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[tcljava-dev] What does one need to know to make the transition from C Tcl/Tk to Jacl?

[Larry W. V. <lv...@ca...>]

If one has non-technical users who are used to coding small Tcl/Tk scripts
to interact with the C Tcl interpreters embedded in their apps, what
are the kinds of changes they will need to be taught for interacting with
a Java app which instantiates via Jacl an interpreter?

Does anyone know of any freely distributable Java apps that make use of
Jacl?
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Re: [tcljava-dev] What does one need to know to make the transition from C Tcl/Tk to Jacl?

[Mo D. <md...@un...>]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:50:20 -0400 (EDT)
"Larry W. Virden" <lv...@ca...> wrote:

> If one has non-technical users who are used to coding small Tcl/Tk scripts
> to interact with the C Tcl interpreters embedded in their apps, what
> are the kinds of changes they will need to be taught for interacting with
> a Java app which instantiates via Jacl an interpreter?

There is a file that lists API diffs.

tcljava/diffs.txt

The short answer is that fileevent does not work in Jacl and exec can be a little
tricky, but other than that things should work exactly the same.

Mo

Re: [tcljava-dev] What does one need to know to make the transition from C Tcl/Tk to Jacl?

[Larry W. V. <lv...@ca...>]

From: Mo DeJong <md...@un...>

> There is a file that lists API diffs.
> 
> tcljava/diffs.txt

What about the Tcl commands not listed in diffs.txt ?

I've still not got jacl working, or I could test this stuff out myself.

Comparing the diffs.txt information with my C Tcl distribution, I don't
see a mention of 
array
encoding
error
lset
memory
msgcat
parray
pkg::create
resource

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Larry W. Virden <mailto:lv...@ca...> <URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/>
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be construed as representing my employer's opinions.
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Re: [tcljava-dev] What does one need to know to make the transition from C Tcl/Tk to Jacl?

[Mo D. <md...@un...>]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:19:54 -0400 (EDT)
"Larry W. Virden" <lv...@ca...> wrote:

> From: Mo DeJong <md...@un...>
> 
> > There is a file that lists API diffs.
> > 
> > tcljava/diffs.txt
> 
> What about the Tcl commands not listed in diffs.txt ?

Likely an oversight.

> I've still not got jacl working, or I could test this stuff out myself.
> 
> Comparing the diffs.txt information with my C Tcl distribution, I don't
> see a mention of 
> array
> encoding
> error
> lset
> memory
> msgcat
> parray
> pkg::create
> resource

The array, encoding, error, and parray commands should work just fine. The others
are not implemented. Feel free to submit a patch for the diffs.txt file that updates
the listing of commands that are and are not implemented.

Mo