started by Theo Verelst
Pcom is a small package intended to offer one to one chat-like contact and back and forth file transfer with straightforward socket connections and adjustable port number, which also allows remote (tcl/tk) command execution.
The tcl exec command executes an external program on the same machine under the conditions of the current operating system. Under windows, linux and unix, the OS has a natural way of dealing with command line based program invokation, maybe on the madIntosh that can be done similarly, my memory escapes me on the subject (I do remember writing scripts).
The commands take in principle similar list form as under tcl, first element of the space seperated list is the command name, the rest options or arguments. In a shell a PATH needs to be taken into account, which points to the executable files on the disc, which is not the same under tcl. Also, list element seperation, and escape characters vary under tcl, *n?x, and windows, and as it happens, cygwin under windows.
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DO_TCL exec c:/cygwin/bin/bash -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -fn '-adobe-courier-*-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*' -rightbar -sb -fg white -bg black -display amachine.mshome.net:0 " &