ActiveTcl User Guide

NAME

Tcl_Init - find and source initialization script

SYNOPSIS

#include <tcl.h>
int
Tcl_Init(interp)

ARGUMENTS

Tcl_Interp *interp (in)

Interpreter to initialize.

DESCRIPTION

Tcl_Init is a helper procedure that finds and source's the init.tcl script, which should exist somewhere on the Tcl library path. On Macintosh systems, it additionally checks for an Init resource and sources the contents of that resource if init.tcl cannot be found.

Tcl_Init is typically called from Tcl_AppInit procedures.

SEE ALSO

Tcl_AppInit, Tcl_Main

KEYWORDS

application, initialization, interpreter

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