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* doc/package.n: Corrected information about [package forget]
arguments [Bug: 5418].
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: bgerror.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:51 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: bgerror.n,v 1.3 2000/06/26 23:23:13 ericm Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH bgerror n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -31,38 +31,46 @@ with the \fBafter\fR command, then it is a background error.
For a non-background error, the error can simply be returned up
through nested Tcl command evaluations until it reaches the top-level
code in the application; then the application can report the error
-in whatever way it wishes.
-When a background error occurs, the unwinding ends in
-the Tcl library and there is no obvious way for Tcl to report
-the error.
+in whatever way it wishes. When a background error occurs, the
+unwinding ends in the Tcl library and there is no obvious way for Tcl
+to report the error.
.PP
When Tcl detects a background error, it saves information about the
-error and invokes the \fBbgerror\fR command later as an idle event handler.
-Before invoking \fBbgerror\fR, Tcl restores the \fBerrorInfo\fR
-and \fBerrorCode\fR variables to their values at the time the
-error occurred, then it invokes \fBbgerror\fR with
-the error message as its only argument.
-Tcl assumes that the application has implemented the \fBbgerror\fR
-command, and that the command will report the error in a way that
-makes sense for the application. Tcl will ignore any result returned
-by the \fBbgerror\fR command as long as no error is generated.
+error and invokes the \fBbgerror\fR command later as an idle event
+handler. Before invoking \fBbgerror\fR, Tcl restores the
+\fBerrorInfo\fR and \fBerrorCode\fR variables to their values at the
+time the error occurred, then it invokes \fBbgerror\fR with the error
+message as its only argument. Tcl assumes that the application has
+implemented the \fBbgerror\fR command, and that the command will
+report the error in a way that makes sense for the application. Tcl
+will ignore any result returned by the \fBbgerror\fR command as long
+as no error is generated.
.PP
-If another Tcl error occurs within the \fBbgerror\fR command
-(for example, because no \fBbgerror\fR command has been defined)
-then Tcl reports the error itself by writing a message to stderr.
+If another Tcl error occurs within the \fBbgerror\fR command (for
+example, because no \fBbgerror\fR command has been defined) then Tcl
+reports the error itself by writing a message to stderr.
.PP
-If several background errors accumulate before \fBbgerror\fR
-is invoked to process them, \fBbgerror\fR will be invoked once
-for each error, in the order they occurred.
-However, if \fBbgerror\fR returns with a break exception, then
-any remaining errors are skipped without calling \fBbgerror\fR.
+If several background errors accumulate before \fBbgerror\fR is
+invoked to process them, \fBbgerror\fR will be invoked once for each
+error, in the order they occurred. However, if \fBbgerror\fR returns
+with a break exception, then any remaining errors are skipped without
+calling \fBbgerror\fR.
.PP
-Tcl has no default implementation for \fBbgerror\fR.
-However, in applications using Tk there is a default
-\fBbgerror\fR procedure
-which posts a dialog box containing
-the error message and offers the user a chance to see a stack
-trace showing where the error occurred.
+Tcl has no default implementation for \fBbgerror\fR. However, in
+applications using Tk there is a default \fBbgerror\fR procedure which
+posts a dialog box containing the error message and offers the user a
+chance to see a stack trace showing where the error occurred. In
+addition to allowing the user to view the stack trace, the dialog
+provides an additional application configurable button which may be
+used, for example, to save the stack trace to a file. By default,
+this is the behavior associated with that button. This behavior can
+be redefined by setting the option database values
+\fB*ErrorDialog.function.text\fR, to specify the caption for the
+function button, and \fB*ErrorDialog.function.command\fR, to specify
+the command to be run. The text of the stack trace is appended to the
+command when it is evaluated. If either of these options is set to
+the empty string, then the additional button will not be displayed in
+the dialog.
.SH KEYWORDS
background error, reporting