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-rw-r--r--doc/clock.n13
-rw-r--r--doc/package.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/tcltest.n14
-rw-r--r--doc/tell.n2
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/clock.n b/doc/clock.n
index 889a5da..ac50e36 100644
--- a/doc/clock.n
+++ b/doc/clock.n
@@ -89,10 +89,9 @@ have 59 or 61 seconds.
.TP
\fIunit\fR
One of the words, \fBseconds\fR, \fBminutes\fR, \fBhours\fR,
-\fBdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR, or
-any unique prefix of such a word. Used in conjunction with \fIcount\fR
-to identify an interval of time, for example, \fI3 seconds\fR or
-\fI1 year\fR.
+\fBdays\fR, \fBweekdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR.
+Used in conjunction with \fIcount\fR to identify an interval of time,
+for example, \fI3 seconds\fR or \fI1 year\fR.
.SS "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB\-base\fR time
@@ -175,8 +174,7 @@ given as its first argument. The remaining arguments (other than the
possible \fB\-timezone\fR, \fB\-locale\fR and \fB\-gmt\fR options)
are integers and keywords in alternation, where the keywords are chosen
from \fBseconds\fR, \fBminutes\fR, \fBhours\fR,
-\fBdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR, or
-any unique prefix of such a word.
+\fBdays\fR, \fBweekdays\fR, \fBweeks\fR, \fBmonths\fR, or \fByears\fR.
.PP
Addition of seconds, minutes and hours is fairly straightforward;
the given time increment (times sixty for minutes, or 3600 for hours)
@@ -213,7 +211,8 @@ the given time to a calendar day and time of day in the appropriate
time zone and locale. The requisite number of days (weeks are converted
to days by multiplying by seven) is added to the calendar day, and
the date and time are then converted back to a count of seconds from
-the epoch time.
+the epoch time. The \fBweekdays\fR keyword is similar to \fBdays\fR,
+with the only difference that weekends - Saturdays and Sundays - are skipped.
.PP
Adding and subtracting a given number of days across the point that
the time changes at the start or end of summer time (Daylight Saving Time)
diff --git a/doc/package.n b/doc/package.n
index a6a972f..47b2aa6 100644
--- a/doc/package.n
+++ b/doc/package.n
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ error.
.PP
When an interpreter is created, its initial selection mode value is set to
.QW stable
-unless the environment variable \fBTCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST\fR
-is set. If that environment variable is defined (with any value) then
+unless the environment variable \fBTCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST\fR is set
+(to any value) or the Tcl package itself is unstable. Otherwise
the initial (and permanent) selection mode value is set to
.QW latest .
.RE
diff --git a/doc/tcltest.n b/doc/tcltest.n
index cedc763..05c1922 100644
--- a/doc/tcltest.n
+++ b/doc/tcltest.n
@@ -872,8 +872,8 @@ harness are doing.
.
Sets the type of output verbosity desired to \fIlevel\fR,
a list of zero or more of the elements \fBbody\fR, \fBpass\fR,
-\fBskip\fR, \fBstart\fR, \fBerror\fR and \fBline\fR. Default value
-is
+\fBskip\fR, \fBstart\fR, \fBerror\fR, \fBline\fR, \fBmsec\fR and \fBusec\fR.
+Default value is
.QW "\fBbody error\fR" .
Levels are defined as:
.RS
@@ -890,6 +890,16 @@ Print errorInfo and errorCode, if they exist, when a test return code
does not match its expected return code
.IP "line (\fBl\fR)"
Print source file line information of failed tests
+.IP "msec (\fBm\fR)"
+Print each test's execution time in milliseconds
+.IP "usec (\fBu\fR)"
+Print each test's execution time in microseconds
+.PP
+Note that the \fBmsec\fR and \fBusec\fR verbosity levels are provided as
+indicative measures only. They do not tackle the problem of repeatibility which
+should be considered in performance tests or benchmarks. To use these verbosity
+levels to thoroughly track performance degradations, consider wrapping your
+test bodies with \fBtime\fR commands.
.PP
The single letter abbreviations noted above are also recognized
so that
diff --git a/doc/tell.n b/doc/tell.n
index 1da240d..a56e9e3 100644
--- a/doc/tell.n
+++ b/doc/tell.n
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tell \- Return current access position for an open channel
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-Returns an integer string giving the current access position in
+Returns an integer giving the current access position in
\fIchannelId\fR. This value returned is a byte offset that can be passed to
\fBseek\fR in order to set the channel to a particular position. Note
that this value is in terms of bytes, not characters like \fBread\fR.