[tcltk-perl] packaging Tcl::Tk and Tcl/Tk files within Perl installation

[Vadim K. <va...@vk...>]

I developed small Perl script that aims in Tcl/Tk build process for
creation of Tcl/Tk being used from Perl's Tcl::Tk modules only.

All steps are very very first preliminary and only work on Win32.

However following currently works:

 - after Tcl, Tk, trf, memchan, vfs built, they could be linked with
   Tcl.xs we get single Tcl.dll, (otherwise Perl's Tcl.dll calls
   Tcl/Tk's tcl84.dll and tk84.dll)
 - "tcl-scripts.zip" created during build
 - all related *.tcl scripts being used from "tcl-scripts.zip" archive
   directly using Tcl's vfs::zip vrtual FS.

Following are not currently working but expect those really soon
(after weekend)

 - tk.res not linked with Tcl.dll but it should
 - process requires Compress::Zlib static lib behind the scenes
 - non-Win32
 - Tcl/Tk versions other than 8.4.7


Alternatively, it is quite possible to create distribution without any
compressing/zip tricks, so using all Tcl/Tk without trf, memchan, vfs.
This will be easier and not harder.

When all will be settled, I suppose creating CPAN distribution with
names like

 TclTk-zpackaged   - Tcl/Tk+Tix+some others, trf, memchan, vfs and Tcl
                    scripts zipped
 TclTk-packaged    - same but no zipping

I like first one much better than second.

I placed my "build area" with mentioned script at
  www.vkonovalov.ru/tcltk-misc
File tcltk-packaged.zip contains current build tree.

All things are not settled, and after a week or two things will
stabilize much more, so people who do not have enough time to look
into broken scripts should wait a bit. On the contrary, those who want
help things to grow in a sane way, should speak early.


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Best regards,
 Vadim