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@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Signal.3,v 1.4 2004/10/07 15:15:48 dkf Exp $
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_SignalId 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg \- Convert signal codes
@@ -31,8 +30,11 @@ A POSIX signal number such as \fBSIGPIPE\fR.
\fBTcl_SignalId\fR and \fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR return a string
representation of the provided signal number (\fIsig\fR).
\fBTcl_SignalId\fR returns a machine-readable textual identifier such
-as "SIGPIPE". \fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR returns a human-readable string such
-as "bus error". The strings returned by these functions are
+as
+.QW SIGPIPE .
+\fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR returns a human-readable string such as
+.QW "bus error" .
+The strings returned by these functions are
statically allocated and the caller must not free or modify them.
.SH KEYWORDS