RFC: New Tcl on Windows FAQ

APN

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Apr 22, 2012, 2:08:54 AM4/22/12

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There is a draft of a new Tcl on Windows FAQ at
http://www.magicsplat.com/tclwinfaq.html

Please comment at http://wiki.tcl.tk/36491 (preferable) or in this
newsgroup.

/Ashok

oc_forums

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Apr 22, 2012, 2:29:27 PM4/22/12

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Very practical FAQ, is it based on Tcl/Tk 8.6 ?
I'm just eager to read "2.2 What are starpacks, starkits, tclkits?" paragraph.

It could be an endless discussion, but for Windows users I would have added :

(2.1) WinTclTk ( binaries) thttp://sourceforge.net/projects/wintcltk/

(2.2) Freewrap : http://freewrap.sourceforge.net/

(14.?) Tklib extension.

PS: and yes, your extension is the only active COM extension . .. Thanks for your work Ashok.

Yaroslav Schekin

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Apr 23, 2012, 12:51:51 AM4/23/12

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On Apr 22, 9:08 am, APN <palm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There is a draft of a new Tcl on Windows FAQ athttp://www.magicsplat.com/tclwinfaq.html
>

> Please comment athttp://wiki.tcl.tk/36491(preferable) or in this
> newsgroup.
>
> /Ashok
In:
5.3 How can I start the application associated with a document or
URL?
Examples are wrong, result is:
couldn't execute "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe \c start": no such file
or directory

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Alexandre Ferrieux

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Apr 23, 2012, 3:57:27 AM4/23/12

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Right, [eval] or expand-fu should be applied there ;)

% eval exec [auto_execok start] myfile.doc
% exec {*}[auto_execok start] myfile.doc ;# 8.5+

-Alex

arjenmarkus

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Apr 23, 2012, 4:07:47 AM4/23/12

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Hi Ashok,

here are a few typos I noticed:
3.8: "true event" should be "true even"
5.4: "componse" should be "compose"
6.3: the second line falls off my print-out - it is too wide
6.4: starting the event loop is not shown in the sample session
7.5: "Line 2 the" should be "Line 2 of the"
12.4: "See that that" should be "See that"

6.5, 8.6, 9.4: TBW missing

Here are just a few suggestions:
3.2: Perhaps add a session with wish showing that you can create
a (simple) GUI interactively.
3.6: Perhaps a short explanation of the BAT and Tcl magic?
5.2: Mention fileevent (and chan event) as a way to work with
processes in the background
6: Mention the use of / versus \ in path names
8.6: Mention SQLite and other datbase extensions (even though they
are not typical for Windows)
14: Mention JTcl and Jim

Regards,

Arjen

e kartheeka

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Apr 23, 2012, 6:33:30 AM4/23/12

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http://indiasolo.com/46/king004/

Gerard Sookahet

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Apr 23, 2012, 2:45:53 PM4/23/12

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On 22 avr, 08:08, APN <palm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There is a draft of a new Tcl on Windows FAQ athttp://www.magicsplat.com/tclwinfaq.html
>

> Please comment athttp://wiki.tcl.tk/36491(preferable) or in this
> newsgroup.
>
> /Ashok

Hello,

It's a nice FAQ.

Another suggestion : something about WindowsCE/PocketPC/Windows
Mobile.

GS

APN

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Apr 24, 2012, 8:33:42 AM4/24/12

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That's an embarrassing mistake, I know better! I blame it on being
blurry eyed after all the typing. I should have added a "dictated but
not read (or tested)" disclaimer :-)

Thanks for the comments, keep them coming though some personal
happenings mean I won't update the FAQ for the next week.

/Ashok

Bob

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May 5, 2012, 10:20:34 PM5/5/12

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The link to KitCreator in the FAQ seems to be bad. Any ideas?

"APN" <pal...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jn079n$rga$1...@dont-email.me...

APN

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May 5, 2012, 11:12:19 PM5/5/12

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I believe the link is correct but the website is currently
down/experiencing problems.

/Ashok

APN

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May 5, 2012, 11:14:13 PM5/5/12

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Or rather, it's being migrated.

/Ashok