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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: 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