A starkit normally contains all the application logic and data needed for use on your computer.
The combination of the (application-specific) starkit with a copy of TclKit (the general purpose but platform-specific runtime) is all you need to run an application on a wide range of platforms.
Suppose you have a starkit called "myapp.kit", and you want to run it...
On Windows, you can launch in several ways:
- from the command line, by typing "tclkit myapp.kit"
- by dragging "myapp.kit" and dropping it on the "tclkit.exe" runtime
- by double clicking "myapp.kit" (if .kit has been associated to tclkit.exe)
- with a batch file "myapp.bat", containing "@tclkit myapp.kit %1 %2 %3 %4 %5"
- by launching tclkit, and entering "source myapp.kit"
On Unix, launching a starkit can be done:
- from the command line, by typing "tclkit myapp.kit"
- by typing "myapp.kit" (if "chmod +x myapp.kit" was done)
- by typing "myapp" (if you did "mv myapp.kit myapp")
- by launching from a graphical shell
- by launching tclkit, and entering "source myapp.kit"
On Macintosh classic, launching happens when:
- you drag "myapp.kit" over the "TclKit" runtime
- double-click (if the starkit's "creator" has been set to "TKd4")
- by launching tclkit, and entering "source myapp.kit"
Troubleshooting
Access permissions - the default for starkits right now (July 2002), is to run in read/write mode. If "myapp.kit" is not writable, then launching it may fail. Make the file writable, copying it if necessary, to solve this.
Updated on 7 Jul 2002, 12:33 GMT
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