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- .so man.macros
- .HS list tcl
- .BS
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- .SH NAME
- list \- Create a list
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBlist \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR?
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- This command returns a list comprised of all the \fIarg\fRs. Braces
- and backslashes get added as necessary, so that the \fBindex\fR command
- may be used on the result to re-extract the original arguments, and also
- so that \fBeval\fR may be used to execute the resulting list, with
- \fIarg1\fR comprising the command's name and the other \fIarg\fRs comprising
- its arguments. \fBList\fR produces slightly different results than
- \fBconcat\fR: \fBconcat\fR removes one level of grouping before forming
- the list, while \fBlist\fR works directly from the original arguments.
- For example, the command
- .DS
- \fBlist a b {c d e} {f {g h}}
- .DE
- will return
- .DS
- \fBa b {c d e} {f {g h}}
- .DE
- while \fBconcat\fR with the same arguments will return
- .DS
- \fBa b c d e f {g h}\fR
- .DE
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- element, list
-