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diff --git a/doc/library.n b/doc/library.n index c7292e8..a760c04 100644 --- a/doc/library.n +++ b/doc/library.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: library.n,v 1.4 1998/09/14 18:39:53 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: library.n,v 1.5 1998/10/30 23:02:02 welch Exp $ .so man.macros .TH library n "8.0" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS @@ -238,17 +238,24 @@ any commands. \fBauto_path\fR If set, then it must contain a valid Tcl list giving directories to search during auto-load operations. +This variable is initialized during startup to contain, in order: +the directories listed in the TCLLIBPATH environment variable, +the directory named by the $tcl_library variable, +the parent directory of $tcl_library, +the directories listed in the $tcl_pkgPath variable. .TP \fBenv(TCL_LIBRARY)\fR If set, then it specifies the location of the directory containing -library scripts (the value of this variable will be returned by +library scripts (the value of this variable will be +assigned to the \fBtcl_library\fR variable and therefore returned by the command \fBinfo library\fR). If this variable isn't set then a default value is used. .TP \fBenv(TCLLIBPATH)\fR If set, then it must contain a valid Tcl list giving directories to search during auto-load operations. -This variable is only used if \fBauto_path\fR is not defined. +This variable is only used when +initializing the \fBauto_path\fR variable. .TP \fBtcl_nonwordchars\fR .VS |