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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/library.n b/doc/library.n index 2413692..98dcb35 100644 --- a/doc/library.n +++ b/doc/library.n @@ -262,13 +262,17 @@ If set to any value, then \fBunknown\fR will not attempt to auto-load any commands. .TP \fBauto_path\fR +. If set, then it must contain a valid Tcl list giving directories to -search during auto-load operations. +search during auto-load operations (including for package index +files when using the default \fBpackage unknown\fR handler). This variable is initialized during startup to contain, in order: the directories listed in the \fBTCLLIBPATH\fR environment variable, -the directory named by the \fBtcl_library\fR variable, +the directory named by the \fBtcl_library\fR global variable, the parent directory of \fBtcl_library\fR, the directories listed in the \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR variable. +Additional locations to look for files and package indices should +normally be added to this variable using \fBlappend\fR. .TP \fBenv(TCL_LIBRARY)\fR If set, then it specifies the location of the directory containing @@ -306,7 +310,7 @@ considered to be a word character. On Windows platforms, words are comprised of any character that is not a space, tab, or newline. Under Unix, words are comprised of numbers, letters or underscores. .SH "SEE ALSO" -info(n), re_syntax(n), tclvars(n) +env(n), info(n), re_syntax(n) .SH KEYWORDS auto-exec, auto-load, library, unknown, word, whitespace '\"Local Variables: |