Tcl Portfile stuff - was .. trunk/dports/x11/gtk2/Portfile

markd at macports.org markd at macports.org
Mon Aug 13 19:17:21 PDT 2007


N_Ox <n.oxyde at gmail.com> writes:
>>>> Beats me. This statement is not documented in "man portfile" or  
>>>> in the guide at http://geeklair.net/new_macports_guide
>>>
>>> This is a standard TCL procedure, see return(n).
>>
>> I'm not familiar with standard TCL procedures, and I'd estimate  
>> most port authors aren't. We just know enough to get by to write  
>> portfiles. I for one would certainly appreciate it if everything  
>> necessary to write portfiles, including standard TCL, were  
>> documented in the guide and/or the manpage.

Well there's a place all prepared for the Tcl primitives.  The intent is
to list them all.  It just isn't the top priority right now, but it is
getting close.  And since a Portfile can contain any valid Tcl, is this
the best link for Tcl reference?  http://tmml.sourceforge.net/doc/tcl/

Mark




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