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@@ -61,10 +61,18 @@ on how the alias mechanism works.
A qualified interpreter name is a proper Tcl lists containing a subset of its
ancestors in the interpreter hierarchy, terminated by the string naming the
interpreter in its immediate master. Interpreter names are relative to the
-interpreter in which they are used. For example, if \fBa\fR is a slave of
-the current interpreter and it has a slave \fBa1\fR, which in turn has a
-slave \fBa11\fR, the qualified name of \fBa11\fR in \fBa\fR is the list
-\fBa1 a11\fR.
+interpreter in which they are used. For example, if
+.QW \fBa\fR
+is a slave of the current interpreter and it has a slave
+.QW \fBa1\fR ,
+which in turn has a slave
+.QW \fBa11\fR ,
+the qualified name of
+.QW \fBa11\fR
+in
+.QW \fBa\fR
+is the list
+.QW "\fBa1 a11\fR" .
.PP
The \fBinterp\fR command, described below, accepts qualified interpreter
names as arguments; the interpreter in which the command is being evaluated
@@ -108,10 +116,12 @@ invoking the command.
interpreter. For example,
.QW "\fBa b\fR"
identifies an interpreter
-\fBb\fR, which is a slave of interpreter \fBa\fR, which is a slave
-of the invoking interpreter. An empty list specifies the interpreter
-invoking the command. \fIsrcCmd\fR gives the name of a new
-command, which will be created in the source interpreter.
+.QW \fBb\fR ,
+which is a slave of interpreter
+.QW \fBa\fR ,
+which is a slave of the invoking interpreter. An empty list specifies
+the interpreter invoking the command. \fIsrcCmd\fR gives the name of
+a new command, which will be created in the source interpreter.
\fITargetPath\fR and \fItargetCmd\fR specify a target interpreter
and command, and the \fIarg\fR arguments, if any, specify additional
arguments to \fItargetCmd\fR which are prepended to any arguments specified
@@ -194,8 +204,8 @@ and the current setting is returned.
This only effects the output of \fBinfo frame\fR, in that exact
frame-level information for command invocation at the bytecode level
is only captured with this setting on.
-.PP
.RS
+.PP
For example, with code like
.PP
.CS
@@ -332,7 +342,7 @@ already trusted.
Returns the maximum allowable nesting depth for the interpreter
specified by \fIpath\fR. If \fInewlimit\fR is specified,
the interpreter recursion limit will be set so that nesting
-of more than \fInewlimit\fR calls to \fBTcl_Eval()\fR
+of more than \fInewlimit\fR calls to \fBTcl_Eval\fR
and related procedures in that interpreter will return an error.
The \fInewlimit\fR value is also returned.
The \fInewlimit\fR value must be a positive integer between 1 and the