[Pythonmac-SIG] Difference between library and shared libray?

[Dethe Elza]

on 01/6/8 04:34 AM, Jack Jansen at jack@oratrix.nl wrote:

> 
>> Snack is a sound library for scripting languages.  It builds against TCL,
>> primarily, but has Python bindings.  The instructions say to put it in the
>> "Tool Control Language" folder in the Extensions, but I have no such folder.
> 
> Ah, then I guess that what it really is is a Tcl extension, and the Python
> interface is a Python module that will use Tkinter to talk to it. Is that
> correct?
> 
> I'm not sure whether Tcl extensions are usable from Tkinter with MacPython,
> because (as you have noticed) MacPython Tkinter doesn't use an external Tcl/Tk
> (as is the case on Unix/Windows) but has Tcl/Tk builtin.
> 
> I would say: try to create the folder, drop the .shlb in there and see whether
> it works. BTW: if I remember correctly the folder name is "Tool Command
> Language", not "Control".

Yes, you're right of course. My typo.

> If that doesn't work you could try adding a folder to the TCL equivalent of
> sys.path. You do this by opening _tkinter.ppc.slb in ResEdit, open STR# 128
> "Tcl Environment Variables" and adding a string "TCLLIBPATH=Macintosh
> HD:folder:" and putting the .shlb in that folder.

Thanks, I'll try that.

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Dethe Elza 
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