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diff --git a/doc/FindExec.3 b/doc/FindExec.3 index 10a3c72..e4b4ed0 100644 --- a/doc/FindExec.3 +++ b/doc/FindExec.3 @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FindExec.3,v 1.7 2004/10/07 15:15:38 dkf Exp $ -'\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_FindExecutable 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS @@ -47,6 +45,13 @@ application's executable, if possible. If it fails to find the binary, then future calls to \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR will return an empty string. .PP +On Windows platforms this procedure is typically invoked as the very +first thing in the application's main program as well; Its \fIargv[0]\fR +argument is only used to indicate whether the executable has a stderr +channel (any non-null value) or not (the value null). If \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR +is never called and no debugger is running, this determines whether +the panic message is sent to stderr or to a standard system dialog. +.PP \fBTcl_GetNameOfExecutable\fR simply returns a pointer to the internal full path name of the executable file as computed by \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR. This procedure call is the C API |