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@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ contained entirely within the \fIcmd\fR argument. If one or
more \fIarg\fRs are present, they are concatenated to form the
command to be executed, just as for the \fBeval\fR command.
.PP
-If the initial arguments of the command begin with ``\-''
-they are treated as options. The following options are
-currently defined:
+If the initial arguments of the command begin with
+.QW \-
+they are treated as options. The following options are currently defined:
.TP
\fB\-async\fR
Requests asynchronous invocation. In this case the \fBsend\fR
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ the application's main window.
.TP
\fB\-\|\-\fR
Serves no purpose except to terminate the list of options. This
-option is needed only if \fIapp\fR could contain a leading ``\-''
+option is needed only if \fIapp\fR could contain a leading
+.QW \-
character.
.SH "APPLICATION NAMES"
@@ -85,16 +86,14 @@ list of enabled hosts is empty.
This means that applications cannot connect to your server unless
they use some other form of authorization
such as that provide by \fBxauth\fR.
-.VS
Under Windows, \fBsend\fR is currently disabled. Most of the
functionality is provided by the \fBdde\fR command instead.
-.VE
.SH EXAMPLE
This script fragment can be used to make an application that only runs
once on a particular display.
.CS
if {[tk appname FoobarApp] ne "FoobarApp"} {
- \fBsend\fR -async FoobarApp RemoteStart $argv
+ \fBsend\fR \-async FoobarApp RemoteStart $argv
exit
}
# The command that will be called remotely, which raises
@@ -107,6 +106,4 @@ proc RemoteStart args {
}
.CE
.SH KEYWORDS
-.VS
application, dde, name, remote execution, security, send
-.VE