Re: Availability of OS X-specific features

Steven Myers wrote:

>
> I appreciate the info, although I fear much of this may be (and writing
> an extension certainly is) beyond my abilities. Just as a matter of
> clarification, I didn't mean to suggest that the core should necessarily
> have this functionality; I was hoping (perhaps selfishly, given my lack
> of ability) that extensions to provide it already existed.

One of the things I'm finding with Tcl/Tk is that they are a very
powerful programming toolkit, but a knowledge of lower-level, more
hardcore programming (specifically C) is necessary if you want to
customize or extend the functionality of the language. Hence I am wading
slowly into the complexities of programming C. It's the only way to
really get what you want from Tcl/Tk if you don't want to depend on the
kindness of others.

Of course, even though learning C is no picnic, you don't have to spend
all your time there: moving into C for the Tcl/Tk additions that you
want and then moving back into Tcl/Tk is certainly easier than becoming
a full-bore C/C++/Objective-C Carbon or Cocoa programmer.

Cheers,

Kevin Walzer, PhD
WordTech Software - "Tame the Terminal"
http://www.wordtech-software.com
sw at wordtech-software.com
Received on Tue Jan 3 03:09:13 2006