Re: [Plplot-devel] tkwin.c is now split and I have also reorganized the linking on Linux

[Vince D. <vi...@sa...>]

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The other immediate remaining issue is what symlinks should be set up to
$prefix/lib/plplot5.1.0/drivers/tkwind_drv.so in the installed case.  I
believe that question is related to Tcl/Tk packaging issues and what
directories are searched by the load command for installed dll's.
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Retaining the tkwin_common.c split seems fine.  'load' will search
anything on your path, but, by and large all normal uses of 'load' specify
a full path, so it's not so much of an issue.  for easiest use with
tcl/tk, we will need to install something into the tcl/tk hierarchy so it
is automatically picked up by them.  We need to put a directory (called,
say, plplot5.1.0, but that doesn't matter too much) anywhere on Tcl's
auto_path, and put the pkgIndex.tcl (from bindings/tk-x-plat) into that
directory, together with appropriate information on where to find the .so
it will be loading (currently that pkgIndex.tcl assumes that everything it
is looking for will also be in that directory, since that is how things
are installed for a normal Tcl extension).

-- Vince

<http://www.santafe.edu/~vince>