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diff --git a/doc/Clipboard.3 b/doc/Clipboard.3
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@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ Conversion type for this clipboard item; has same meaning as
.AP Atom format in
Representation to use when data is retrieved; has same meaning as
\fIformat\fR argument to \fBTk_CreateSelHandler\fR.
-.AP char *buffer in
+.AP "const char" *buffer in
Null terminated string containing the data to be appended to the clipboard.
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
These two procedures manage the clipboard for Tk.
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@ once, then calling \fBTk_ClipboardAppend\fR to add data for any
number of targets.
.PP
\fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR claims the CLIPBOARD selection and frees any
-data items previously stored on the clipboard in this application.
+data items previously stored on the clipboard in this application.
It normally returns \fBTCL_OK\fR, but if an error occurs it returns
-\fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leaves an error message in \fIinterp->result\fR.
+\fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leaves an error message in interpreter
+\fIinterp\fR's result.
\fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR must be called before a sequence of
\fBTk_ClipboardAppend\fR calls can be issued.
.PP
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ currently owned by the application, either
because \fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR has not been called or because
ownership of the clipboard has changed since the last call to
\fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR,
-\fBTk_ClipboardAppend\fR returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leaves an error message in
-\fIinterp->result\fR.
+\fBTk_ClipboardAppend\fR returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and leaves an error
+message in the result of interpreter \fIinterp\fR.
.PP
In order to guarantee atomicity, no event handling should occur
between \fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR and the following
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ this application).
.PP
\fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR may invoke callbacks, including arbitrary
Tcl scripts, as a result of losing the CLIPBOARD selection, so
-any calling function should take care to be reentrant at the point
+any calling function should take care to be re-entrant at the point
\fBTk_ClipboardClear\fR is invoked.
-
.SH KEYWORDS
append, clipboard, clear, format, type