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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2008-06-17 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * doc/tm.n: Followup to changelog entry 2008-03-18 regarding + ::tcl::tm::Defaults. Updated the documentation to not only mention + the new (underscored) form of environment variable names, but make + it the encouraged form as well. See [Bug 1914604]. + 2006-06-17 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> * generic/tclClock.c (ConvertLocalToUTC): @@ -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 1.14 2008/01/18 15:59:22 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tm.n,v 1.15 2008/06/17 16:44:47 andreas_kupries Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH tm n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -256,13 +256,20 @@ Note that this is always a single entry because \fIX\fR is always a specific value (the current major version of Tcl). .SS "USER SPECIFIC PATHS" .TP -\fB$::env(TCL\fIX\fB.\fIy\fB_TM_PATH)\fR +\fB$::env(TCL\fIX\fB_\fIy\fB_TM_PATH)\fR . A list of paths, separated by either \fB:\fR (Unix) or \fB;\fR (Windows). This is user and site specific as this environment variable can be set not only by the user's profile, but by system configuration scripts as well. -.RS +.TP +\fB$::env(TCL\fIX\fB.\fIy\fB_TM_PATH)\fR +. +Same meaning and content as the previous variable. However the use of +dot '.' to separate major and minor version number makes this name +less to non-portable and its use is discouraged. Support of this +variable has been kept only for backward compatibility with the +original specification, i.e. TIP 189. .PP These paths are seen and therefore shared by all Tcl shells in the \fB$::env(PATH)\fR of the user. @@ -271,11 +278,11 @@ 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 environment variables: .CS -\fB$::env(TCL8.4_TM_PATH)\fR -\fB$::env(TCL8.3_TM_PATH)\fR -\fB$::env(TCL8.2_TM_PATH)\fR -\fB$::env(TCL8.1_TM_PATH)\fR -\fB$::env(TCL8.0_TM_PATH)\fR +\fB$::env(TCL8.4_TM_PATH)\fR \fB$::env(TCL8_4_TM_PATH)\fR +\fB$::env(TCL8.3_TM_PATH)\fR \fB$::env(TCL8_3_TM_PATH)\fR +\fB$::env(TCL8.2_TM_PATH)\fR \fB$::env(TCL8_2_TM_PATH)\fR +\fB$::env(TCL8.1_TM_PATH)\fR \fB$::env(TCL8_1_TM_PATH)\fR +\fB$::env(TCL8.0_TM_PATH)\fR \fB$::env(TCL8_0_TM_PATH)\fR .CE .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" |