Re: [tcljava-dev] PATCH: Jacl

[Tom P. <tpo...@ny...>]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 02:39:54PM -0800, Mo DeJong wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:06:28 -0600
> Tom Poindexter <tpo...@ny...> wrote:
> 
> > Here are some patches to Jacl
> 
> > 3. jaclsh: sets 'jacl.tcllibpath' property so that init.tcl can add the 
> >    installed lib path to auto_path.
> 
> Tom, could you explain why this patch is needed, in ChangeLog format?

Without it, Jacl doesn't have a standard directory from which to 
load external packages, e.g., without patch:
	% set auto_path
	resource:/tcl/lang/library

with:
	% set auto_path
	resource:/tcl/lang/library /usr/local/lib/tcljava1.3.0


This is sort of like TCL_LIBRARY in C based Tcl, but doesn't allow overriding
init.tcl as easily.  I want a standard place to put Jacl packages like my
Hyde and proposed jacllib without requiring each Jacl script lappend'ing
to auto_path.


In ChangeLog format:

	
	*  src/jacl/tcl/lang/library/init.tcl:  Append to auto_path
	the value of property jacl.tcllibpath.  This allows Jacl to have
	a standard library directory outside of the internal jar
	resources.
	

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Tom Poindexter
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