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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: namespace.n,v 1.39 2009/12/27 22:06:12 dkf Exp $
-'\"
.so man.macros
.TH namespace n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
@@ -780,7 +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