RE: [MACTCL] resources and environment variables

[macnerd <ma...@re...>]

I was taking a look at MacPerl, and in their preferences, they
maintain preferences for Libraries, Environment variables.

However, I thought of something better, and I wanted to see
what people think.  How about creating a tool, or modifying
Internet Config, that will maintain Library and Environment
variables for all programs that would ike to use a similar
facility.

All script environments and other programs can plug-in to
this interface and share environment variables.  This is 
similar to how Internet Config is used amongst internet
applications.  I would recomend adding a tab for Environment
variables for Internet Config, as this was originally
open source anyhow.

As for paramateres and STDIN, this can be done either 
through supporting standard apple events.  We can get
other scripts to support these apple events as well, 
so that way one program can pipe to another.

I would be curious is MPW supports some sort of 
facility for this.  I will look into MPW.  As MPW
supports tools and a CLI environment, I wonder if 
they support high level AppleEvents to call a tool
and pass parameters or pipe STDIN.  If MPW does, 
we can simply support the same type of AppleEvents
to have consistancy and get other groups to buy
into this.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tcl...@li...
> [mailto:tcl...@li...]On Behalf Of Andreas Otto
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:23 AM
> To: tc...@li...
> Subject: [MACTCL] resources and environment variables
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  to get "Compiler" working on MacOs 9.1 some environment variables
>  are necessary.
> 
>  example COMPILER_HOME
> 
>  this points to the installation Folder of the "Compiler"
> 
>  in Tcl you can do "set env(COMPILER_HOME) ...."
> 
>  thats ok.
> 
>  My idea is setting a TEXT resourse to the Tcl
>  executable
> 
>  like it was done with the "tclshrc" resource for
>  every tcl like application and put the value
>  of "COMPILER_HOME" into the resource
> 
>  1) is this possible ?
>  2) can I patch a new value into the application resource
>      without breaking the executable using some kind of
>      Filter technology
> 
>      I use this technology called "active patching" on
>      UNIX and WIN very successful and I think this
>      would work for Mac too
> 
> 
> 
> 
> mfg
> 
>   aotto :)
> 
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