From 614656ad893c1d81bad09250d9036c909d672d06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: toy <toy>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:02:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Correct a few typos, add a label, clarify the out-of-band
 data usage. From Mario Mommer.

---
 docs/cmu-user/internet.tex | 17 ++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/cmu-user/internet.tex b/docs/cmu-user/internet.tex
index fac580a0b..f7b8e894f 100644
--- a/docs/cmu-user/internet.tex
+++ b/docs/cmu-user/internet.tex
@@ -174,10 +174,13 @@ remote hosts.
 \end{defun}
 
 \section{Out-of-Band Data}
+\label{internet-oob}
 
 Out-of-band data is data transmitted with a higher priority than
 ordinary data. This is usually used by either side of the connection
-to signal exceptional conditions.
+to signal exceptional conditions. Due to the fact that most TCP/IP
+implementations are broken in this respect, only single characters can
+reliably be sent this way.
 
 \begin{defun}{extensions:}{add-oob-handler}{%
     \args{\var{fd} \var{char} \var{handler}}}
@@ -191,8 +194,8 @@ to signal exceptional conditions.
 
 \begin{defun}{extensions:}{remove-oob-handler}{%
     \args{\var{fd} \var{char}}}
-
-  Removes the handler for the character \var{char} on the connection
+  
+  Removes the handler for the character \var{char} from the connection
   with the file descriptor \var{fd}
 
 \end{defun}
@@ -262,11 +265,3 @@ Finally, the function
   Closes the socket given by the file descriptor \var{socket}.
 
 \end{defun}
-
-%(export '(htonl ntohl htons ntohs lookup-host-entry host-entry host-entry-name
-%         host-entry-aliases host-entry-addr-list host-entry-addr
-%         create-unix-socket connect-to-unix-socket create-inet-socket
-%         connect-to-inet-socket create-inet-listener accept-tcp-connection
-%         close-socket ipproto-tcp ipproto-udp inaddr-any add-oob-handler
-%         remove-oob-handler remove-all-oob-handlers
-%         send-character-out-of-band))
-- 
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