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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-28 14:17:38 (GMT)
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.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_Main 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Address of an application-specific event loop procedure.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBTcl_Main\fR can serve as the main program for Tcl-based shell
-applications. A ``shell application'' is a program
+applications. A
+.QW "shell application"
+is a program
like tclsh or wish that supports both interactive interpretation
of Tcl and evaluation of a script contained in a file given as
a command line argument. \fBTcl_Main\fR is offered as a convenience
@@ -91,8 +93,9 @@ the Tcl variables \fIargc\fR, \fIargv\fR, \fIargv0\fR, and
.PP
When it has finished its own initialization, but before it processes
commands, \fBTcl_Main\fR calls the procedure given by the
-\fIappInitProc\fR argument. This procedure provides a ``hook'' for
-the application to perform its own initialization of the interpreter
+\fIappInitProc\fR argument. This procedure provides a
+.QW hook
+for the application to perform its own initialization of the interpreter
created by \fBTcl_Main\fR, such as defining application-specific
commands. The procedure must have an interface that matches the
type \fBTcl_AppInitProc\fR: