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diff --git a/doc/Name.3 b/doc/Name.3
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@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Interpreter to use for error reporting.
.AP "const char" *pathName in
Character string containing path name of window.
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Each window managed by Tk has two names, a short name that identifies
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ as a Tk_Uid, which may be used just like a string pointer but also has
the properties of a unique identifier (see the manual entry for
\fBTk_GetUid\fR for details).
.PP
-The \fBTk_PathName\fR macro returns a
-hierarchical name for \fItkwin\fR.
+The \fBTk_PathName\fR macro returns a hierarchical name for \fItkwin\fR.
Path names have a structure similar to file names in Unix but with
dots between elements instead of slashes: the main window for
an application has the path name
@@ -75,7 +73,8 @@ The procedure \fBTk_NameToWindow\fR returns the token for a window
given its path name (the \fIpathName\fR argument) and another window
belonging to the same main window (\fItkwin\fR). It normally
returns a token for the named window, but if no such window exists
-\fBTk_NameToWindow\fR leaves an error message in \fIinterp->result\fR
+\fBTk_NameToWindow\fR leaves an error message in interpreter
+\fIinterp\fR's result
and returns NULL. The \fItkwin\fR argument to \fBTk_NameToWindow\fR
is needed because path names are only unique within a single
application hierarchy. If, for example, a single process has opened
@@ -83,6 +82,5 @@ two main windows, each will have a separate naming hierarchy and the
same path name might appear in each of the hierarchies. Normally
\fItkwin\fR is the main window of the desired hierarchy, but this
need not be the case: any window in the desired hierarchy may be used.
-
.SH KEYWORDS
name, path name, token, window