Re: [MACTCL] tkConfig.sh

[Jim I. <ji...@ap...>]

Marc-Antoine,

There is a little more work than just providing the tkConfig.sh.  The 
tclConfig.sh file actually is in the framework (in Headers) but it 
doesn't work for the Framework structure yet, as opposed to the standard 
Unix distro.

I need to figure out what has to be changed both in the *Config.sh 
files, and maybe in the Header files (they may have to use framework 
include notation internally) to get this to all work.  I am looking into 
this now (I also have to take all my current changes and make TIP's for 
them, and try to get them accepted for the 8.4 release, however, and I 
have a day job, so any help here would be gladly accepted)...

So if you want to take a stab at this yourself, that would be fine.  I 
suggest first just hand editing the tclConfig.sh & tkConfig.sh  and 
manually inserting them in the headers directory of the framework, 
untill they work for you.  There is a tclConfig.sh already which almost 
works, but I don't use the Unix configure for Tk so there is no 
tkConfig.sh.  You will have to edit tkConfig.sh.in from tk/generic in 
the source tree.  Then when you get something that works, look at what 
we need to do to auto-generate that in the build.

Once we know this, then the next step is to do this in a way that will 
be easy for other extension developers to adopt.

This is what I am planning to do, but I for sure won't get to it before 
the weekend.  So, if someone figures it out before me, I will be very 
happy...

As to what will happen with Tcl/Tk in the MacOS X distribution, I really 
can't say anything about that at present, sorry...

Jim

On Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 09:57  PM, Marc-Antoine Parent wrote:

> Good day, all!
> I have been trying to configure a project (Mozart) to link with the new 
> Tk/Aqua framework (Why not codename it AquaTik? ;-)
> (Thanks a lot for fine work, BTW)
> I like the fact that it's a framework and uses the -framework compiler 
> flag, but Mozart's configure script expects to find this information in 
> tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh. These files are not (yet) in the 
> framework. Do you agree that they should be added? (perhaps in the 
> Scripts directory of the framework, or one above...)
>
> If you think it should be done and want me to make  first attempt, I 
> may do so, but I do not know the Tcl/Tk codebase at all.
>
> Also, do you expect this to become mainstream in the Mac OS X 
> distribution? And does that mean that the /System/Library/Tcl bundle 
> will be replaced by the framework? (Again, I approve, but I'm trying to 
> see where things are going.)
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Marc-Antoine Parent
>
>
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