Tcl_Main and Tcl_AppInit
This section describes how to make a custom main program that includes Tcl. However, the need for custom main programs has been reduced by the use of loadable modules. If you create your commands as a loadable package, you can just load them into tclsh or wish. Even if you do not need a custom main, this section will explain how all the pieces fit together.
The Tcl library supports the basic application structure through the Tcl_Main procedure that is designed to be called from your main program. Tcl_Main does three things:
It calls Tcl_CreateInterp to create an interpreter that includes all the standard Tcl commands like set and proc. It also defines a few Tcl variables like argc and argv. These have the command-line ...
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