Do not mail anyone besides "tcl-dp@cs.cornell.edu". Do not email the individual authors. We will terminate your mail with extreme prejudice.
In Unix, Tcl-DP uses Tcl's settings for compilation. Assuming Tcl compiled fine, DP should compile fine. If you want to compile DP with gcc, you must compile Tcl with gcc first by using "configure --enable-gcc" when configuring Tcl.
Installation is done via a new utility we have written called Teki. Teki will keep track of any Tcl packages and automatically install or uninstall them. There are no command line arguments.
You cannot use the Makefile to install DP. You will be cursed by the gods if you try.
If you are using tclsh to run a server script, you should have something like the
following:
set server [dp_MakeRPCServer $port]
vwait forever
The vwait is essential since tclsh does not automatically handle asynchronous events. Note
that wish does and thus does not need the vwait.
To shutdown the server, connect a client and execute:
dp_RDO $client set forever 1
This will cause the server to exit the event loop, the script will finish and Tcl will
automatically close the channel.
Most probably you have downloaded an old version. Please download the latest version from the following website:
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/zeno/projects/tcldp
NOTE: Only the above mentioned website is regularly maintained and updated.
package require dp
can't find package dp
This problem generally occurs if you have installed dp in a non-standard directory. Usually TEKI will warn you when you do this.
Just add the "dp" directory (containing the pkgindex.tcl file) to the "auto_path" variable and everything should work.
No Tcl does not support Binary data. You will have to convert binary data to ASCII using a filter.