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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH namespace n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ This command is the complement of the \fBnamespace qualifiers\fR command.
It does not check whether the namespace names are, in fact,
the names of currently defined namespaces.
.TP
-\fBnamespace upvar\fR \fInamespace\fR ?\fIotherVar myVar \fR...
+\fBnamespace upvar\fR \fInamespace\fR ?\fIotherVar myVar \fR...?
.
This command arranges for zero or more local variables in the current
procedure to refer to variables in \fInamespace\fR. The namespace name is
@@ -778,7 +778,10 @@ When non-empty, this option supplies a dictionary that provides a
mapping from subcommand names to a list of prefix words to substitute
in place of the ensemble command and subcommand words (in a manner
similar to an alias created with \fBinterp alias\fR; the words are not
-reparsed after substitution). When this option is empty, the mapping
+reparsed after substitution); if the first word of any target is not
+fully qualified when set, it is assumed to be relative to the
+\fIcurrent\fR namespace and changed to be exactly that (that is, it is
+always fully qualified when read). When this option is empty, the mapping
will be from the local name of the subcommand to its fully-qualified
name. Note that when this option is non-empty and the
\fB\-subcommands\fR option is empty, the ensemble subcommand names