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diff --git a/doc/source.n b/doc/source.n index 18004a8..69d383e 100644 --- a/doc/source.n +++ b/doc/source.n @@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ source \- Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script .SH SYNOPSIS \fBsource \fIfileName\fR .sp -\fBsource\fR \fB\-rsrc \fIresourceName \fR?\fIfileName\fR? -.sp -\fBsource\fR \fB\-rsrcid \fIresourceId \fR?\fIfileName\fR? +.VS 8.5 +\fBsource\fR \fB\-encoding \fIencodingName fileName\fR +.VE 8.5 .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command takes the contents of the specified file or resource @@ -31,23 +30,26 @@ If a \fBreturn\fR command is invoked from within the script then the remainder of the file will be skipped and the \fBsource\fR command will return normally with the result from the \fBreturn\fR command. .PP -.VS 8.4 -The end-of-file character for files is '\\32' (^Z) for all platforms. +The end-of-file character for files is +.QW \e32 +(^Z) for all platforms. The source command will read files up to this character. This restriction does not exist for the \fBread\fR or \fBgets\fR commands, allowing for files containing code and data segments (scripted documents). -If you require a ``^Z'' in code for string comparison, you can use -``\\032'' or ``\\u001a'', which will be safely substituted by the Tcl -interpreter into ``^Z''. -.VE 8.4 +If you require a +.QW ^Z +in code for string comparison, you can use +.QW \e032 +or +.QW \eu001a , +which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into +.QW ^Z . .PP -The \fI\-rsrc\fR and \fI\-rsrcid\fR forms of this command are only -available on Macintosh computers. These versions of the command -allow you to source a script from a \fBTEXT\fR resource. You may specify -what \fBTEXT\fR resource to source by either name or id. By default Tcl -searches all open resource files, which include the current -application and any loaded C extensions. Alternatively, you may -specify the \fIfileName\fR where the \fBTEXT\fR resource can be found. +.VS 8.5 +The \fB\-encoding\fR option is used to specify the encoding of +the data stored in \fIfileName\fR. When the \fB\-encoding\fR option +is omitted, the system encoding is assumed. +.VE 8.5 .SH EXAMPLE Run the script in the file \fBfoo.tcl\fR and then the script in the file \fBbar.tcl\fR: @@ -61,9 +63,7 @@ foreach scriptFile {foo.tcl bar.tcl} { \fBsource\fR $scriptFile } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" -file(n), cd(n), info(n) - +file(n), cd(n), encoding(n), info(n) .SH KEYWORDS file, script |