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diff --git a/doc/bgerror.n b/doc/bgerror.n index 648bbc3..c20e8a0 100644 --- a/doc/bgerror.n +++ b/doc/bgerror.n @@ -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: bgerror.n,v 1.7 2004/11/12 23:27:58 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: bgerror.n,v 1.8 2004/11/13 00:19:05 dgp Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH bgerror n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ bgerror \- Command invoked to process background errors .BE .SH DESCRIPTION +.VS 8.5 +Release 8.5 of Tcl supports the \fBinterp bgerror\fR command, +which allows applications to register in an interpreter the command +that will handle background errors in that interpreter. In older +releases of Tcl, this level of control was not available, and applications +could control the handling of background errors only by creating +a command with the particular command name \fBbgerror\fR in the +global namespace of an interpreter. The following documentation +describes the interface requirements of the \fBbgerror\fR command +an application might define to retain compatibility with pre-8.5 +releases of Tcl. Applications intending to support only +Tcl releases 8.5 and later should simply make use of \fBinterp bgerror\fR. +.VE 8.5 .PP The \fBbgerror\fR command doesn't exist as built-in part of Tcl. Instead, individual applications or users can define a \fBbgerror\fR |