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<title>IrTcl User's Guide and Reference
<author><htmlurl url="http://www.indexdata.dk/" name="Index Data">,
<tt><htmlurl url="mailto:info@indexdata.dk" name="info@indexdata.dk"></tt>
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<abstract>
This document describes IrTcl -- an information retrieval toolkit for
Tcl and Tk that provides access to the Z39.50/SR protocol.
needed unless you wish to communicate within an OSI environment.
See [ref 2] for more information about the XTI/mOSI implementation.
-<sf/IrTcl/ is normally implemented as a <it/dynamic/ library (DLL)
-which is dynamically loaded by using the Tcl command <tt/load/.
-However, <sf/IrTcl/ can be compiled as a traditional <it/static/
-library as well.
+<sf/IrTcl/ is usually build as a <it/dynamic/ library (Windows)
+or shared Object (Unix) which is dynamically loaded by using the Tcl's
+<tt/load/ command. However, <sf/IrTcl/ can be compiled as a
+traditional <it/static/ library as well.
<sect>Compilation and installation
In order to compile you need:
<itemize>
<item> An ANSI C compiler such as GNU C.
-<item> <htmlurl url="http://sunscript.sun.com/TclTkCore/" name="Tcl">.
+<item> <htmlurl url="http://www.scriptics.com" name="Tcl">.
Version 7.5, 7.6 and 8.0 has been tested.
-<item> <htmlurl url="http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz.html" name="YAZ">
- version 1.4 or higher.
+<item> <htmlurl url="http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/" name="YAZ">
+ version 1.5 or higher.
</itemize>
As an option you may want:
<itemize>
-<item> <htmlurl url="http://sunscript.sun.com/TclTkCore/" name="Tk">.
+<item> <htmlurl url="http://www.scriptics.com" name="Tk">.
Version 4.1, 4.2 and 8.0 has been tested.
<item> XTI/mOSI
</itemize>
<tag><tt>ir-tcl.h</tt></tag> The <sf/IrTcl/ header file.
Installed in <tt>INCDIR</tt> -- defaults to <tt>/usr/local/include</tt>.
-<tag><tt>clientrc.tcl</tt></tag> A setup file with definitions
+<tag><tt>irtdb.tcl</tt></tag> A setup file with definitions
of target and queries. Read and updated by <tt>client.tcl</tt>. Installed
in <tt>IRTCLDIR</tt> -- defaults to <tt>/usr/local/lib/irtcl</tt>.
At first the script was relatively small but it has grown since the
beginning. At present it is about 3000 lines.
-To start the client using a dynamic library use:
+To start the client with dynamic library support use:
<tscreen><verb>
$ wish -f client.tcl
</verb></tscreen>
Note: Substitute the real name for the wish interpreter above, for
-version 8.0 it probably called <tt/wish8.0/.
+version 8.0 it is probably called <tt/wish8.0/.
To start the client without dynamic library support use:
<tscreen><verb>
<p>
<descrip>
-<tag>1 Ousterhout, John K.:</tag>
+<tag>1 IrTcl Homepage</tag>
+<htmlurl url="http://www.indexdata.dk/irtcl/"
+name="http://www.indexdata.dk/irtcl/">
+
+<tag>2 Ousterhout, John K.:</tag>
Tcl and the Tk Toolkit. Addison-Wesley Company Inc (ISBN
0-201-63337-X). The Tcl/Tk toolkit home page is
-<tt><htmlurl url="http://www.sunscript.com"
- name="http://www.sunscript.com"></tt>.
-The primary ftp site is <tt><htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.smli.com/pub/tcl/"
-name="ftp://ftp.smli.com/pub/tcl/"></tt>.
-<tag>2 Welch, Brent B.:</tag>
+<htmlurl url="http://www.scriptics.com"
+ name="http://www.scriptics.com">.
+The primary download area is
+<htmlurl url="http://www.scriptics.com/software/download.html"
+name="http://www.scriptics.com/software/download.html">.
+
+<tag>3 Welch, Brent B.:</tag>
Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk. Prentice Hall
(ISBN 0-13-616830-2).
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