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diff --git a/contrib/tcl/doc/CrtCommand.3 b/contrib/tcl/doc/CrtCommand.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c27e2f --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/tcl/doc/CrtCommand.3 @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1989-1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" SCCS: @(#) CrtCommand.3 1.22 96/03/25 19:58:44 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH Tcl_CreateCommand 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_CreateCommand, Tcl_DeleteCommand, Tcl_GetCommandInfo, Tcl_SetCommandInfo \- implement new commands in C +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +.sp +.VS +.VE +Tcl_Command +\fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, proc, clientData, deleteProc\fR) +.sp +int +\fBTcl_DeleteCommand\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName\fR) +.sp +.VS +int +\fBTcl_GetCommandInfo\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, infoPtr\fR) +.sp +int +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR(\fIinterp, cmdName, infoPtr\fR) +.sp +.VS +char * +\fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR(\fIinterp, token\fR) +.VE +.VE +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS Tcl_CmdDeleteProc **deleteProcPtr +.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in +Interpreter in which to create new command. +.AP char *cmdName in +Name of command. +.AP Tcl_CmdProc *proc in +Implementation of new command: \fIproc\fR will be called whenever +\fIcmdName\fR is invoked as a command. +.AP ClientData clientData in +Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR and \fIdeleteProc\fR. +.AP Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc in +Procedure to call before \fIcmdName\fR is deleted from the interpreter; +allows for command-specific cleanup. If NULL, then no procedure is +called before the command is deleted. +.AP Tcl_CmdInfo *infoPtr in/out +.VS +Pointer to structure containing various information about a +Tcl command. +.AP Tcl_Command token in +Token for command, returned by previous call to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR. +The command must not have been deleted. +.VE +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR defines a new command in \fIinterp\fR and associates +it with procedure \fIproc\fR such that whenever \fIcmdName\fR is +invoked as a Tcl command (via a call to \fBTcl_Eval\fR) the Tcl interpreter +will call \fIproc\fR +to process the command. If there is already a command \fIcmdName\fR +associated with the interpreter, it is deleted. +.VS +\fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR returns a token that may be used to refer +to the command in subsequent calls to \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR. +If \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR is called for an interpreter that is in +the process of being deleted, then it does not create a new command +and it returns NULL. +.VE +\fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the type +\fBTcl_CmdProc\fR: +.CS +typedef int Tcl_CmdProc( + ClientData \fIclientData\fR, + Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR, + int \fIargc\fR, + char *\fIargv\fR[]); +.CE +When \fIproc\fR is invoked the \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR +parameters will be copies of the \fIclientData\fR and \fIinterp\fR +arguments given to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR. +Typically, \fIclientData\fR points to an application-specific +data structure that describes what to do when the command procedure +is invoked. \fIArgc\fR and \fIargv\fR describe the arguments to +the command, \fIargc\fR giving the number of arguments (including +the command name) and \fIargv\fR giving the values of the arguments +as strings. The \fIargv\fR array will contain \fIargc\fR+1 values; +the first \fIargc\fR values point to the argument strings, and the +last value is NULL. +.PP +\fIProc\fR must return an integer code that is either \fBTCL_OK\fR, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR, +\fBTCL_RETURN\fR, \fBTCL_BREAK\fR, or \fBTCL_CONTINUE\fR. See the Tcl overview man page +for details on what these codes mean. Most normal commands will only +return \fBTCL_OK\fR or \fBTCL_ERROR\fR. In addition, \fIproc\fR must set +\fIinterp->result\fR to point to a string value; +in the case of a \fBTCL_OK\fR return code this gives the result +of the command, and in the case of \fBTCL_ERROR\fR it gives an error message. +The \fBTcl_SetResult\fR procedure provides an easy interface for setting +the return value; for complete details on how the \fIinterp->result\fR +field is managed, see the \fBTcl_Interp\fR man page. +Before invoking a command procedure, +\fBTcl_Eval\fR sets \fIinterp->result\fR to point to an empty string, so simple +commands can return an empty result by doing nothing at all. +.PP +.VS +The contents of the \fIargv\fR array belong to Tcl and are not +guaranteed to persist once \fIproc\fR returns: \fIproc\fR should +not modify them, nor should it set \fIinterp->result\fR to point +anywhere within the \fIargv\fR values. +Call \fBTcl_SetResult\fR with status \fBTCL_VOLATILE\fR if you want +to return something from the \fIargv\fR array. +.VE +.PP +\fIDeleteProc\fR will be invoked when (if) \fIcmdName\fR is deleted. +This can occur through a call to \fBTcl_DeleteCommand\fR or \fBTcl_DeleteInterp\fR, +or by replacing \fIcmdName\fR in another call to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR. +\fIDeleteProc\fR is invoked before the command is deleted, and gives the +application an opportunity to release any structures associated +with the command. \fIDeleteProc\fR should have arguments and +result that match the type \fBTcl_CmdDeleteProc\fR: +.CS +typedef void Tcl_CmdDeleteProc(ClientData \fIclientData\fR); +.CE +The \fIclientData\fR argument will be the same as the \fIclientData\fR +argument passed to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR. +.PP +\fBTcl_DeleteCommand\fR deletes a command from a command interpreter. +Once the call completes, attempts to invoke \fIcmdName\fR in +\fIinterp\fR will result in errors. +If \fIcmdName\fR isn't bound as a command in \fIinterp\fR then +\fBTcl_DeleteCommand\fR does nothing and returns -1; otherwise +it returns 0. +There are no restrictions on \fIcmdName\fR: it may refer to +a built-in command, an application-specific command, or a Tcl procedure. +.PP +.VS +\fBTcl_GetCommandInfo\fR checks to see whether its \fIcmdName\fR argument +exists as a command in \fIinterp\fR. If not then it returns 0. +Otherwise it places information about the command in the structure +pointed to by \fIinfoPtr\fR and returns 1. +Tcl_CmdInfo structures have fields named \fIproc\fR, \fIclientData\fR, +and \fIdeleteProc\fR, which have the same meaning as the corresponding +arguments to \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR. +There is also a field \fIdeleteData\fR, which is the ClientData value +to pass to \fIdeleteProc\fR; it is normally the same as +\fIclientData\fR but may be set independently using the +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR procedure. +.PP +\fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR is used to modify the procedures and +ClientData values associated with a command. +Its \fIcmdName\fR argument is the name of a command in \fIinterp\fR. +If this command does not exist then \fBTcl_SetCommandInfo\fR returns 0. +Otherwise, it copies the information from \fI*infoPtr\fR to +Tcl's internal structure for the command and returns 1. +Note that this procedure allows the ClientData for a command's +deletion procedure to be given a different value than the ClientData +for its command procedure. +.PP +\fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR provides a mechanism for tracking commands +that have been renamed. Given a token returned by \fBTcl_CreateCommand\fR +when the command was created, \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR returns the +string name of the command. If the command has been renamed since it +was created, then \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR returns the current name. +The command corresponding to \fItoken\fR must not have been deleted. +The string returned by \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR is in dynamic memory +owned by Tcl and is only guaranteed to retain its value as long as the +command isn't deleted or renamed; callers should copy the string if +they need to keep it for a long time. +.VE + +.SH KEYWORDS +bind, command, create, delete, interpreter |