From 7de892eeb4203e5a41b8943cd108e7c4d1e02883 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:41:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more formatting fixes --- docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 index 422d56f29..54c7d0a54 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ libcurl \- client-side URL transfers .SH DESCRIPTION This is an overview on how to use libcurl in your C programs. There are specific man pages for each function mentioned in here. There are also the -\fIlibcurl-easy\fP man page, the \fIlibcurl-multi\fP man page, the -\fIlibcurl-share\fP man page and the \fIlibcurl-the-guide\fP document for +\fIlibcurl-easy(3)\fP man page, the \fIlibcurl-multi(3)\fP man page, the +\fIlibcurl-share(3)\fP man page and the \fIlibcurl-the-guide\fP document for further reading on how to do programming with libcurl. There exist more than a dozen custom bindings that bring libcurl access to @@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ To transfer files, you always set up an "easy handle" using option of using the "easy" interface, or the "multi" interface. The easy interface is a synchronous interface with which you call -\fIcurl_easy_perform\fP and let it perform the transfer. When it is completed, -the function return and you can continue. More details are found in the -.BR "libcurl-easy (3)" -man page. +\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP and let it perform the transfer. When it is +completed, the function return and you can continue. More details are found in +the \fIlibcurl-easy(3)\fP man page. The multi interface on the other hand is an asynchronous interface, that you call and that performs only a little piece of the tranfer on each invoke. It @@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ even to easily download multiple files simultaneously using a single thread. You can have multiple easy handles share certain data, even if they are used in different threads. This magic is setup using the share interface, as -described in the \fIlibcurl-share\fP man page. +described in the \fIlibcurl-share(3)\fP man page. There is also a series of other helpful functions to use. They are: @@ -102,12 +101,12 @@ Never ever call curl-functions simultaneously using the same handle from several threads. libcurl is thread-safe and can be used in any number of threads, but you must use separate curl handles if you want to use libcurl in more than one thread simultaneously. -.SH "PERSISTANT CONNECTIONS" +.SH "PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS" Persistent connections means that libcurl can re-use the same connection for several transfers, if the conditions are right. -libcurl will *always* attempt to use persistent connections. Whenever you use -\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP, libcurl will +libcurl will \fBalways\fP attempt to use persistent connections. Whenever you +use \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP, libcurl will attempt to use an existing connection to do the transfer, and if none exists it'll open a new one that will be subject for re-use on a possible following call to \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP.