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diff --git a/doc/globals.rdoc b/doc/globals.rdoc index 379acea7cf..f4cfd35ef6 100644 --- a/doc/globals.rdoc +++ b/doc/globals.rdoc @@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ $LOAD_PATH:: The alias to the $:. $stderr:: The current standard error output. $stdin:: The current standard input. $stdout:: The current standard output. -$VERBOSE:: The verbose flag, which is set by the -v switch. +$VERBOSE:: The verbose flag, which is set by the -w or -v switch. Setting + this to a true value enables warnings as if -w or -v were given + on the command line. Setting this to nil disables warnings, + including from Kernel#warn. $-0:: The alias to $/. $-a:: True if option -a is set. Read-only variable. $-d:: The alias to $DEBUG. @@ -40,8 +43,8 @@ $-i:: In in-place-edit mode, this variable holds the extension, otherwise nil. $-I:: The alias to $:. $-l:: True if option -l is set. Read-only variable. $-p:: True if option -p is set. Read-only variable. -$-v:: The alias to $VERBOSE. -$-w:: True if option -w is set. +$-v:: An alias of $VERBOSE. See $VERBOSE above for further discussion. +$-w:: An alias of $VERBOSE. See $VERBOSE above for further discussion. == Pre-defined global constants |