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author | das <das> | 2003-02-21 03:34:27 (GMT) |
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* library/console.tcl: (aqua & macintosh) added missing <Cmd-q>
binding for corresponding Quit menu item shortcut.
* macosx/README: updated instructions for embedded build,
added various improvements by Russell Owen.
* unix/tcl.m4: update from Tcl.
* unix/configure: regen.
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diff --git a/macosx/README b/macosx/README index d84ec54..5ff000e 100644 --- a/macosx/README +++ b/macosx/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ TclTkAqua README ---------------- -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.4 2003/02/11 07:26:18 wolfsuit Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.5 2003/02/21 03:34:29 das Exp $ This is the README file for the Mac OS X native versions of Tcl & Tk. @@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ but also check the Tcl'ers Wiki for a wealth of information: as well as a page with info on building Tcl/Tk on Mac OS X http://wiki.tcl.tk/Steps%20to%20build%20Tcl/Tk%208.4.0%20on%20MacOS%20X -- You should report bugs to the sourceforge bug trackers as usual: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=10894&atid=110894 - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=12997&atid=112997 +- You should report bugs to the sourceforge bug trackers as usual: + Tcl: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=10894&atid=110894 + Tk: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=12997&atid=112997 +please make sure that your report Tk specific bugs to the tktoolkit bug +tracker and not the tcl one. 2. Using TclTkAqua @@ -45,22 +47,22 @@ OS9 TclTk droplets. - If standard input is a special file of zero length (e.g. /dev/null), Wish brings up the tk console window at startup. This is the case when double -clicking Wish in the finder (or using 'open Wish\ Shell.app' from the Terminal). +clicking Wish in the Finder (or using 'open Wish\ Shell.app' from the Terminal). - Tcl extensions will be found in any of: $HOME/Library/Tcl /Library/Tcl /Network/Library/Tcl /System/Library/Tcl $HOME/Library/Frameworks /Library/Frameworks /Network/Library/Frameworks /System/Library/Frameworks (searched in that order). Given a potential package directory $pkg, Tcl on OSX checks for the file -$pkg/Resources/Scripts/pkgIndex.tcl as well as $pkg/pkgIndex.tcl (as usual). +$pkg/Resources/Scripts/pkgIndex.tcl as well as the usual $pkg/pkgIndex.tcl. This allows building extensions as frameworks with all script files contained in the Resources/Scripts directory of the framework. - Tcl.framework contains the Tcl and Tk documentation in html format in the standard location for frameworks: Tcl.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference/Tcl -Tk.framework contains no documentation, and no manpages are installed by -default. +Tk.framework contains no documentation. No manpages are installed by +default for either tcl or tk. - the frameworks Tcl.framework and Tk.framework can be placed in any of the system's standard framework directories: @@ -97,100 +99,98 @@ to the small variant was added in Tk 8.4.3. - Cursors: You can now put up and spin the Classic MacOS spinner, and the counting hands and watch cursor. The way this is done is each of the spinners have a base name: - spinning: The circular B&W circular spinner countinguphand: The counting up hand countingdownhand: The counting down hand countingupanddownhand: The counting up then down hand watch: The watch cursor - Then to get the sequential variants, add an integer to the end of the base name. So, for instance this code will spin the spinner: - -proc spinCursor {widget count} { - $widget configure -cursor spinning$count - after 100 spinCursor [incr count] -} - + proc spinCursor {widget count} { + $widget configure -cursor spinning$count + after 100 spinCursor [incr count] + } This was added in Tk 8.4.3 3. Building TclTkAqua --------------------- -- Apple's Developer Tools CD needs to be installed (the version matching your OS -release). This CD should have come with Mac OS X retail or should be present as -a disk image on new macs that had OSX preinstalled. It can also be downloaded -from http://connect.apple.com (free ADC membership required). +- Mac OS X 10.1.5 (or higher) is required to build TclTkAqua. -- Mac OS X 10.1.5 with the April 2002 Developer Tools update (or higher) is -required to build TclTkAqua. +- Apple's Developer Tools CD needs to be installed (the version matching your OS +release, but no earlier than April 2002). This CD should have come with Mac OS X +retail or should be present as a disk image on new macs that came with OSX +preinstalled. It can also be downloaded from http://connect.apple.com (after you +register for free ADC membership). - Tcl and TkAqua are built as Mac OS X frameworks using Apple's ProjectBuilder IDE, but you do not have to deal with the IDE if you don't want to: there are Makefiles available in tcl/macosx and tk/macosx that take care of calling the ProjectBuilder command line tool with all the details taken care of. -- For the following instructions to work as is, the tcl and tk source trees -should be located in a common directory and be named 'tcl' resp. 'tk' (as is -the case when building directly from CVS). You need to adapt the paths in the -instructions if they are named differently (e.g. when building from a -distribution tarball), but the build process will still work fine. -If the source trees are not located in the same directory, you'll need to create -a symbolic link - ln -fs /path_to_tcl/build /path_to_tk/build -(where /path_to_{tcl,tk} is the directory where the 'tcl' resp. 'tk' sourcetree -is located) for the build to work as setup by default by the Makefiles; or you -can pass an argument of BUILD_DIR=somewhere to both the tcl and tk make. +- Unpack the tcl and tk source release archives and place the tcl and tk source +trees in a common parent directory. + [ If you don't want have the two source trees in one directory, you'll need to + [ create the following symbolic link for the build to work as setup by default + [ ln -fs /path_to_tcl/build /path_to_tk/build + [ (where /path_to_{tcl,tk} is the directory containing the tcl resp. tk tree) + [ or you can pass an argument of BUILD_DIR=/somewhere to the tcl and tk make. + +- The following instructions assume the tcl and tk source trees are named +'tcl<ver>' and 'tk<ver>', respectively, where <ver> is the version number (for +example 'tcl8.4.2'). This will be the case if you are building from a release +archive. If you are building from CVS, the version numbers will be missing; +adapt the instructions below accordingly. - If you're only interested in _building_ TclTkAqua and don't plan on doing development with the ProjectBuilder projects, using the Makefiles is easiest. -The following steps will build Tcl and Tk from the Terminal (assuming you are -located in the directory above the tcl and tk source trees): - make -C tcl/macosx - make -C tk/macosx +The following steps will build Tcl and Tk from the Terminal, assuming you are +located in the directory containing the tcl and tk source trees: + make -C tcl<ver>/macosx + make -C tk<ver>/macosx and the following will then install Tcl and Tk onto the root volume (admin -privileges required): - sudo make -C tcl/macosx install - sudo make -C tk/macosx install -you can also pass an INSTALL_ROOT argument to 'make install', e.g. - make -C tcl/macosx install INSTALL_ROOT=$HOME - make -C tk/macosx install INSTALL_ROOT=$HOME -will install into you home directory (useful if you're not an admin on your -machine) +password required): + sudo make -C tcl<ver>/macosx install + sudo make -C tk<ver>/macosx install +if you don't have the admin password, you can install into your home directory, +instead by passing an INSTALL_ROOT argument to make: + make -C tcl<ver>/macosx install INSTALL_ROOT=$HOME + make -C tk<ver>/macosx install INSTALL_ROOT=$HOME - The default Makefile targets will build _both_ debug and optimized versions of the Tcl and Tk frameworks with the standard convention of naming the debug library Tcl.framework/Tcl_debug resp. Tk.framework/Tk_debug. -This allows to dynamically link to the debug library at runtime by setting +This allows you to dynamically link to the debug libraries at runtime by setting setenv DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX _debug (c.f. man dyld for more details) -If you only want to build/install the debug resp. optimized build, use the -'develop' resp. 'deploy' target variants of the Makefiles, e.g. - make -C tcl/macosx deploy - make -C tk/macosx deploy - sudo make -C tcl/macosx install-deploy - sudo make -C tk/macosx install-deploy -will build and install only the optimized versions. +If you only want to build and install the debug or optimized build, use the +'develop' or 'deploy' target variants of the Makefiles, respectively. +For example, to build and install only the optimized versions: + make -C tcl<ver>/macosx deploy + make -C tk<ver>/macosx deploy + sudo make -C tcl<ver>/macosx install-deploy + sudo make -C tk<ver>/macosx install-deploy - The Makefiles can also build a version of 'Wish Shell' that has the Tcl and Tk -frameworks embedded in its application package, this allows for standalone +frameworks embedded in its application package. This allows for standalone deployment of the application with no installation required, e.g. from read-only media. To build & install in this manner, use the 'embedded' target variants of -the Makefiles, i.e. - make -C tcl/macosx embedded - make -C tk/macosx embedded - make -C tcl/macosx install-embedded INSTALL_ROOT=`pwd`/embedded - make -C tk/macosx install-embedded INSTALL_ROOT=`pwd`/embedded -will build a standalone 'Wish Shell.app' in ./embedded/Applications/Utilities -(if you've already built standard TclTkAqua, this only requires a relink). - -Note that the embedded frameworks include only optimized builds and no -documentation. -The standalone Wish has the directory Wish\ Shell.app/Contents/lib in its -auto_path, this can be used to embed tcl extensions into the app package and -have them automatically available via [package require]. +the Makefiles. For example, to build a standalone 'Wish Shell.app' +in ./embedded/Applications/Utilities: + make -C tcl<ver>/macosx embedded + make -C tk<ver>/macosx embedded + sudo make -C tcl<ver>/macosx install-embedded INSTALL_ROOT=`pwd`/embedded + sudo make -C tk<ver>/macosx install-embedded INSTALL_ROOT=`pwd`/embedded +Notes: + * if you've already built standard TclTkAqua, building embedded does not + require any new compiling or linking, so you can skip the first two makes. + (making relinking unnecessary was added in 8.4.2) + * the embedded frameworks include only optimized builds and no documentation. + * the standalone Wish has the directory Wish\ Shell.app/Contents/lib in its + auto_path. Thus you can place tcl extensions in this directory (i.e. embed + them in the app package) and load them with [package require]. - To build from the IDE using the projects directly without going through the Makefiles you need so setup a common build folder for the projects. A simple way |