Re: [MACTCL] make embedded -- no console?

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

On 9/6/09 10:04 AM, Kevan Hashemi wrote:
> Dear Kevin,
>
>> To get a true standalone Wish, you need to run "make
>> install-embedded"--instructions are here:
>>
>> http://wiki.tcl.tk/12987
>
> These instructions say "make embedded" and then "make install-embedded".
> The addition of "install-embedded" does not help me.
>
> I think I failed to make myself clear in my first letter. I'm asking why
> things are different in 8.5.7 from the way they were in 8.5a4 and in 8.4.
>
> I can compile a stand-alone wish.app from 8.5a4 sources with the
> following lines.
>
> ver="8.5a4"
> make -C tcl${ver}/macosx embedded
> make -C tk${ver}/macosx embedded
>
> My directory structure will then look like this:
>
> 8.5a4
> tcl8.5a4
> tk8.5a4
> build
> tcl
> tk
> wish.app
> wish8.5
>
> If I double-click on wish.app, I get a console window and the main
> graphics window. If I run wish8.5 from the terminal, I get the graphics
> window and the terminal becomes the TCL console. The same lines, with
> {ver} set differently, create wish.app for 8.4.11, .12, and .13.
>
> When I apply these steps to 8.5.7, I get the same structure. The wish8.5
> works fine, but wish.app does not. It will not open the console, nor can
> I force it to open the console with an AppMain.tcl script.
>
> There appears to have been a change in the build instructions since
> 8.5a4. What was that change, and why was it made?
>

I don't think there were any changes, and I still don't think you're 
doing it right.

I build the standalone embedded with these flags:

  make -C tcl${ver}/macosx install-embedded INSTALL_ROOT=`pwd`/embedded/
  make -C tk${ver}/macosx  install-embedded INSTALL_ROOT=`pwd`/embedded/

This creates a separate directory from "build" called "embedded." That 
directory tree looks like this:

embedded
    /Applications
        /Utilities
	    /Wish.app

Run this build of Wish, and you should see the console. If that doesn't 
work for you, I don't have any other advice.

--Kevin



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