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diff --git a/doc/tclvars.n b/doc/tclvars.n index 44a8e11..adefe40 100644 --- a/doc/tclvars.n +++ b/doc/tclvars.n @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ '\" '\" 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 tclvars n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME -argc, argv, argv0, auto_path, env, errorCode, errorInfo, tcl_interactive, tcl_library, tcl_nonwordchars, tcl_patchLevel, tcl_pkgPath, tcl_platform, tcl_precision, tcl_rcFileName, tcl_traceCompile, tcl_traceEval, tcl_wordchars, tcl_version \- Variables used by Tcl +argc, argv, argv0, auto_path, env, errorCode, errorInfo, tcl_interactive, tcl_library, tcl_nonwordchars, tcl_patchLevel, tcl_pkgPath, tcl_platform, tcl_precision, tcl_rcFileName, tcl_traceCompile, tcl_traceExec, tcl_wordchars, tcl_version \- Variables used by Tcl .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Note that this environment variable should \fInot\fR normally be set. \fBenv(TCLLIBPATH)\fR . If set, then it must contain a valid Tcl list giving directories to -search during auto-load operations. Directories must be specified in +search during auto-load operations. Directories must be specified in Tcl format, using .QW / as the path separator, regardless of platform. @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ nested Tcl commands that had been invoked at the time of the error. This variable holds the name of a directory containing the system library of Tcl scripts, such as those used for auto-loading. The value of this variable is returned by the \fBinfo library\fR command. -See the \fBlibrary\fR manual entry for details of the facilities +See the \fBlibrary\fR manual entry for details of the facilities provided by the Tcl script library. Normally each application or package will have its own application-specific script library in addition to the Tcl script library; @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ predefined elements are: \fBbyteOrder\fR . The native byte order of this machine: either \fBlittleEndian\fR or -\fBbigEndian\fR. +\fBbigEndian\fR. .TP \fBdebug\fR . @@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ so extension writers can specify which package to load depending on the C run-time library that is in use. This is not an indication that this core contains symbols. .TP +\fBengine\fR +. +The name of the Tcl language implementation. When the interpreter is first +created, this is always set to the string \fBTcl\fR. +.TP \fBmachine\fR . The instruction set executed by this machine, such as @@ -308,18 +313,13 @@ is the value returned by \fBuname -m\fR. \fBos\fR . The name of the operating system running on this machine, -such as \fBWindows 95\fR, \fBWindows NT\fR, or \fBSunOS\fR. +such as \fBWindows NT\fR or \fBSunOS\fR. On UNIX machines, this is the value returned by \fBuname -s\fR. -On Windows 95 and Windows 98, the value returned will be \fBWindows -95\fR to provide better backwards compatibility to Windows 95; to -distinguish between the two, check the \fBosVersion\fR. .TP \fBosVersion\fR . The version number for the operating system running on this machine. -On UNIX machines, this is the value returned by \fBuname -r\fR. On -Windows 95, the version will be 4.0; on Windows 98, the version will -be 4.10. +On UNIX machines, this is the value returned by \fBuname -r\fR. .TP \fBpathSeparator\fR .VS 8.6 @@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ was compiled with threads enabled. . This identifies the current user based on the login information available on the platform. -This comes from the USER or LOGNAME environment variable on Unix, -and the value from GetUserName on Windows. +This value comes from the getuid() and getpwuid() system calls on Unix, +and the value from the GetUserName() system call on Windows. .TP \fBwordSize\fR . @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ binary number. .PP .RS If \fBtcl_precision\fR is not zero, then when Tcl converts a floating -point number, it creates a decimal representation of at most +point number, it creates a decimal representation of at most \fBtcl_precision\fR significant digits; the result may be shorter if the shorter result represents the original number exactly. If no result of at most \fBtcl_precision\fR digits is an exact representation |