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diff --git a/doc/linsert.n b/doc/linsert.n index 7b85adb..9f37fcd 100644 --- a/doc/linsert.n +++ b/doc/linsert.n @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ '\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -'\" Copyright (c) 2001 Kevin B. Kenny. All rights reserved. +'\" Copyright (c) 2001 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>. All rights reserved. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. @@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ This command produces a new list from \fIlist\fR by inserting all of the \fIelement\fR arguments just before the \fIindex\fR'th element of \fIlist\fR. Each \fIelement\fR argument will become a separate element of the new list. If \fIindex\fR is less than or equal to zero, then the new -elements are inserted at the beginning of the list. If \fIindex\fR has the -value \fBend\fR, or if it is greater than or equal to the number of -elements in the list, then the new elements are appended to the list. -\fBend\-\fIinteger\fR refers to the last element in the list minus the -specified integer offset. +elements are inserted at the beginning of the list. +.VS 8.5 +The interpretation of the \fIindex\fR value is the same as +for the command \fBstring index\fR, supporting simple index +arithmetic and indices relative to the end of the list. +.VE .SH EXAMPLE Putting some values into a list, first indexing from the start and then indexing from the end, and then chaining them together: @@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ set newerList [\fBlinsert\fR [\fBlinsert\fR $oldList end-1 quick] 1 lazy] .CE .SH "SEE ALSO" -.VS 8.4 list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), llength(n), lsearch(n), -lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n) +lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n), +.VS 8.5 +string(n) .VE .SH KEYWORDS |