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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: StdChannels.3,v 1.5 2001/11/12 19:37:03 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: StdChannels.3,v 1.6 2001/11/14 23:38:39 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH "Standard Channels" 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
Tcl_StandardChannels \- How the Tcl library deals with the standard channels
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
This page explains the initialization and use of standard channels in
the Tcl library.
.PP
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ output and the other for error messages.
.PP
Tcl generalizes this concept in a cross-platform way and
exposes standard channels to the script level.
+
.SH APIs
.PP
The public API procedures dealing directly with standard channels are
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ channel information, or when implicitly required during registration
of a new channel.
.PP
These cases differ in how they handle unavailable platform- specific
-standard channels. (A channel is not "available" if it could not be
+standard channels. (A channel is not ``available'' if it could not be
successfully opened; for example, in a Tcl application run as a
Windows NT service.)
.TP