[MACTCL] My open-source Tcl/Tk packages

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

Hi all,

It has occurred to me that many folks may not be aware of all the 
open-source packages for Mac OS X that I've developed: I had lost track 
of them myself, to be honest. :-) All of them are ones I've used in my 
own apps at one point or another, mostly (but not always) to improve the 
integration of my apps with OS X, and many are still currently in use. I 
wanted just to provide a brief reference to the packages' landing pages, 
as well as a few other resources for optimizing Tk apps for OS X.

The main site is http://opensource.codebykevin.com.

Mac-native, Cocoa-based Tk extensions for OS X: 
http://opensource.codebykevin.com/native.html

This is the richest resource. At this page I have native, i.e. requiring 
compilation, compilations for integrating with various aspects of Mac 
apps: printing, sheet and drawer windows, Quicklook, the Growl 
notification system, the Dock and dock icons, native toolbars, the Cocoa 
Services API, the native fullscreen API, and more. These are packages 
that I have previously or currently use actively, and am willing to 
support in terms of documentation and updates. (I have a few other 
packages in SVN at SourceForge that, while open-source, would be 
essentially unsupported.)

Open-source script packages to improve the look and feel of Tk apps on 
the Mac: http://opensource.codebykevin.com/oss.html

These provide various script-level packages for optimizing Mac apps; 
some are convenience wrappers for core Tk functions, such as 
implementing a "window" menu, and others are essentially canned packages 
of configuration options to make Tk apps look a bit more native.

In addition to the code, I also have some useful documentation:

Tutorial on packaging Tcl/Tk applications on OS X: 
http://opensource.codebykevin.com/tutorial.html

An overview of a few different options to deploy a Tcl/Tk app on the 
Mac, including starpacks and native app bundles.

Tutorial on preparing Tcl/Tk apps for the Mac App Store: 
http://opensource.codebykevin.com/app-store.html

An overview of deploying commercial and OSS Tcl/Tk apps in the Mac App 
Store.

I hope these are useful to folks. Let me know if you have questions or 
comments!

Best,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin/Mobile Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com
http://www.wtmobilesoftware.com