Re: [MACTCL] Making a Tk app scriptable via AppleScript

[Kevin W. <kw...@co...>]

On 8/15/09 2:08 PM, Philip Aker wrote:
> On 2009-08-15, at 07:01:53, Kevin Walzer wrote:
>
>>> ... It is implemented in this example
>>> <http://www.vcn.bc.ca/~philip/Wishbone.zip>. It includes the frameworks
>>> necessary for the test application to run and example scripts. The new
>>> implementation also includes a means to create custom commands and
>>> instructions on how to do so.
>
>> I had three quick questions:
>
>> 1. Were your changes built/tested against Tk CVS HEAD, i.e. the
>> Cocoa-based build?
>
> I compiled them against the 8.7.5 source release. I wouldn't know what a
> Tk CVS HEAD looks like even if it was sitting next to me at lunch. My
> plan is first to submit an update to the tkMacOSXHLEvents.c file that
> will take care of the problems noted. In that update, I will re-arrange
> things so that the two exported functions will be moved to the end of
> the file. Then in a second submission, I will simply append the new
> implementation to the end of tkMacOSXHLEvents.c. It will replace the two
> exported functions and work such that if the new proc names in the
> ::AppleEvent namespace can't be found, then the old ones will be used.
> Hopefully, the appending approach will be the easiest way for anyone
> using a 'diff' utility to avoid a spaghetti type of changes readout.

To build CVS head (which is the bleeding edge of development), see the 
instructions at http://tcl.sourceforge.net/. Check on "CVS Tree" for 
both Tcl and Tk.

>
>
>> 2. Are these changes compatible with 64-bit?
>
> The new portions I will submit are. Whether or not they would have to be
> further adapted to be usable in TkCocoa I'm not sure. While there is a
> Cocoa means to use the traditional AppleEvent style handlers, I don't
> know if it's been implemented. I'm not able to compile the TkCocoa
> project because it requires a 10.6 Xcode.

Do you mean 10.5? 10.6 isn't out yet...


> I'd appreciate it if you can tell me the formal channel where these
> kinds of submissions are supposed to go. Although I've done a lot of
> work with AppleEvents and Tcl in my OSA Components since 2002, I haven't
> really had the need to ask/submit changes because I only use a
> customized tclAppInit.c and Tcl_Main() to interface with Tcl at that level.

See https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12997...

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Kevin Walzer
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