Index: doc/StdChannels.3
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RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/doc/StdChannels.3,v
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diff -u -r1.3 StdChannels.3
--- doc/StdChannels.3	2001/09/10 23:33:24	1.3
+++ doc/StdChannels.3	2001/09/14 00:13:00
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@
 .sp
 .RS
 In case of missing platform-specific standard channels, the Tcl
-standard channels are considered as initialized and then immediately
-closed. This means that the first three Tcl channels then opened by
-the application are designated as the Tcl standard channels.
+standard channels stay uninitialized and the system will not try to
+designate newly opened channels as the Tcl standard channels. An
+application running in an environment with missing platform-specific
+standard channels but requiring tcl standard channels has to
+initialize them explicitly. This has to be done from the C-level.
 .RE
 .TP
 3)
@@ -80,12 +82,12 @@
 platform-specific default values when a user-requested channel is
 registered with \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
 .sp
-In case of unavailable platform-specific standard channels the channel
-whose creation caused the initialization of the Tcl standard channels
-is made a normal channel.  The next three Tcl channels opened by the
-application are designated as the Tcl standard channels.  In other
-words, of the first four Tcl channels opened by the application the
-second to fourth are designated as the Tcl standard channels.
+In case of unavailable platform-specific standard channels Tcl
+standard channels stay uninitialized and the system will not try to
+designate newly opened channels as the Tcl standard channels. An
+application running in an environment with missing platform-specific
+standard channels but requiring tcl standard channels has to
+initialize them explicitly. This has to be done from the C-level.
 .PP
 .SH Re-initialization of Tcl standard channels
 .PP
