Please look at OTcl's documentation (~otcl/doc in distribution). - Haobo On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Dapeng Wu wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm wondering if anyone can explain the meaning of "$self" and > "instvar" in the following tcl script (in anim-ctrl.tcl): > > $self instvar NAM_PORT_ NAM_SOCK_ > > Thank you for your help. > > Dapeng >