Hi Alan, window paths in Tcl/Tk always start with a period. It looks as if the device derives a name based on the path of the executable (as stored in argv[0]). I have not examined that code yet, but a simple solution would be to add a leading period if one is missing.
Regards, Arjen On 2009-12-10 23:13, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > There is something I don't understand about -dev tk. If you try executing > > examples/c/x01c -dev tk > > you get an error > > bad window path name "examples/c/x01c" > > However, > > ./examples/c/x01c -dev tk > > and > > cd examples/c > ./x01c -dev tk > > both work without issues. What is magic about the leading period in > pathnames for Tcl/Tk? Can we make -dev tk immune to this issue? > > Alan > __________________________ > Alan W. Irwin > > Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, > University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation > for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software > package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of > Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project > (lbproject.sf.net). > __________________________ > > Linux-powered Science > __________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
