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2 files changed, 20 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/TraceCmd.3 b/doc/TraceCmd.3
index f39d458..1e640a7 100644
--- a/doc/TraceCmd.3
+++ b/doc/TraceCmd.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" CVS: @(#) $Id: TraceCmd.3,v 1.1 2002/04/23 13:09:51 dkf Exp $
+'\" CVS: @(#) $Id: TraceCmd.3,v 1.2 2002/05/08 04:37:08 davygrvy Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_TraceCommand 3 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ that renaming takes precedence over the one that triggered the trace
and the collection of traces will not be reexecuted; if several traces
rename the command, the last renaming takes precedence.
-..SH "TCL_TRACE_DESTROYED FLAG"
+.SH "TCL_TRACE_DESTROYED FLAG"
.PP
In a delete callback to \fIproc\fR, the TCL_TRACE_DESTROYED bit
is set in \fIflags\fR.
diff --git a/doc/file.n b/doc/file.n
index a59050e..8332f6d 100644
--- a/doc/file.n
+++ b/doc/file.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: file.n,v 1.15 2002/05/02 20:15:20 vincentdarley Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.16 2002/05/08 04:36:54 davygrvy Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -226,21 +226,19 @@ under Windows or AppleScript on the Macintosh.
.TP
\fBfile normalize \fIname\fR
.
-Returns a unique normalised path representation for the file-system
-object (file, directory, link, etc), whose string value can be used as
-a unique identifier for it. A normalized path is one which has all
-'../', './' removed. Also it is one which is in the ``standard''
-format for the native platform. On MacOS, Unix, this means the
-segments leading up to the path must be free of symbolic links/aliases
-(but the very last path component may be a symbolic link), and on
-Windows it also means means we want the long form (when running Win
-NT/2000/XP) or the short form (when running Win 95/98) with that form's
-case-dependence (which gives us a unique, case-dependent path). The
-one exception concerning the last link in the path is necessary,
-because Tcl or the user may wish to operate on the actual symbolic link
-itself (for example 'file delete', 'file rename', 'file copy' are
-defined to operate on symbolic links, not on the things that they point
-to).
+Returns a unique normalised path representation for the file-system
+object (file, directory, link, etc), whose string value can be used as
+a unique identifier for it. A normalized path is one which has all '../', './'
+removed. Also it is one which is in the ``standard'' format for the native
+platform. On MacOS, Unix, this means the segments leading up to the path
+must be free of symbolic links/aliases (but the very last path component
+may be a symbolic link), and on Windows it also means means we want the
+long form (when running Win NT/2000/XP) or the short form (when running Win
+95/98) with that form's case-dependence (which gives us a unique,
+case-dependent path). The one exception concerning the last link in the
+path is necessary, because Tcl or the user may wish to operate on the
+actual symbolic link itself (for example 'file delete', 'file rename', 'file copy'
+are defined to operate on symbolic links, not on the things that they point to).
.PP
Note that this means normalized paths are different on old Windows
operating systems (95/98) and new Windows operating systems
@@ -355,10 +353,10 @@ the second element may be null. For example the native files have a
first element 'native', and a second element which is a platform-specific
type name for the file's system (e.g. 'NTFS', 'FAT', etc), or possibly
the empty string if no further information is available or if this
-is not implemented. A generic virtual file system might return the list
-'vfs ftp' to represent a file on a remote ftp site mounted as a virtual
-filesystem through an extension called 'vfs'. If the file does not
-belong to any filesystem, an error is generated.
+is not implemented. A generic virtual file system might return the
+list 'vfs ftp' to represent a file on a remote ftp site mounted as a
+virtual filesystem through an extension called 'vfs'. If the file does
+not belong to any filesystem, an error is generated.
.TP
\fBfile tail \fIname\fR
.