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diff --git a/doc/encoding.n b/doc/encoding.n index 5950246..f8f3d54 100644 --- a/doc/encoding.n +++ b/doc/encoding.n @@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ string. Each byte is stored in the lower 8-bits of a Unicode character. If \fIencoding\fR is not specified, the current system encoding is used. .TP +\fBencoding dirs\fR ?\fIdirectoryList\fR? +.VS 8.5 +Tcl can load encoding data files from the file system that describe +additional encodings for it to work with. This command sets the search +path for \fB*.enc\fR encoding data files to the list of directories +\fIdirectoryList\fR. If \fIdirectoryList\fR is omitted then the +command returns the current list of directories that make up the +search path. It is an error for \fIdirectoryList\fR to not be a valid +list. If, when a search for an encoding data file is happening, an +element in \fIdirectoryList\fR does not refer to a readable, +searchable directory, that element is ignored. +.VE 8.5 +.TP \fBencoding names\fR Returns a list containing the names of all of the encodings that are currently available. @@ -67,10 +80,11 @@ of the original string. The \fBencoding\fR command can be used to convert this string to the expected Japanese Unicode characters. For example, .CS -set s [\fBencoding convertfrom\fR euc-jp "\\xA4\\xCF"] +set s [\fBencoding convertfrom\fR euc-jp "\exA4\exCF"] .CE -would return the Unicode string "\\u306F", which is the Hiragana -letter HA. +would return the Unicode string +.QW "\eu306F" , +which is the Hiragana letter HA. .SH "SEE ALSO" Tcl_GetEncoding(3) |