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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-11-15 21:46:01 (GMT)
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Added listing of shell-specific variables to general tclvars page [Patch 1065732]
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tclvars.n,v 1.18 2004/10/27 14:43:54 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tclvars.n,v 1.19 2004/11/15 21:46:05 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH tclvars n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -337,9 +337,36 @@ incompatibilities and changes to \fIy\fR represent small enhancements and
bug fixes that retain backward compatibility.
The value of this variable is returned by the \fBinfo tclversion\fR
command.
+.SH "OTHER GLOBAL VARIABLES"
+The following variables are only guaranteed to exist in \fBtclsh\fR
+and \fBwish\fR executables; the Tcl library does not define them
+itself but many Tcl environments do.
+.TP 6
+\fBargc\fR
+The number of arguments to \fBtclsh\fR or \fBwish\fR.
+.TP 6
+\fBargv\fR
+Tcl list of arguments to \fBtclsh\fR or \fBwish\fR.
+.TP 6
+\fBargv0\fR
+The script that \fBtclsh\fR or \fBwish\fR started executing (if it was
+specified) or otherwise the name by which \fBtclsh\fR or \fBwish\fR
+was invoked.
+.TP 6
+\fBtcl_interactive\fR
+Contains 1 if \fBtclsh\fR or \fBwish\fR is running interactively (no
+script was specified and standard input is a terminal-like device), 0
+otherwise.
+.PP
+The \fBwish\fR executably additionally specifies the following global
+variable:
+.TP 6
+\fBgeometry\fR
+If set, contains the user-supplied geometry specification to use for
+the main Tk window.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-eval(n)
+eval(n), tclsh(1), wish(1)
.SH KEYWORDS
arithmetic, bytecode, compiler, error, environment, POSIX, precision, subprocess, variables