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diff --git a/doc/fileevent.n b/doc/fileevent.n index 6d3bc19..f654cfa 100644 --- a/doc/fileevent.n +++ b/doc/fileevent.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: fileevent.n,v 1.11 2007/10/26 20:11:52 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fileevent.n,v 1.12 2007/10/29 01:42:18 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH fileevent n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ interact with the user while waiting for the data to arrive. If an application invokes \fBgets\fR or \fBread\fR on a blocking channel when there is no input data available, the process will block; until the input data arrives, it will not be able to service other events, so it will -appear to the user to ``freeze up''. With \fBfileevent\fR, the process can +appear to the user to +.QW "freeze up" . +With \fBfileevent\fR, the process can tell when data is present and only invoke \fBgets\fR or \fBread\fR when -they won't block. +they will not block. .PP The \fIchannelId\fR argument to \fBfileevent\fR refers to an open channel such as a Tcl standard channel (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR, |