[Sarnold] offers ...
 What : Tcl-Pkg
 Where : http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl-pkg
 Dependencies : Tcl/Tk 8.4, BWidget 1.7, TclXml 2.6
 Description : Tcl-Pkg is a sort of client-server online Tcl package repository
        browser. The purpose of this software is to access package data via a
        distributed (as in distributed computing) sort of repository.
        Then, with simple Internet access and a Web browser, users download
        static or even dynamically generated up-to-date information in XML files
        and are able to view the resources or their favorite Tcl-related
        software, packages and extensions.
        Currently at version 0.5.3 .
 Updated: 11/2006
 Contact: <stephanearnold<at>yahoo<dot>fr> & <sarnold75<at>users<dot>sourceforge<dot>net>

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'''Screenshot'''

[https://a.fsdn.com/con/app/proj/tcl-pkg/screenshots/94666.jpg]

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[LES]'s attempt to run it:
 [609]Desktop> tclkit ./tcl-pkg-0.4.kit
 invalid command name "font"
    while executing
 "font create -size $::winsize($type)"
    (procedure "dimconfig" line 6)
    invoked from within
 "dimconfig"
    (file "./tcl-pkg-0.4.kit/main.tcl" line 76)
    invoked from within
 "source ./tcl-pkg-0.4.kit/main.tcl"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
 "uplevel [list source [file join $self main.tcl]]"

 [610]Desktop> tclkit
 % puts $tcl_patchLevel
 8.5a4
 % exit

 [611]Desktop> wish ./tcl-pkg-0.4/main.tcl
 Error in startup script: can't find package BWidget 1.7
    while executing
 "package require BWidget 1.7"
    (file "./tcl-pkg-0.4/main.tcl" line 104)

 [612]Desktop> tclsh
 % puts $tcl_patchLevel
 8.4.13
 % exit

Conclusions: 1) This app probably should start with '''[[package require Tk]]'''. 2) Requiring [BWidget] prevents it from running on stock Slackware 11.0 and I guess any other [Linux] distro that ships stock [Tcl]/[Tk] instead of some [batteries included] [Tcl] distribution. If [Tcl-Pkg] wants to be anything like Slackware's [KISS]-inspired '''pkg''' tools and serve as a starting point to people who have nothing but a very bare [Tcl] installation and would like to upgrade it, then [Tcl-Pkg] had better expect less from whatever [Tcl] installation users may have in terms of extensions.
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[Sarnold]: I notice the failure. I will add '''[[package require Tk]]''' and '''[[lappend auto_path ./lib]]''' with the inclusion of BWidget and TclXML in the source-zipped archive.

[BWidget] is required because the browser uses a Tree and also, at some points a combobox is needed. Also, I did not notice the failure concerning the Starkit because I ran a standard GUI tclkit on ''Windows''.

Thanks for your feedback, I did not hope it would come so fast.
''-- 2006-10-22''
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