development version newLISP v. 8.5.7

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Sun May 08, 2005 1:45 pm

• a bug fix for UDP broadcast mode on big-endian CPUs (MacOSX, Sparc)

• broadcast UDP mode added to 'net-connect', was previously only available on blocking UDP with net-send-udp/net-receive-udp

• big speed increase for 'replace' in larger string buffers, on 100k buffers 30x on 500k buffers 600x times speed increase

for files see and etailed change notes see here: http://newlisp.org/downloads/development

Lutz

HPW · Post by **HPW** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:18 am

Hello Lutz,

nice additions, I like the new tcltk.lsp sample.
It allows to build small tools together with link.lsp fast.

That start me thinking of another option:
Is it possible to use this pipe-commincation the other
way round. So instead of using TCP/IP like in newLISP-TK,
to build a small tcl-code which can be wrapped like newLISP-TK
which uses pipe-communication to a newLISP-EXE started from
the TCL-app. So at least similar demo from tcltk.lsp running from
a embedded TCL/TK for users with no installed TCL/TK.

When this way of communication is not possible it would be at least
an option to build a TCL/TK-app which contains the TCL/TK runtime as
a wrapped EXE for NON-TCL-PC.

Code: Select all

(process "MyEmbeddedTclTkApp" tcin tcout)

Then 2 files have to be delivered:

MyLinkednewLISP.exe
MyEmbeddedTclTkApp.exe

Also this may let us get away the wish command window.

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Mon May 09, 2005 12:09 pm

I assume one could just change the existing comunications mechanism in newlispl-tk. I chose tcp/ip to make it possible to have the Tcl/Tk frontend and newlisp.exe on a different computer. I do not think it his possible to start Tk without the toplevel '.' dot window, but you can always hide it.

Lutz

newdep · Post by **newdep** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:05 pm

Is there a problem with the Wish command window?
As far as i know you dont have to display it, but i dont understand the
initial problem so i cant drop an example ;-)

Btw, thanks Lutz for the addons in 857

Regards, Norman.

HPW · Post by **HPW** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:25 am

Lutz wrote:I assume one could just change the existing comunications mechanism in newlispl-tk. I chose tcp/ip to make it possible to have the Tcl/Tk frontend and newlisp.exe on a different computer.

Maybe it is worth to think about this option, because for multisession tasks you have to generate new IP-number pairs for each session-comminication via TCP/IP. Is that possible with pipe-communication?

Norman wrote: Is there a problem with the Wish command window?

The additional window is not so nice for each small tool-window.

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:00 pm

(1) You would have the same situation with pipes.

(2) You can hide the window on start-up. The newlisp-tk maual shows you how to do this. Or even better use the '.' window in your applications, this is how the program examples/tcltk.lsp does it. The whole point is really mute, because if you are using TK it is because you want a window ;)

Lutz

HPW · Post by **HPW** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:59 pm

Lutz wrote:(1) You would have the same situation with pipes.

I thought each session pair could have it's own pipe.
Anyway, then I could stay with tcp/ip.

Lutz wrote: ...., this is how the program examples/tcltk.lsp does it. The whole point is really mute, because if you are using TK it is because you want a window ;)

I miss this point. When I start 'newlisp.exe tcltk.lsp' I get 2 windows!
(the small TK window with the 3 button and the black command shell.)
And sure I use TK, because I want my (1) window.

HPW · Post by **HPW** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:15 pm

Of cource we can use Peter's run-wrapper:

http://www.turtle.dds.nl/run/index.html

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:27 pm

Ok, I misunderstood, you mean the shell window popping up. Yes, Peters 'run.exe' works well to suppress that from coming up.

Lutz