Tcl/Tk script-start by double click instead of calling from CLI

[gjorgi]

Hi,
I have a simple Tcl/Tk script which I would like to start by double clicking it instead of calling it from the command line. How to get my script started that way?

 

[gjorgi]

Tried with chmod +x, but a dialog pops up and asks me how to run this script: in terminal, display or run. What I would like is to go straight to execution, without any dialog boxes. How to go about?

 

[tCarls]

To tell it how to run the script the first line needs to be #! followed by the path to the interpreter. If you're using Linux you can use /usr/bin/wish for a tcl/tk gui. Like this:

#!/usr/bin/wish
code ...

 

[gjorgi]

That is exactly how my script starts, with the shebang line, but I still get the dialog box.

 

[ulis]

wish is the windowed shell of Tcl.
Try tclsh if you don't want a window.

More on tclsh at

http://wiki.tcl.tk/tclsh

HTH

ulis

 

[gjorgi]

But I need the window. When I substitute wish for tclsh in the shebang line, I get error message (only when I run the script in console):
invalid command name "button"
while executing
"button .someButton -text etc -command {some-tcl-command}"
I need the window, the buttons, etc. And I made the windowed script executable with chmod +x. But I don't need the "Run or Display?" dialog box, is there any way around it?

 

[gjorgi]

Ok, got it. It doesn't have to do anything with tclsh vs. wish or making executable, linking, wrapping in C executable, changing MIME types etc.
I selected the file in the file browser and then selected "Edit" -> Preferences -> Behavior -> to the section "executable text files" where the radio button "Run when they are clicked" needs to be checked and that's about it...
Thanks to all that tried to help