A '''Starkit''' is a single file packaging of Tcl scripts, platform specific compiled code and application data; designed to facilitate simple deployment of cross platform applications. The name comes from '''ST'''and'''A'''lone '''R'''untime.

Starkits are interpreted using [TclKit] - a single file Tcl/Tk interpreter. You will need a version of TclKit for each platform that you want to run a Starkit on. Have a look at the TclKit download area where there are versions for over a dozen platforms.

A '''Starpack''' is a single (platform specific) executable file containing both TclKit and a Starkit. They are useful when you want to deploy a single executable for an application. Starpacks can be built on any platform supporting TclKit, for any platform supporting TclKit.

The Starkit home page is http://www.equi4.com/starkit/

The best reference for starkits, starpacks, and tclkits is the paper Steve Landers presented at the Tcl/Tk 2002 conference in Vancouver - on his site at [http://www.digital-smarties.com/Tcl2002/tclkit.pdf].
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'''In case you're wondering'''
   * The term ''scripted document'' is obsolete - it's now a ''Starkit''
   * The term ''custom tclkit'' is obsolete - it's now a ''Starpack''
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See http://www.equi4.com/mailman/listinfo/starkit for information concerning a mailing list specifically to discuss tclkit/starkit/starpack ideas, development, use.

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When storing Starkits on a MacOS machine, to what are people generally setting the type and
creator values?

''Try type "TEXT" and creator "Tkd4" ([sdx] sets them that way too) -[jcw]''
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Check out my hints on [Sexy Starkits] --[Ro]
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But what '''is''' a Starkit? Quoting [Scripted Documents Are Obscure]: ''what we have here is simply a Tcl version of Java ".jar" files, with the runtime environment optionally bound in''.

In other words: a way of distributing a Tcl/Tk app as a single file, instead of as a bunch of files.  And, the user doesn't have to unpack it before it can be used.  (But is it still convenient for users to study/edit?

''When quoting from that page, it'd have been nice if the above anonymous poster had also included my reply on why starkits are more than "simply jar files" -[jcw]''
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