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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2009-12-16 14:01:11 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2009-12-16 14:01:11 (GMT)
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[Bug 1911342]: Rewrite formatting to avoid bogus link from tm.n to list.n in
the HTML documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/tm.n b/doc/tm.n
index 59980f0..1b6a5f7 100644
--- a/doc/tm.n
+++ b/doc/tm.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.18 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.19 2009/12/16 14:01:11 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH tm n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@
tm \- Facilities for locating and loading of Tcl Modules
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-\fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBadd\fR \fIpath\fR...
-\fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBremove\fR \fIpath\fR...
-\fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBlist\fR
-\fB::tcl::tm::roots\fR \fIpath\fR...
+\fB::tcl::tm::path add \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
+\fB::tcl::tm::path remove \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
+\fB::tcl::tm::path list\fR
+\fB::tcl::tm::roots \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
.fi
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
This document describes the facilities for locating and loading Tcl
-Modules. The following commands are supported:
+Modules (see \fBMODULE DEFINITION\fR for the definition of a Tcl Module).
+The following commands are supported:
.TP
-\fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBadd \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
+\fB::tcl::tm::path add \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
.
The paths are added at the head to the list of module paths, in order
of appearance. This means that the last argument ends up as the new
@@ -46,17 +48,17 @@ reverse order of addition. In other words, the paths added last are
looked at first.
.RE
.TP
-\fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBremove \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
+\fB::tcl::tm::path remove \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
.
Removes the paths from the list of module paths. The command silently
ignores all paths which are not on the list.
.TP
-\fB::tcl::tm::path\fR \fBlist\fR
+\fB::tcl::tm::path list\fR
.
Returns a list containing all registered module paths, in the order
that they are searched for modules.
.TP
-\fB::tcl::tm::roots\fR \fIpath\fR...
+\fB::tcl::tm::roots \fR?\fIpath\fR...?
.
Similar to \fBpath add\fR, and layered on top of it. This command
takes a list of paths, extends each with
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ The command has been exposed to allow a build system to define
additional root paths beyond those described by this document.
.RE
.SH "MODULE DEFINITION"
+.PP
A Tcl Module is a Tcl Package contained in a single file, and no other
files required by it. This file has to be \fBsource\fRable. In other
words, a Tcl Module is always imported via:
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ package \fBFoo\fR is deployed in the form of a Tcl Module,
packages like \fBfoo\fR, \fBfOo\fR, etc. are not allowed
anymore.
.SH "DEFAULT PATHS"
+.PP
The default list of paths on the module path is computed by a
\fBtclsh\fR as follows, where \fIX\fR is the major version of the Tcl
interpreter and \fIy\fR is less than or equal to the minor version of
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ These paths are seen and therefore shared by all Tcl shells in the
\fB$::env(PATH)\fR of the user.
.PP
Note that \fIX\fR and \fIy\fR follow the general rules set out
-above. In other words, Tcl 8.4, for example, will look at these 5
+above. In other words, Tcl 8.4, for example, will look at these 10
environment variables:
.PP
.CS