

		Tcl Option processor (Tcl-Option)
		(Version 1.1 / Mayhem 03, 1996)

		Andreas Kupries	(aku@kisters.de)

This directory contains a freely distributable extension to Tcl/Tk called
Tcl Option processor (Tcl-Option).  It does not provides functionality on
the tcl level itself, but is intended to aid in writing tcl commands by
simplifying the task of recognizing and handling options (together with
their arguments).


BACKGROUND

Tcl stands for the Tool Command Language, a freely distributable,
embeddable scripting language package.  Tk is an freely distributable X
windows interface toolkit and widget library implemented as a collection of
new commands added to Tcl.

Tcl-Option should run with Tcl 7.5 or higher.  It is a pure Tcl extension,
Tk is not required.

This distribution contains the source code for Tcl-option + documentation
that describes the c-level interfaces (-> man-pages).
Tcl-Option should be available by anonymous ftp from ftp.aud.alcatel.com in
the /tcl/extension directory.


COMPILING/USING Tcl-Option

To compile Tcl-Option follow the instructions in the INSTALL file in the
'doc' subdirectory.

To report bugs, bug fixes, descriptions of interesting Tcl-Option
applications, and suggested improvements:

+) Send email to aku@kisters.de

or

+) Post an article into the newsgroup	comp.lang.tcl


REMARKS

- This extension was developed on my private computer, an Intel PC running
  Linux 1.0.9 (not true anymore, I switched to 1.2.13).  It is not tested
  anywhere else.  Feedback is appreciated.

- It is currently used in Tcl-BlobX only and therefore part of its
  distribution.  I believed the code to be general enough to place it into
  a separate extension.
