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| 2 | mjames | 1 | <Title>MkTclApp: A Tool For Mixing C/C++ with Tcl/Tk</Title> |
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| 3 | <H1 Align=center>Mktclapp<br>A Tool For Mixing C/C++ with Tcl/Tk</H1> |
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| 4 | <p><center>Last Update: January 30, 2000 (Version 3.9)</center></p> |
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| 6 | <p>Mktclapp is a utility that helps you |
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| 7 | mix C/C++ with Tcl/Tk to make a standalone executable. |
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| 8 | Using mktclapp, you can write programs where:</p> |
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| 11 | <ul> |
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| 12 | <li> C code can call Tcl procedures or execute Tcl commands, |
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| 13 | <li> Tcl code can invoke C functions, |
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| 14 | <li> The executable is a single binary file that will |
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| 15 | run on machines without Tcl/Tk installed, |
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| 16 | <li> The same source code will compile without changes under both |
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| 17 | Unix and Windows, and |
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| 18 | <li> The source code is hidden from the end user, |
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| 19 | </ul> |
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| 20 | </p> |
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| 22 | <p>Mktclapp gives programmers the freedom to use |
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| 23 | C code for the things that C is good at (computation, |
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| 24 | complex data structures, etc.) while simultaneously using |
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| 25 | Tcl for the things that Tcl is good at (the user interface.)</p> |
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| 28 | <p>Mktclapp is a command-line program that can be run |
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| 29 | from a makefile. But there is also a GUI "application wizard" |
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| 30 | that makes it easy to use. |
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| 31 | The mktclapp program itself and the GUI application |
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| 32 | wizard are each contained in a single source file.</p> |
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| 34 | <p>The Mktclapp program and the application wizard are covered |
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| 35 | by the <a href="http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/copyleft/gpl.html"> |
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| 36 | GNU Public License.</a> But the output generated by mktclapp |
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| 37 | is in the public domain and can be used in any way you want.</p> |
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| 39 | <p>The following items are available for download: |
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| 40 | <ul> |
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| 41 | <li> <a href="mktclapp.html">Documentation</a> and instructions for using |
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| 42 | mktclapp.</li> |
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| 43 | <li> The <a href="history.html">release history</a> of mktclapp.</li> |
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| 44 | <li> A <a href="quickref.html">Quick Reference</a> highlighting everything |
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| 45 | you need to remember to use mktclapp.</li> |
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| 46 | <li> A <a href="autoconf.html">note</a> on how to use autoconf with |
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| 47 | mktclapp.</li> |
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| 48 | <li> C source code: <a href="mktclapp.c">mktclapp.c</a></li> |
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| 49 | <li> Tcl/Tk sources to the application wizard: |
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| 50 | <a href="xmktclapp.tcl">xmktclapp.tcl</a></li> |
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| 51 | <li> <a href="screenshots.html">Screen-Shots</a> of the app wizard.</li> |
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| 52 | <li> This entire website, including all of the above (but not the |
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| 53 | contributed software) |
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| 54 | as a <a href="mktclapp.tar.gz">tarball</a> |
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| 55 | or as a <a href="mktclapp.zip">zip archive</a>.</li> |
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| 56 | <li> <font color=red><b><i>New!</i></b></font> |
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| 57 | <a href="contrib/index.html">Contributed</a> documentation and code. |
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| 58 | </li> |
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| 59 | </ul> |
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| 60 | </p> |
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| 62 | <p>Contact <a href="mailto:drh@acm.org">drh@acm.org</a> for comments, |
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| 63 | questions and/or bug reports. |
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| 64 | If you find mktclapp helpful, a quick e-mail to the author |
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| 65 | will be greatly appreciated.</p> |
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| 67 | <p><hr></p> |
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| 69 | <p> |
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| 70 | <ul> |
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| 71 | <p><li> |
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| 72 | <a href="http://www.albany.net/~dlabelle/freewrap/freewrap.html">Freewrap</a> |
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| 73 | generates a standalone exectuable from pure Tcl/Tk |
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| 74 | code, without the need for a C compiler.</li></p> |
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| 76 | <p><li> |
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| 77 | <a href="http://www.swig.org/">SWIG</a> is a utility that creates |
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| 78 | a Tcl interface (or Perl or Python) to existing C code.</li></p> |
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| 80 | <p><li> |
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| 81 | Some versions of Jan Nijtmans' |
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| 82 | <a href="http://members1.chello.nl/~j.nijtmans/plus.html">Plus Patches</a> |
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| 83 | for Tcl contain aids for making Tcl/Tk programs into standalone |
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| 84 | executables. More recently, Jan has made available the |
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| 85 | <a href="http://members1.chello.nl/~j.nijtmans/wrap.html">wrap</a> program |
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| 86 | which works like |
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| 87 | <a href="http://www.albany.net/~dlabelle/freewrap/freewrap.html">Freewrap</a> |
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| 88 | but achieves a smaller executable using some clever compression |
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| 89 | techniques.</li></p> |
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| 91 | <p><li> |
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| 92 | The TclPro product from <a href="http://www.scriptics.com/">Scriptics</a> |
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| 93 | includes the ProWrap utility for converting Tcl/Tk scripts into |
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| 94 | standalone executables.</li></p> |
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| 96 | <p><li> |
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| 97 | The <a href="http://icemcfd.com/tcl/ice.html">ICE</a> compiler from |
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| 98 | ICEM CFD Engineering converts Tcl scripts into C code which can then |
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| 99 | be compiled using a C compiler for faster execution.</li></p> |
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| 101 | <p><li> |
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| 102 | <a href="http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/comp.lang.tcl/tcl_compilers.html"> |
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| 103 | Cameron Laird's personal notes on Tcl Compilers</a> contains comparisons |
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| 104 | and reviews of many Tcl compilation techniques.</li></p> |
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| 106 | <p><li>Mktclapp is a replacement for <a href="../et">Embedded Tk</a> (ET). |
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| 107 | Mktclapp tries to achieve the same result as ET, but it uses a |
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| 108 | very different interface. |
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| 109 | Mktclapp was written to address deficiencies in the design |
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| 110 | of ET.</li></p> |
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| 111 | </ul> |
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| 112 | </p> |
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| 114 | <p><hr><p> |
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| 115 | <a href="../index.html"><img src="/goback.jpg" border=0> |
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| 116 | More Open Source® Software</a> |
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