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/* 
 * tclMain.c --
 *
 *	Main program for Tcl shells and other Tcl-based applications.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1988-1994 The Regents of the University of California.
 * Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * Copyright (c) 2000 Ajuba Solutions.
 *
 * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 *
 * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclMain.c,v 1.21 2003/09/05 21:52:12 dgp Exp $
 */

#include "tcl.h"
#include "tclInt.h"

# undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
# define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLEXPORT

/*
 * Declarations for various library procedures and variables (don't want
 * to include tclPort.h here, because people might copy this file out of
 * the Tcl source directory to make their own modified versions).
 */

#if !defined(MAC_TCL)
extern int		isatty _ANSI_ARGS_((int fd));
#else
#include <unistd.h>
#endif

static Tcl_Obj *tclStartupScriptPath = NULL;
static Tcl_Obj *tclStartupScriptEncoding = NULL;

static Tcl_MainLoopProc *mainLoopProc = NULL;

/* 
 * Structure definition for information used to keep the state of
 * an interactive command processor that reads lines from standard
 * input and writes prompts and results to standard output.
 */

typedef enum {
    PROMPT_NONE,	/* Print no prompt */
    PROMPT_START,	/* Print prompt for command start */
    PROMPT_CONTINUE	/* Print prompt for command continuation */
} PromptType;

typedef struct InteractiveState {
    Tcl_Channel input;		/* The standard input channel from which
				 * lines are read. */
    int tty;                    /* Non-zero means standard input is a 
				 * terminal-like device.  Zero means it's
				 * a file. */
    Tcl_Obj *commandPtr;	/* Used to assemble lines of input into
				 * Tcl commands. */
    PromptType prompt;		/* Next prompt to print */
    Tcl_Interp *interp;		/* Interpreter that evaluates interactive
				 * commands. */
} InteractiveState;

/*
 * Forward declarations for procedures defined later in this file.
 */

static void		Prompt _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp,
			    PromptType *promptPtr));
static void		StdinProc _ANSI_ARGS_((ClientData clientData,
			    int mask));


/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Tcl_SetStartupScript --
 *
 *	Sets the path and encoding of the startup script to be evaluated
 *	by Tcl_Main, used to override the command line processing.
 *
 * Results:
 *	None. 
 *
 * Side effects:
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void Tcl_SetStartupScript(path, encoding)
    Tcl_Obj *path;		/* Filesystem path of startup script file */
    CONST char *encoding;	/* Encoding of the data in that file */
{
    Tcl_Obj *newEncoding = NULL;
    if (encoding != NULL) {
	newEncoding = Tcl_NewStringObj(encoding, -1);
    }

    if (tclStartupScriptPath != NULL) {
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(tclStartupScriptPath);
    }
    tclStartupScriptPath = path;
    if (tclStartupScriptPath != NULL) {
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(tclStartupScriptPath);
    }

    if (tclStartupScriptEncoding != NULL) {
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(tclStartupScriptEncoding);
    }
    tclStartupScriptEncoding = newEncoding;
    if (tclStartupScriptEncoding != NULL) {
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(tclStartupScriptEncoding);
    }
}


/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Tcl_GetStartupScript --
 *
 *	Gets the path and encoding of the startup script to be evaluated
 *	by Tcl_Main.
 *
 * Results:
 *	The path of the startup script; NULL if none has been set.
 *
 * Side effects:
 * 	If encodingPtr is not NULL, stores a (CONST char *) in it
 * 	pointing to the encoding name registered for the startup
 * 	script.  Tcl retains ownership of the string, and may free
 * 	it.  Caller should make a copy for long-term use.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
Tcl_Obj *Tcl_GetStartupScript(encodingPtr)
    CONST char** encodingPtr;	/* When not NULL, points to storage for
				 * the (CONST char *) that points to the
				 * registered encoding name for the startup
				 * script */
{
    if (encodingPtr != NULL) {
	if (tclStartupScriptEncoding == NULL) {
	    *encodingPtr = NULL;
	} else {
	    *encodingPtr = Tcl_GetString(tclStartupScriptEncoding);
	}
    }
    return tclStartupScriptPath;
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * TclSetStartupScriptPath --
 *
 *	Primes the startup script VFS path, used to override the
 *      command line processing.
 *
 * Results:
 *	None. 
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	This procedure initializes the VFS path of the Tcl script to
 *      run at startup.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void TclSetStartupScriptPath(path)
    Tcl_Obj *path;
{
    Tcl_SetStartupScript(path, NULL);
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * TclGetStartupScriptPath --
 *
 *	Gets the startup script VFS path, used to override the
 *      command line processing.
 *
 * Results:
 *	The startup script VFS path, NULL if none has been set.
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	None.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
Tcl_Obj *TclGetStartupScriptPath()
{
    return Tcl_GetStartupScript(NULL);
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * TclSetStartupScriptFileName --
 *
 *	Primes the startup script file name, used to override the
 *      command line processing.
 *
 * Results:
 *	None. 
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	This procedure initializes the file name of the Tcl script to
 *      run at startup.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void TclSetStartupScriptFileName(fileName)
    CONST char *fileName;
{
    Tcl_Obj *path = Tcl_NewStringObj(fileName,-1);
    Tcl_SetStartupScript(path, NULL);
}


/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * TclGetStartupScriptFileName --
 *
 *	Gets the startup script file name, used to override the
 *      command line processing.
 *
 * Results:
 *	The startup script file name, NULL if none has been set.
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	None.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
CONST char *TclGetStartupScriptFileName()
{
    Tcl_Obj *path = Tcl_GetStartupScript(NULL);

    if (path == NULL) {
	return NULL;
    }
    return Tcl_GetString(path);
}


/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Tcl_Main --
 *
 *	Main program for tclsh and most other Tcl-based applications.
 *
 * Results:
 *	None. This procedure never returns (it exits the process when
 *	it's done).
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	This procedure initializes the Tcl world and then starts
 *	interpreting commands;  almost anything could happen, depending
 *	on the script being interpreted.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

void
Tcl_Main(argc, argv, appInitProc)
    int argc;			/* Number of arguments. */
    char **argv;		/* Array of argument strings. */
    Tcl_AppInitProc *appInitProc;
				/* Application-specific initialization
				 * procedure to call after most
				 * initialization but before starting to
				 * execute commands. */
{
    Tcl_Obj *path;
    Tcl_Obj *resultPtr;
    Tcl_Obj *commandPtr = NULL;
    CONST char *encodingName = NULL;
    char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE + 5], *args;
    PromptType prompt = PROMPT_START;
    int code, length, tty;
    int exitCode = 0;
    Tcl_Channel inChannel, outChannel, errChannel;
    Tcl_Interp *interp;
    Tcl_DString argString;

    Tcl_FindExecutable(argv[0]);

    interp = Tcl_CreateInterp();
    Tcl_InitMemory(interp);

    /*
     * If the application has not already set a startup script, parse
     * the first few command line arguments to determine the script
     * path and encoding.
     */

    if (NULL == Tcl_GetStartupScript(NULL)) {

	/* 
	 * Check whether first 3 args (argv[1] - argv[3]) look like
	 * 	-encoding ENCODING FILENAME
	 * or like
	 * 	FILENAME
	 */

	if ((argc > 3) && (0 == strcmp("-encoding", argv[1]))
		&& ('-' != argv[3][0])) {
	    Tcl_SetStartupScript(Tcl_NewStringObj(argv[3], -1), argv[2]);
	    argc -= 3;
	    argv += 3;
	} else if ((argc > 1) && ('-' != argv[1][0])) {
	    Tcl_SetStartupScript(Tcl_NewStringObj(argv[1], -1), NULL);
	    argc--;
	    argv++;
	}
    }

    /*
     * The CONST casting is safe, and better we do it here than force
     * all callers of Tcl_Main to do it.  (Those callers are likely
     * in a main() that can't easily change its signature.)
     */
    
    args = Tcl_Merge(argc-1, (CONST char **)argv+1);
    Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString(NULL, args, -1, &argString);
    Tcl_SetVar(interp, "argv", Tcl_DStringValue(&argString), TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
    Tcl_DStringFree(&argString);
    ckfree(args);

    path = Tcl_GetStartupScript(&encodingName);
    if (path == NULL) {
	Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString(NULL, argv[0], -1, &argString);
    } else {
	CONST char *pathName = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(path, &length);
	Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString(NULL, pathName, length, &argString);
	path = Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_DStringValue(&argString), -1);
	Tcl_SetStartupScript(path, encodingName);
    }

    TclFormatInt(buffer, (long) argc-1);
    Tcl_SetVar(interp, "argc", buffer, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
    Tcl_SetVar(interp, "argv0", Tcl_DStringValue(&argString), TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);

    /*
     * Set the "tcl_interactive" variable.
     */

    tty = isatty(0);
    Tcl_SetVar(interp, "tcl_interactive", ((path == NULL) && tty) ? "1" : "0",
	    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
    
    /*
     * Invoke application-specific initialization.
     */

    Tcl_Preserve((ClientData) interp);
    if ((*appInitProc)(interp) != TCL_OK) {
	errChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
	if (errChannel) {
	    Tcl_WriteChars(errChannel,
		    "application-specific initialization failed: ", -1);
	    Tcl_WriteObj(errChannel, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp));
	    Tcl_WriteChars(errChannel, "\n", 1);
	}
    }
    if (Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
	goto done;
    }

    /*
     * If a script file was specified then just source that file
     * and quit.  Must fetch it again, as the appInitProc might
     * have reset it.
     */

    path = Tcl_GetStartupScript(&encodingName);
    if (path != NULL) {
	code = Tcl_FSEvalFileEx(interp, path, encodingName);
	if (code != TCL_OK) {
	    errChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
	    if (errChannel) {

		/*
		 * The following statement guarantees that the errorInfo
		 * variable is set properly.
		 */

		Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "");
		Tcl_WriteObj(errChannel, Tcl_GetVar2Ex(interp, "errorInfo",
			NULL, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY));
		Tcl_WriteChars(errChannel, "\n", 1);
	    }
	    exitCode = 1;
	}
	goto done;
    }
    Tcl_DStringFree(&argString);

    /*
     * We're running interactively.  Source a user-specific startup
     * file if the application specified one and if the file exists.
     */

    Tcl_SourceRCFile(interp);

    /*
     * Process commands from stdin until there's an end-of-file.  Note
     * that we need to fetch the standard channels again after every
     * eval, since they may have been changed.
     */

    commandPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
    Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);

    /*
     * Get a new value for tty if anyone writes to ::tcl_interactive
     */
    Tcl_LinkVar(interp, "tcl_interactive", (char *) &tty, TCL_LINK_BOOLEAN);
    inChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
    outChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
    while ((inChannel != (Tcl_Channel) NULL) && !Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
	if (tty) {
	    Prompt(interp, &prompt);
	    if (Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
		break;
	    }
	    inChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
	    if (inChannel == (Tcl_Channel) NULL) {
	        break;
	    }
	}
	if (Tcl_IsShared(commandPtr)) {
	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
	    commandPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(commandPtr);
	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);
	}
        length = Tcl_GetsObj(inChannel, commandPtr);
	if (length < 0) {
	    if (Tcl_InputBlocked(inChannel)) {

		/*
		 * This can only happen if stdin has been set to
		 * non-blocking.  In that case cycle back and try
		 * again.  This sets up a tight polling loop (since
		 * we have no event loop running).  If this causes
		 * bad CPU hogging, we might try toggling the blocking
		 * on stdin instead.
		 */

		continue;
	    }

	    /* 
	     * Either EOF, or an error on stdin; we're done
	     */

	    break;
	}

        /*
         * Add the newline removed by Tcl_GetsObj back to the string.
         */

	if (Tcl_IsShared(commandPtr)) {
	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
	    commandPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(commandPtr);
	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);
	}
	Tcl_AppendToObj(commandPtr, "\n", 1);
	if (!TclObjCommandComplete(commandPtr)) {
	    prompt = PROMPT_CONTINUE;
	    continue;
	}

	prompt = PROMPT_START;
	code = Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj(interp, commandPtr, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
	inChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
	outChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
	errChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
	commandPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);
	if (code != TCL_OK) {
	    if (errChannel) {
		Tcl_WriteObj(errChannel, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp));
		Tcl_WriteChars(errChannel, "\n", 1);
	    }
	} else if (tty) {
	    resultPtr = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(resultPtr);
	    Tcl_GetStringFromObj(resultPtr, &length);
	    if ((length > 0) && outChannel) {
		Tcl_WriteObj(outChannel, resultPtr);
		Tcl_WriteChars(outChannel, "\n", 1);
	    }
	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(resultPtr);
	}
	if (mainLoopProc != NULL) {

	    /*
	     * If a main loop has been defined while running interactively,
	     * we want to start a fileevent based prompt by establishing a
	     * channel handler for stdin.
	     */

	    InteractiveState *isPtr = NULL;

	    if (inChannel) {
	        if (tty) {
		    Prompt(interp, &prompt);
	        }
		isPtr = (InteractiveState *) 
			ckalloc((int) sizeof(InteractiveState));
		isPtr->input = inChannel;
		isPtr->tty = tty;
		isPtr->commandPtr = commandPtr;
		isPtr->prompt = prompt;
		isPtr->interp = interp;

		Tcl_UnlinkVar(interp, "tcl_interactive");
		Tcl_LinkVar(interp, "tcl_interactive", (char *) &(isPtr->tty),
			TCL_LINK_BOOLEAN);

		Tcl_CreateChannelHandler(inChannel, TCL_READABLE, StdinProc,
			(ClientData) isPtr);
	    }

	    (*mainLoopProc)();
	    mainLoopProc = NULL;

	    if (inChannel) {
		tty = isPtr->tty;
		Tcl_UnlinkVar(interp, "tcl_interactive");
		Tcl_LinkVar(interp, "tcl_interactive", (char *) &tty,
			TCL_LINK_BOOLEAN);
		prompt = isPtr->prompt;
		commandPtr = isPtr->commandPtr;
		if (isPtr->input != (Tcl_Channel) NULL) {
		    Tcl_DeleteChannelHandler(isPtr->input, StdinProc,
			    (ClientData) isPtr);
		}
		ckfree((char *)isPtr);
	    }
	    inChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
	    outChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
	    errChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
	}
#ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG

	/*
	 * This code here only for the (unsupported and deprecated)
	 * [checkmem] command.
	 */

	if (tclMemDumpFileName != NULL) {
	    mainLoopProc = NULL;
	    Tcl_DeleteInterp(interp);
	}
#endif
    }

    done:
    if ((exitCode == 0) && (mainLoopProc != NULL)) {

	/*
	 * If everything has gone OK so far, call the main loop proc,
	 * if it exists.  Packages (like Tk) can set it to start processing
	 * events at this point.
	 */

	(*mainLoopProc)();
	mainLoopProc = NULL;
    }
    if (commandPtr != NULL) {
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
    }

    /*
     * Rather than calling exit, invoke the "exit" command so that
     * users can replace "exit" with some other command to do additional
     * cleanup on exit.  The Tcl_Eval call should never return.
     */

    if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
        sprintf(buffer, "exit %d", exitCode);
        Tcl_Eval(interp, buffer);

        /*
         * If Tcl_Eval returns, trying to eval [exit], something
         * unusual is happening.  Maybe interp has been deleted;
         * maybe [exit] was redefined.  We still want to cleanup
         * and exit.
         */

        if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
            Tcl_DeleteInterp(interp);
        }
    }
    Tcl_SetStartupScript(NULL, NULL);

    /*
     * If we get here, the master interp has been deleted.  Allow
     * its destruction with the last matching Tcl_Release.
     */

    Tcl_Release((ClientData) interp);
    Tcl_Exit(exitCode);
}

/*
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Tcl_SetMainLoop --
 *
 *	Sets an alternative main loop procedure.
 *
 * Results:
 *	Returns the previously defined main loop procedure.
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	This procedure will be called before Tcl exits, allowing for
 *	the creation of an event loop.
 *
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 */

void
Tcl_SetMainLoop(proc)
    Tcl_MainLoopProc *proc;
{
    mainLoopProc = proc;
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * StdinProc --
 *
 *	This procedure is invoked by the event dispatcher whenever
 *	standard input becomes readable.  It grabs the next line of
 *	input characters, adds them to a command being assembled, and
 *	executes the command if it's complete.
 *
 * Results:
 *	None.
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	Could be almost arbitrary, depending on the command that's
 *	typed.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

    /* ARGSUSED */
static void
StdinProc(clientData, mask)
    ClientData clientData;		/* The state of interactive cmd line */
    int mask;				/* Not used. */
{
    InteractiveState *isPtr = (InteractiveState *) clientData;
    Tcl_Channel chan = isPtr->input;
    Tcl_Obj *commandPtr = isPtr->commandPtr;
    Tcl_Interp *interp = isPtr->interp;
    int code, length;

    if (Tcl_IsShared(commandPtr)) {
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
	commandPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(commandPtr);
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);
    }
    length = Tcl_GetsObj(chan, commandPtr);
    if (length < 0) {
	if (Tcl_InputBlocked(chan)) {
	    return;
	}
	if (isPtr->tty) {
	    /*
	     * Would be better to find a way to exit the mainLoop?
	     * Or perhaps evaluate [exit]?  Leaving as is for now due
	     * to compatibility concerns.
	     */
	    Tcl_Exit(0);
	}
	Tcl_DeleteChannelHandler(chan, StdinProc, (ClientData) isPtr);
	return;
    }

    if (Tcl_IsShared(commandPtr)) {
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
	commandPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(commandPtr);
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);
    }
    Tcl_AppendToObj(commandPtr, "\n", 1);
    if (!TclObjCommandComplete(commandPtr)) {
        isPtr->prompt = PROMPT_CONTINUE;
        goto prompt;
    }
    isPtr->prompt = PROMPT_START;

    /*
     * Disable the stdin channel handler while evaluating the command;
     * otherwise if the command re-enters the event loop we might
     * process commands from stdin before the current command is
     * finished.  Among other things, this will trash the text of the
     * command being evaluated.
     */

    Tcl_CreateChannelHandler(chan, 0, StdinProc, (ClientData) isPtr);
    code = Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj(interp, commandPtr, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
    isPtr->input = chan = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
    Tcl_DecrRefCount(commandPtr);
    isPtr->commandPtr = commandPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
    Tcl_IncrRefCount(commandPtr);
    if (chan != (Tcl_Channel) NULL) {
	Tcl_CreateChannelHandler(chan, TCL_READABLE, StdinProc,
		(ClientData) isPtr);
    }
    if (code != TCL_OK) {
	Tcl_Channel errChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
	if (errChannel != (Tcl_Channel) NULL) {
	    Tcl_WriteObj(errChannel, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp));
	    Tcl_WriteChars(errChannel, "\n", 1);
	}
    } else if (isPtr->tty) {
	Tcl_Obj *resultPtr = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
	Tcl_Channel outChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
	Tcl_IncrRefCount(resultPtr);
	Tcl_GetStringFromObj(resultPtr, &length);
	if ((length >0) && (outChannel != (Tcl_Channel) NULL)) {
	    Tcl_WriteObj(outChannel, resultPtr);
	    Tcl_WriteChars(outChannel, "\n", 1);
	}
	Tcl_DecrRefCount(resultPtr);
    }

    /*
     * If a tty stdin is still around, output a prompt.
     */

    prompt:
    if (isPtr->tty && (isPtr->input != (Tcl_Channel) NULL)) {
	Prompt(interp, &(isPtr->prompt));
	isPtr->input = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
    }
}

/*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Prompt --
 *
 *	Issue a prompt on standard output, or invoke a script
 *	to issue the prompt.
 *
 * Results:
 *	None.
 *
 * Side effects:
 *	A prompt gets output, and a Tcl script may be evaluated
 *	in interp.
 *
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

static void
Prompt(interp, promptPtr)
    Tcl_Interp *interp;			/* Interpreter to use for prompting. */
    PromptType *promptPtr;		/* Points to type of prompt to print.
					 * Filled with PROMPT_NONE after a
					 * prompt is printed. */
{
    Tcl_Obj *promptCmdPtr;
    int code;
    Tcl_Channel outChannel, errChannel;

    if (*promptPtr == PROMPT_NONE) {
	return;
    }

    promptCmdPtr = Tcl_GetVar2Ex(interp,
	    ((*promptPtr == PROMPT_CONTINUE) ? "tcl_prompt2" : "tcl_prompt1"),
	    NULL, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
    if (Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
	return;
    }
    if (promptCmdPtr == NULL) {
	defaultPrompt:
	outChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
	if ((*promptPtr == PROMPT_START)
		&& (outChannel != (Tcl_Channel) NULL)) {
	    Tcl_WriteChars(outChannel, "% ", 2);
	}
    } else {
	code = Tcl_EvalObjEx(interp, promptCmdPtr, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
	if (code != TCL_OK) {
	    Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp,
		    "\n    (script that generates prompt)");
	    errChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
            if (errChannel != (Tcl_Channel) NULL) {
                Tcl_WriteObj(errChannel, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp));
                Tcl_WriteChars(errChannel, "\n", 1);
            }
	    goto defaultPrompt;
	}
    }
    outChannel = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
    if (outChannel != (Tcl_Channel) NULL) {
	Tcl_Flush(outChannel);
    }
    *promptPtr = PROMPT_NONE;
}