Re: where to install tcl man pages? and tcl libraries?
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 09:53:27PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote:
> A package I'm responsible for (tclmidi) installs a _whole_mess_ of man
> pages. Some go in section 1, as they're executable tcl scripts. The
> others, though, are put by default in the "n" section, which obviously
> doesn't exist. Where should I put them?
Put them in section 3 with an appropriate extension, e.g. 3tclmidi.
> tcl functions. Should I just put them in /usr/doc/tclmidi/man? I used to
> put them in the /usr/man/man3 section, with extension .3tcl, but this
> doesn't work so well.
In what way did it not work? I have always done this with the Tcl/Tk
packages and have not had any problems.
> Also, do tcl libraries need associated -dev packages? You can't really
> do debugging with the package, as the commands are useless without tclsh
> and everything's interpreted anyway ...
If it has a library that a user can build a custom tclsh/wish with
(e.g. expect), then it should have a -dev package. If it is can only
be used as a dynamically loaded extension (e.g. scotty), then it
doesn't need a -dev package.
David
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