a/doc/RecordEval.3 +++ b/doc/RecordEval.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: RecordEval.3,v 1.4 2002/01/16 06:02:33 dgp Exp $ -'\" -.so man.macros .TH Tcl_RecordAndEval 3 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros .BS .SH NAME Tcl_RecordAndEval \- save command on history list before evaluating @@ -19,14 +17,14 @@ Tcl_RecordAndEval \- save command on history list before evaluating int \fBTcl_RecordAndEval\fR(\fIinterp, cmd, flags\fR) .SH ARGUMENTS -.AS Tcl_Interp *interp; +.AS Tcl_Interp *interp .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in Tcl interpreter in which to evaluate command. -.AP "CONST char" *cmd in +.AP "const char" *cmd in Command (or sequence of commands) to execute. .AP int flags in -An OR'ed combination of flag bits. TCL_NO_EVAL means record the -command but don't evaluate it. TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL means evaluate +An OR'ed combination of flag bits. \fBTCL_NO_EVAL\fR means record the +command but do not evaluate it. \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR means evaluate the command at global level instead of the current stack level. .BE @@ -34,21 +32,21 @@ the command at global level instead of the current stack level. .PP \fBTcl_RecordAndEval\fR is invoked to record a command as an event on the history list and then execute it using \fBTcl_Eval\fR -(or \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR if the TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL bit is set in \fIflags\fR). -It returns a completion code such as TCL_OK just like \fBTcl_Eval\fR +(or \fBTcl_GlobalEval\fR if the \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR bit is set in \fIflags\fR). +It returns a completion code such as \fBTCL_OK\fR just like \fBTcl_Eval\fR and it leaves information in the interpreter's result. -If you don't want the command recorded on the history list then +If you do not want the command recorded on the history list then you should invoke \fBTcl_Eval\fR instead of \fBTcl_RecordAndEval\fR. Normally \fBTcl_RecordAndEval\fR is only called with top-level commands typed by the user, since the purpose of history is to allow the user to re-issue recently-invoked commands. -If the \fIflags\fR argument contains the TCL_NO_EVAL bit then +If the \fIflags\fR argument contains the \fBTCL_NO_EVAL\fR bit then the command is recorded without being evaluated. .PP Note that \fBTcl_RecordAndEval\fR has been largely replaced by the -object-based procedure \fBTcl_RecordAndEvalObj\fR. -That object-based procedure records and optionally executes -a command held in a Tcl object instead of a string. +value-based procedure \fBTcl_RecordAndEvalObj\fR. +That value-based procedure records and optionally executes +a command held in a Tcl value instead of a string. .SH "SEE ALSO" Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj |