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+<!--
+
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+
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+
+-->
+
+<para>
+
+This appendix contains descriptions of all of the
+construction variables that are <emphasis>potentially</emphasis>
+available "out of the box" in this version of SCons.
+Whether or not setting a construction variable
+in a construction environment
+will actually have an effect depends on
+whether any of the Tools and/or Builders
+that use the variable have been
+included in the construction environment.
+
+</para>
+
+<para>
+
+In this appendix, we have
+appended the initial <envar>$</envar>
+(dollar sign) to the beginning of each
+variable name when it appears in the text,
+but left off the dollar sign
+in the left-hand column
+where the name appears for each entry.
+
+</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+&variables-gen;
+
+</variablelist>