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@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ set to NULL.
.PP
If a non-NULL value for \fIchannel\fR is passed to \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR,
then that same value should be passed to \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR, like so:
+.PP
.CS
Tcl_RegisterChannel(NULL, channel);
.CE
+.PP
This is a workaround for a misfeature in \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR that it
fails to do some reference counting housekeeping. This misfeature cannot
be corrected without contradicting the assumptions of some existing
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ assigned starting with standard input, followed by standard output, with
standard error being last.
.PP
See \fBTcl_StandardChannels\fR for a general treatise about standard
-channels and the behaviour of the Tcl library with regard to them.
+channels and the behavior of the Tcl library with regard to them.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Tcl_Close(3), Tcl_CreateChannel(3), Tcl_Main(3), tclsh(1)