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-rw-r--r--doc/clock.n26
-rw-r--r--doc/http.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/interp.n2
-rw-r--r--doc/lindex.n2
-rw-r--r--doc/platform.n2
-rw-r--r--doc/platform_shell.n2
-rw-r--r--doc/prefix.n12
-rw-r--r--doc/string.n2
-rw-r--r--doc/trace.n3
-rw-r--r--doc/zipfs.n2
10 files changed, 32 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/clock.n b/doc/clock.n
index e8fb8f7..a85f29f 100644
--- a/doc/clock.n
+++ b/doc/clock.n
@@ -886,40 +886,46 @@ The \fIinputString\fR argument consists of zero or more specifications of the
following form:
.TP
\fItime\fR
-A time of day, which is of the form: \fBhh?:mm?:ss?? ?meridian? ?zone?\fR
-or \fBhhmm ?meridian? ?zone?\fR
-If no meridian is specified, \fBhh\fR is interpreted on
+.
+A time of day, which is of the form:
+.QW "\fIhh\fR?\fB:\fImm\fR?\fB:\fIss\fR?? ?\fImeridian\fR? ?\fIzone\fR?"
+or
+.QW "\fBhhmm \fR?\fBmeridian\fR? ?\fBzone\fR?" .
+If no \fImeridian\fR is specified, \fIhh\fR is interpreted on
a 24-hour clock.
.TP
\fIdate\fR
+.
A specific month and day with optional year. The
acceptable formats are
-.QW "\fBmm/dd\fR?\fB/yy\fR?" ,
-.QW "\fBmonthname dd\fR?\fB, yy\fR?" ,
-.QW "\fBday, dd monthname \fR?\fByy\fR?" ,
-.QW "\fBdd monthname yy\fR" ,
-.QW "?\fBCC\fR?\fByymmdd\fR" ,
+.QW "\fImm\fB/\fIdd\fR?\fB/\fIyy\fR?" ,
+.QW "\fImonthname dd\fR?\fB, \fIyy\fR?" ,
+.QW "\fIday\fB, \fIdd monthname \fR?\fIyy\fR?" ,
+.QW "\fIdd monthname yy\fR" ,
+.QW "?\fICC\fR?\fIyymmdd\fR" ,
and
-.QW "\fBdd-monthname-\fR?\fBCC\fR?\fByy\fR" .
+.QW "\fIdd\fB-\fImonthname\fB-\fR?\fICC\fR?\fIyy\fR" .
The default year is the current year. If the year is less
than 100, we treat the years 00-68 as 2000-2068 and the years 69-99
as 1969-1999. Not all platforms can represent the years 38-70, so
an error may result if these years are used.
.TP
\fIISO 8601 point-in-time\fR
+.
An ISO 8601 point-in-time specification, such as
.QW \fICCyymmdd\fBT\fIhhmmss\fR,
where \fBT\fR is the literal
.QW T ,
.QW "\fICCyymmdd hhmmss\fR" ,
or
-.QW \fICCyymmdd\fBT\fIhh:mm:ss\fR .
+.QW \fICCyymmdd\fBT\fIhh\fB:\fImm\fB:\fIss\fR .
Note that only these three formats are accepted.
The command does \fInot\fR accept the full range of point-in-time
specifications specified in ISO8601. Other formats can be recognized by
giving an explicit \fB\-format\fR option to the \fBclock scan\fR command.
.TP
\fIrelative time\fR
+.
A specification relative to the current time. The format is \fBnumber
unit\fR. Acceptable units are \fByear\fR, \fBfortnight\fR,
\fBmonth\fR, \fBweek\fR, \fBday\fR,
diff --git a/doc/http.n b/doc/http.n
index 7e633b3..a986704 100644
--- a/doc/http.n
+++ b/doc/http.n
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
.SH NAME
http \- Client-side implementation of the HTTP/1.1 protocol
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBpackage require http ?2.8?\fR
+\fBpackage require http\fI ?\fB2.8\fR?
.\" See Also -useragent option documentation in body!
.sp
-\fB::http::config ?\fI\-option value\fR ...?
+\fB::http::config\fR ?\fI\-option value\fR ...?
.sp
\fB::http::geturl \fIurl\fR ?\fI\-option value\fR ...?
.sp
diff --git a/doc/interp.n b/doc/interp.n
index ac07fb7..e91e403 100644
--- a/doc/interp.n
+++ b/doc/interp.n
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ attempts are silently ignored. This is needed to maintain the
consistency of the underlying interpreter's state.
.RE
.TP
-\fBinterp\fR \fBdelete \fR?\fIpath ...?\fR
+\fBinterp\fR \fBdelete \fR?\fIpath ...\fR?
.
Deletes zero or more interpreters given by the optional \fIpath\fR
arguments, and for each interpreter, it also deletes its slaves. The
diff --git a/doc/lindex.n b/doc/lindex.n
index d5605bc..be4f169 100644
--- a/doc/lindex.n
+++ b/doc/lindex.n
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.SH NAME
lindex \- Retrieve an element from a list
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBlindex \fIlist ?index ...?\fR
+\fBlindex \fIlist\fR ?\fIindex ...\fR?
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
diff --git a/doc/platform.n b/doc/platform.n
index 5380ff4..7cb685d 100644
--- a/doc/platform.n
+++ b/doc/platform.n
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
platform \- System identification support code and utilities
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-\fBpackage require platform ?1.0.10?\fR
+\fBpackage require platform\fR ?\fB1.0.10\fR?
.sp
\fBplatform::generic\fR
\fBplatform::identify\fR
diff --git a/doc/platform_shell.n b/doc/platform_shell.n
index f7ae283..a9e14d0 100644
--- a/doc/platform_shell.n
+++ b/doc/platform_shell.n
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
platform::shell \- System identification support code and utilities
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-\fBpackage require platform::shell ?1.1.4?\fR
+\fBpackage require platform::shell\fR ?\fB1.1.4\fR?
.sp
\fBplatform::shell::generic \fIshell\fR
\fBplatform::shell::identify \fIshell\fR
diff --git a/doc/prefix.n b/doc/prefix.n
index 50aa2fb..d327a78 100644
--- a/doc/prefix.n
+++ b/doc/prefix.n
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
tcl::prefix \- facilities for prefix matching
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-\fB::tcl::prefix all\fR \fItable\fR \fIstring\fR
-\fB::tcl::prefix longest\fR \fItable\fR \fIstring\fR
-\fB::tcl::prefix match\fR \fI?option ...?\fR \fItable\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fB::tcl::prefix all\fR \fItable string\fR
+\fB::tcl::prefix longest\fR \fItable string\fR
+\fB::tcl::prefix match\fR ?\fIoption ...\fR? \fItable string\fR
.fi
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ tcl::prefix \- facilities for prefix matching
This document describes commands looking up a prefix in a list of strings.
The following commands are supported:
.TP
-\fB::tcl::prefix all\fR \fItable\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fB::tcl::prefix all\fR \fItable string\fR
.
Returns a list of all elements in \fItable\fR that begin with the prefix
\fIstring\fR.
.TP
-\fB::tcl::prefix longest\fR \fItable\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fB::tcl::prefix longest\fR \fItable string\fR
.
Returns the longest common prefix of all elements in \fItable\fR that
begin with the prefix \fIstring\fR.
.TP
-\fB::tcl::prefix match\fR ?\fIoptions\fR? \fItable\fR \fIstring\fR
+\fB::tcl::prefix match\fR ?\fIoptions\fR? \fItable string\fR
.
If \fIstring\fR equals one element in \fItable\fR or is a prefix to exactly
one element, the matched element is returned. If not, the result depends
diff --git a/doc/string.n b/doc/string.n
index 7e666ea..439f3b7 100644
--- a/doc/string.n
+++ b/doc/string.n
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
.SH NAME
string \- Manipulate strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBstring \fIoption arg \fR?\fIarg ...?\fR
+\fBstring \fIoption arg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR?
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
diff --git a/doc/trace.n b/doc/trace.n
index 5482e59..570b263 100644
--- a/doc/trace.n
+++ b/doc/trace.n
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ trace \- Monitor variable accesses, command usages and command executions
This command causes Tcl commands to be executed whenever certain operations are
invoked. The legal \fIoption\fRs (which may be abbreviated) are:
.TP
-\fBtrace add \fItype name ops ?args?\fR
+\fBtrace add \fItype name ops\fR ?\fIargs\fR?
+.
Where \fItype\fR is \fBcommand\fR, \fBexecution\fR, or \fBvariable\fR.
.RS
.TP
diff --git a/doc/zipfs.n b/doc/zipfs.n
index 3600e64..705faa1 100644
--- a/doc/zipfs.n
+++ b/doc/zipfs.n
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Note: querying the mount point gives the start of the zip data as the offset
in (4), which can be used to truncate the zip information from an executable.
.RE
.TP
-\fBzipfs list\fR ?(\fB\-glob\fR|\fB\-regexp\fR)? \fI?pattern?\fR
+\fBzipfs list\fR ?(\fB\-glob\fR|\fB\-regexp\fR)? ?\fIpattern\fR?
.
Return a list of all files in the mounted zipfs, or just those matching
\fIpattern\fR (optionally controlled by the option parameters). The order of