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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/fcopy.n b/doc/fcopy.n index 7441b66..30c1a8a 100644 --- a/doc/fcopy.n +++ b/doc/fcopy.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fcopy.n,v 1.15 2007/10/28 14:17:40 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fcopy.n,v 1.16 2007/10/29 01:42:18 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH fcopy n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ then all data already queued for \fIoutchan\fR is written out. Note that \fIinchan\fR can become readable during a background copy. You should turn off any \fBfileevent\fR handlers during a background copy so those handlers do not interfere with the copy. -Any I/O attempted by a \fBfileevent\fR handler will get a "channel busy" error. +Any I/O attempted by a \fBfileevent\fR handler will get a +.QW "channel busy" +error. .PP \fBFcopy\fR translates end-of-line sequences in \fIinchan\fR and \fIoutchan\fR according to the \fB\-translation\fR option @@ -79,11 +81,14 @@ UTF-8 and then into the encoding of the channel \fBfcopy\fR writes to. See the manual entry for \fBfconfigure\fR for details on the \fB\-encoding\fR and \fB\-translation\fR options. No conversion is done if both channels are -set to encoding "binary" and have matching translations. If only the -output channel is set to -encoding "binary" the system will write the internal UTF-8 -representation of the incoming characters. If only the input channel -is set to encoding "binary" the system will assume that the incoming +set to encoding +.QW binary +and have matching translations. If only the output channel is set to encoding +.QW binary +the system will write the internal UTF-8 representation of the incoming +characters. If only the input channel is set to encoding +.QW binary +the system will assume that the incoming bytes are valid UTF-8 characters and convert them according to the output encoding. The behaviour of the system for bytes which are not valid UTF-8 characters is undefined in this case. |