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diff --git a/doc/tclvars.n b/doc/tclvars.n index 1976c9d..fed83cd 100644 --- a/doc/tclvars.n +++ b/doc/tclvars.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: tclvars.n,v 1.4 1999/05/14 23:22:18 surles Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tclvars.n,v 1.5 1999/08/05 16:56:31 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH tclvars n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -219,20 +219,20 @@ command. .TP \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR This variable holds a list of directories indicating where packages are -normally installed. It typically contains either one or two entries; -if it contains two entries, the first is normally a directory for -platform-dependent packages (e.g., shared library binaries) and the -second is normally a directory for platform-independent packages (e.g., -script files). Typically a package is installed as a subdirectory of one -of the entries in \fB$tcl_pkgPath\fR. The directories in -\fB$tcl_pkgPath\fR are included by default in the \fBauto_path\fR +normally installed. It is not used on Windows. It typically contains +either one or two entries; if it contains two entries, the first is +normally a directory for platform-dependent packages (e.g., shared library +binaries) and the second is normally a directory for platform-independent +packages (e.g., script files). Typically a package is installed as a +subdirectory of one of the entries in \fB$tcl_pkgPath\fR. The directories +in \fB$tcl_pkgPath\fR are included by default in the \fBauto_path\fR variable, so they and their immediate subdirectories are automatically searched for packages during \fBpackage require\fR commands. Note: -\fBtcl_pkgPath\fR it not intended to be modified by the application. -Its value is added to \fBauto_path\fR at startup; changes to -\fBtcl_pkgPath\fR are not reflected in \fBauto_path\fR. If you -want Tcl to search additional directories for packages you should add -the names of those directories to \fBauto_path\fR, not \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR. +\fBtcl_pkgPath\fR it not intended to be modified by the application. Its +value is added to \fBauto_path\fR at startup; changes to \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR +are not reflected in \fBauto_path\fR. If you want Tcl to search additional +directories for packages you should add the names of those directories to +\fBauto_path\fR, not \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR. .VE .TP \fBtcl_platform\fR |