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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-24 14:32:55 (GMT)
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.so man.macros
.TH Tk_ParseArgv 3 "" Tk "Tk Library Procedures"
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ typedef struct {
char *\fIhelp\fR;
} Tk_ArgvInfo;
.CE
-The \fIkey\fR field is a string such as ``\-display'' or ``\-bg''
+The \fIkey\fR field is a string such as
+.QW \-display
+or
+.QW \-bg
that is compared with the values in \fIargv\fR. \fIType\fR
indicates how to process an argument that matches \fIkey\fR
(more on this below). \fISrc\fR and \fIdst\fR are additional
@@ -104,11 +107,13 @@ skipped and returned to the caller.
.PP
Once a matching argument specifier is found, \fBTk_ParseArgv\fR
processes the argument according to the \fItype\fR field of the
-specifier. The argument that matched \fIkey\fR is called ``the matching
-argument'' in the descriptions below. As part of the processing,
+specifier. The argument that matched \fIkey\fR is called
+.QW "the matching argument"
+in the descriptions below. As part of the processing,
\fBTk_ParseArgv\fR may also use the next argument in \fIargv\fR
-after the matching argument, which is called ``the following
-argument''. The legal values for \fItype\fR, and the processing
+after the matching argument, which is called
+.QW "the following argument" .
+The legal values for \fItype\fR, and the processing
that they cause, are as follows:
.TP
\fBTK_ARGV_END\fR
@@ -123,8 +128,11 @@ The matching argument is discarded.
.TP
\fBTK_ARGV_INT\fR
The following argument must contain an
-integer string in the format accepted by \fBstrtol\fR (e.g. ``0''
-and ``0x'' prefixes may be used to specify octal or hexadecimal
+integer string in the format accepted by \fBstrtol\fR (e.g.
+.QW 0
+and
+.QW 0x
+prefixes may be used to specify octal or hexadecimal
numbers, respectively). \fIDst\fR is treated as a pointer to an
integer; the following argument is converted to an integer value
and stored at \fI*dst\fR. \fISrc\fR is ignored. The matching
@@ -345,7 +353,10 @@ prog -of out200 infile # sets fileName to reference "out200"
prog -XN 10 infile # sets the debug flag, also sets numReps
.CE
In all of the above examples, \fIargc\fR will be set by \fBTk_ParseArgv\fR to 2,
-\fIargv\fR[0] will be ``prog'', \fIargv\fR[1] will be ``infile'',
+\fIargv\fR[0] will be
+.QW prog ,
+\fIargv\fR[1] will be
+.QW infile ,
and \fIargv\fR[2] will be NULL.
.SH KEYWORDS