New hex encoding stuff. Rename test programs.

[mLib] / man / mLib.3

diff --git a/man/mLib.3 b/man/mLib.3
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--- a/man/mLib.3
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" -*-nroff-*-
-.TH mLib 3 "7 July 1999" mLib
+.TH mLib 3 "7 July 1999" "Straylight/Edgeware" "mLib utilities library"
 .SH NAME
 mLib \- library of miscellaneous utilities
 .\" @mLib
@@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ Keys and values can be arbitrary data.  It is implemented using
 .BR hash (3).
 .PP
 The
+.BR atom (3)
+module implements
+.IR atoms ,
+which are essentially strings with the property that two atoms have the
+same address if and only if they have the same text, so they can be used
+for rapid string comparisons.  The
+.BR assoc (3)
+module implements a hash table which uses atoms as keys, thus saving
+time spent hashing and comparing hash keys, and the space used for the
+keys.
+.PP
+The
 .BR darray (3)
 module implements dynamically resizing arrays which support Perl-like
 stack operations efficiently.
@@ -155,11 +167,20 @@ The
 module manipulates file descriptor flags in a fairly painless way.
 .PP
 The
+.BR fwatch (3)
+module allows you to easily find out whether a file has changed since
+the last time you looked at it.
+.PP
+The
 .BR lbuf (3)
 module implements a `line buffer', which is an object that emits
 completed lines of text from an incoming asynchronous data stream.  It's
 remarkably handy in programs that want to read lines from pipes and
-sockets can't block while waiting for a line-end to arrive.
+sockets can't block while waiting for a line-end to arrive.  Similarly,
+the
+.BR pkbuf (3)
+module implements a `packet buffer', which waits for packets of given
+lengths to arrive before dispatching them to a handler.
 .PP
 The
 .BR tv (3)
@@ -213,8 +234,10 @@ The
 .BR selbuf (3)
 module attaches to the
 .B sel
-system and sends an event when lines of text arrive on a file.  It's
-useful when reading text from a network connection.
+system and sends an event when lines of text arrive from a file.  It's
+useful when reading text from a network connection.  Similarly,
+.BR selpk (3)
+sents events when packets of given sizes arrive from a file.
 .PP
 The
 .BR sig (3)
@@ -225,13 +248,13 @@ mechanism.
 .PP
 The
 .BR ident (3)
-module provides a nonblocking ident (RFC931) client.
-.PP
-The
+module provides a nonblocking ident (RFC931) client.  The
 .BR bres (3)
 module does background hostname and address resolution.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR alloc (3),
+.BR assoc (3),
+.BR atom (3),
 .BR base64 (3),
 .BR bits (3),
 .BR bres (3),
@@ -243,15 +266,18 @@ module does background hostname and address resolution.
 .BR env (3),
 .BR exc (3),
 .BR fdflags (3),
+.BR fwatch (3),
 .BR hash (3),
 .BR ident (3),
 .BR lbuf (3),
 .BR lock (3),
 .BR mdwopt (3),
+.BR pkbuf (3),
 .BR quis (3),
 .BR report (3),
 .BR sel (3),
 .BR selbuf (3),
+.BR selpk (3),
 .BR sig (3),
 .BR str (3),
 .BR sub (3),