This repository contains the Tcl debugger component originally from the TclPro product open-sourced by Scriptics Corporation. It has been extracted from the tcltk-depot TclProDebug repository which in turn is a fork of flightaware.
Changes with respect to the flightware repository include:
- Update for Tcl/Tk 9.0
- Removal of vestigial TclPro components not required by the debugger
- Refactoring to remove internal dependencies
- Use of external parser and Tcllib cmdline packages. These need to be installed before running the debugger.
- Working test suite
To avoid conflict with co-installed old versions of the full TclProDebug suite, the name used for configuration in registry and files is now TclDebugger.
To run: run the file main.tcl with wish.
Note: the starkit functionality for 8.6 probably needs fixing.
The Help menu item on the Debugger's menu bar has an option to open the TclPro user's guide, which will appear as a PDF file in the user's default browser. The information in the chapter on the Debugger is still valid.
Below is the relevant portion of the Flightaware README
The debugger code has been upgraded to function with up-to-date releases of
Tcl/Tk (i.e., versions 8.5, 8.6):
* Tk GUI code upgraded to work with current Tk API.
* Upgraded OS interaction code to work with current operating system releases.
* Instrumentation code added to accomodate the expand operator.
* Code added for proper custom instrumentation of new Tcl commands (e.g. apply,
dict, try) and subcommands.
* Put remote-debugging client code file into package for ease of access.
* Cleanup and correction of doc files.
* Files and directories re-arranged into starkit-ready format.
* Added script to wrap debugger code into a starkit of minimum size.
* Miscellaneous bug fixes.