[TCLCORE] Re: TIP #216: Handling Command-Line Options in Tclsh and Wish

[Benjamin R. <Ben...@ep...>]

Hi Arjen,


Arjen Markus <arj...@wl...> writes:
> I love tkcon but if I start it from the Windows Start menu, then I
> have to move to the directory holding my script first and then
> source it (under UNIX/Linux this is of course less of a problem).

That seems like a different and more fundamental problem, and at first
sight much more interesting to have solved.  Others have suggested a
search path for scripts before, I think.

Another option might be a way to just call a package from the command
line.  Something like how Java works, where you specify a class and
the main() function of that class is called automatically.

> I do not like that. Creating batch files to invoke tkcon has other
> disadvantages:
>
> - The need to put some batch file somewhere in the path

I don't see that problem?  On Unix/Linux you would have to have tkcon
and/or your script somewhere in the path, no essential difference
there.

> - The fact that a DOS box appears and disappears (or not)

??  In which situation?  With shortcuts you can just put wish.exe plus
parameters into your shortcut, you don't need a batch.  With
command-line usage, no additional console will appear.


benny