Re: wish versus tclsh was Re: [Simulavr-devel] Help with New Example

[Joel Sherrill]

Knut Schwichtenberg wrote:
> Joel Sherrill wrote:
>   
> > Knut Schwichtenberg wrote:
> >     
> > > > > Also "-d" is not interpreted as expected :-((. The X-Windows catches
> > > > > the
> > > > > command-line and removes "-d" as displaynumber. "-D" works if changed.
> > > > >
> > > > >         
> > > > >           
> > > > -d to what program? I thought simulavr.tcl was handling it ok.
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > Sorry, it was simulavr.tcl. "simulavr.tcl" can't handle "-d" because
> > > it is
> > > removed before "simulavr.tcl" can catch it. Try it on a dual screen
> > > machine with
> > >  simulavr.tcl -d :0.1 / -d :0.0.
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > I did an experiment and this does not happen if tclsh is the
> > "shell" at the top of simulavr.tcl but it does happen it the
> > "shell" is wish.
> >
> > Is it becoming wish when you configure?
> > Or are you doing something by hand.
> >     
> I tried it with wish! Do you want to live with this or isn't it better to avoid
> problems and use "-D" instead and leave "-d" untouched?
>   
The configure script should be replacing it with tclsh.  simulavr.tcl
is not doing any graphics and so there is no need to use wish.  The
graphics are in a forked process.

I was trying to stick very close to the arguments passed to the C++ main.

--joel