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 $ trac-get http://trac.macports.org/attachment/ticket/.../Portfile new-port
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+== Do Explorative Programming in tclsh with Readline Support==
+
+tclsh does not offer readline support by itself, which is quite annoying. When writing portfiles or tinkering with changes to Macports base, I need to experiment in a Tcl shell all the time to tests small things. But for that, command history and Emacs-like navigation within the line are essential. Unfortunately tclsh does not offer this.
+
+Solution: use port {{{rlwrap}}} together with tclsh. When you invoke tclsh via rlwrap you get all the convenience you know from bash.
+{{{
+rlwrap tclsh
+}}}
+Or, put even an alias into ~/.bashrc
+{{{
+alias tclsh='rlwrap tclsh'
+}}}
+and don't think about it ever again.

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