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diff --git a/doc/fcopy.n b/doc/fcopy.n index 5261f70..30b8dfe 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 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:52 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fcopy.n,v 1.3 2001/05/19 16:59:04 andreas_kupries Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH fcopy n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ can be different than the number of bytes written to \fIoutchan\fR. Only the number of bytes written to \fIoutchan\fR is reported, either as the return value of a synchronous \fBfcopy\fP or as the argument to the callback for an asynchronous \fBfcopy\fP. +.PP +\fBFcopy\fR obeys the encodings configured for the channels. This +means that the incoming characters are converted internally first +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 option. No conversion is done if both channels are +set to encoding "binary". 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 +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. .SH EXAMPLE .PP |