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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
pkg_mkIndex \- Build an index for automatic loading of packages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.VS 8.3.0
-\fBpkg_mkIndex ?\fI\-direct\fR? ?\fI\-lazy\fR? ?\fI\-load pkgPat\fR? ?\fI\-verbose\fR? \fIdir\fR ?\fIpattern pattern ...\fR?
-.VE
+\fBpkg_mkIndex\fR ?\fIoptions...\fR? \fIdir\fR ?\fIpattern pattern ...\fR?
.fi
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBPkg_mkIndex\fR is a utility procedure that is part of the standard
The \fIdir\fR argument gives the name of a directory and each
\fIpattern\fR argument is a \fBglob\fR-style pattern that selects
script or binary files in \fIdir\fR.
-.VS 8.0.3
The default pattern is \fB*.tcl\fR and \fB*.[info sharedlibextension]\fR.
-.VE
-.br
+.RS
+.PP
\fBPkg_mkIndex\fR will create a file \fBpkgIndex.tcl\fR in \fIdir\fR
with package information about all the files given by the \fIpattern\fR
arguments.
in the files, as described above).
If you have a package split among scripts and binary files,
or if you have dependencies among files,
-you may have to use the \fB\-load\fP option
+you may have to use the \fB\-load\fR option
or adjust the order in which \fBpkg_mkIndex\fR processes
-the files. See COMPLEX CASES below.
-
+the files. See \fBCOMPLEX CASES\fR below.
+.RE
.IP [3]
Install the package as a subdirectory of one of the directories given by
the \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR variable. If \fB$tcl_pkgPath\fR contains more
file. As long as the package is installed as a subdirectory of a
directory in \fB$tcl_pkgPath\fR it will automatically be found during
\fBpackage require\fR commands.
-.br
+.RS
+.PP
If you install the package anywhere else, then you must ensure that
the directory containing the package is in the \fBauto_path\fR global variable
or an immediate subdirectory of one of the directories in \fBauto_path\fR.
application, or you can add the directory to your \fBTCLLIBPATH\fR
environment variable: if this environment variable is present,
Tcl initializes \fBauto_path\fR from it during application startup.
+.RE
.IP [4]
Once the above steps have been taken, all you need to do to use a
package is to invoke \fBpackage require\fR.
interpreter, based on the first call to \fBpackage require\fR.
Different versions of a package may be loaded in different
interpreters.
-
.SH OPTIONS
The optional switches are:
.TP 15
\fB\-lazy\fR
The generated index will manage to delay loading the package until the
use of one of the commands provided by the package, instead of loading
-it immediately upon \fBpackage require\fR.
+it immediately upon \fBpackage require\fR. This is not compatible with
+the use of \fIauto_reset\fR, and therefore its use is discouraged.
.TP 15
\fB\-load \fIpkgPat\fR
The index process will pre-load any packages that exist in the
-current interpreter and match \fIpkgPat\fP into the slave interpreter used to
+current interpreter and match \fIpkgPat\fR into the slave interpreter used to
generate the index. The pattern match uses string match rules, but without
making case distinctions.
-See COMPLEX CASES below.
+See \fBCOMPLEX CASES\fR below.
.TP 15
\fB\-verbose\fR
Generate output during the indexing process. Output is via
-the \fBtclLog\fP procedure, which by default prints to stderr.
+the \fBtclLog\fR procedure, which by default prints to stderr.
.TP 15
\fB\-\-\fR
-End of the flags, in case \fIdir\fP begins with a dash.
-
+End of the flags, in case \fIdir\fR begins with a dash.
.SH "PACKAGES AND THE AUTO-LOADER"
.PP
The package management facilities overlap somewhat with the auto-loader,
be invoked until \fBpackage require\fR has been used to select a
version; in contrast, packages indexed with \fBauto_mkindex\fR
can be used immediately since there is no version control.
-
.SH "HOW IT WORKS"
.PP
\fBPkg_mkIndex\fR depends on the \fBpackage unknown\fR command,
invoke \fBpackage provide\fR commands to announce the
availability of the package, and they setup auto-loader
information to load the files of the package.
-.VS 8.3
-If the \fI\-lazy\fR flag was provided when the \fBpkgIndex.tcl\fR
+If the \fB\-lazy\fR flag was provided when the \fBpkgIndex.tcl\fR
was generated,
-.VE
-a given file of a given version of a given package isn't
+a given file of a given version of a given package is not
actually loaded until the first time one of its commands
is invoked.
Thus, after invoking \fBpackage require\fR you may
not see the package's commands in the interpreter, but you will be able
to invoke the commands and they will be auto-loaded.
-
-.VS 8.3
.SH "DIRECT LOADING"
.PP
Some packages, for instance packages which use namespaces and export
that their package files be loaded immediately upon \fBpackage require\fR
instead of delaying the actual loading to the first use of one of the
package's command. This is the default mode when generating the package
-index. It can be overridden by specifying the \fI\-lazy\fR argument.
-.VE
-
+index. It can be overridden by specifying the \fB\-lazy\fR argument.
.SH "COMPLEX CASES"
Most complex cases of dependencies among scripts
and binary files, and packages being split among scripts and
.PP
In general, it is OK for scripts to have dependencies on other
packages.
-If scripts contain \fBpackage require\fP commands, these are
+If scripts contain \fBpackage require\fR commands, these are
stubbed out in the interpreter used to process the scripts,
so these do not cause problems.
If scripts call into other packages in global code,
-these calls are handled by a stub \fBunknown\fP command.
+these calls are handled by a stub \fBunknown\fR command.
However, if scripts make variable references to other package's
variables in global code, these will cause errors. That is
also bad coding style.
.PP
If binary files have dependencies on other packages, things
can become tricky because it is not possible to stub out
-C-level APIs such as \fBTcl_PkgRequire\fP API
+C-level APIs such as \fBTcl_PkgRequire\fR API
when loading a binary file.
For example, suppose the BLT package requires Tk, and expresses
-this with a call to \fBTcl_PkgRequire\fP in its \fBBlt_Init\fP routine.
+this with a call to \fBTcl_PkgRequire\fR in its \fBBlt_Init\fR routine.
To support this, you must run \fBpkg_mkIndex\fR in an interpreter that
has Tk loaded. You can achieve this with the
\fB\-load \fIpkgPat\fR option. If you specify this option,
\fBpkg_mkIndex\fR will load any packages listed by
-\fBinfo loaded\fP and that match \fIpkgPat\fP
+\fBinfo loaded\fR and that match \fIpkgPat\fR
into the interpreter used to process files.
-In most cases this will satisfy the \fBTcl_PkgRequire\fP calls
+In most cases this will satisfy the \fBTcl_PkgRequire\fR calls
made by binary files.
.PP
If you are indexing two binary files and one depends on the other,
will be available when the second file is processed.
You may also need to load the first package into the
temporary interpreter used to create the index by using
-the \fB\-load\fP flag;
-it won't hurt to specify package patterns that are not yet loaded.
+the \fB\-load\fR flag;
+it will not hurt to specify package patterns that are not yet loaded.
.PP
If you have a package that is split across scripts and a binary file,
-then you should avoid the \fB\-load\fP flag. The problem is that
+then you should avoid the \fB\-load\fR flag. The problem is that
if you load a package before computing the index it masks any
other files that provide part of the same package.
-If you must use \fB\-load\fP,
+If you must use \fB\-load\fR,
then you must specify the scripts first; otherwise the package loaded from
the binary file may mask the package defined by the scripts.
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
package(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
auto-load, index, package, version
+'\"Local Variables:
+'\"mode: nroff
+'\"End:
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