visualTclCheck

Current version : 1.0, stable version.
License : GPL.
SourceForge project page.

visualTclCheck is a Tk GUI interface to the TclPro static checker tool.
I discovered a few time ago that the TclPro tools from Scriptics/Ajuba (now InterWoven) were now free, under GPL license. The more interesting for me is the checker. It is a command line tool, and I use Windows (at work, often at home), so with the awful MSDOS "shell", a graphical interface was necessary :-)

So I started to write an interface for selecting files, calling checker tool on it and displaying result. I wrote it faster than I expected, and it looks to me enough friendly for releasing it as a GPL free software.

The project is hosted on SourceForge, and you can report bugs, request features, use forums, access to the files, etc., on the SourceForge project page.
If you don't know what SourceForge is, you can go on the site.

For those who wants to know how works the version numbering of visualTclCheck :
<major>.<minor><status>
<major> is the major version number, it changes when important modifications are done.
<minor> is the minor version number, it changes when less important modifications are done, bug fixes, etc.
<status> is a character for the development status, a for alpha version, b for beta version, nothing for stable version.

News

04-March-2001

Release of version 1.0, stable version. The name of the project has been changed from vTclCheck to visualTclCheck. The old name could be confusing with the tclCheck tool of Lindsay Marshall at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/tclCheck/.
Except this, few changes, only the widget resizing rewritten, multi-language for the checker dialog box, and a more portable way of managing file names.
Now the files can only be accessed on the Sourceforge project site, no more on this page.

24-feb-2001

I did the packages for the 1.0b version. You can find through this page the .zip for Windows and the .tar.gz for others ; the content is the same. This version is considered as beta because it needs more testing and because the resizing of widgets does not work as it should. Packages will be soon put on SourceForge.

23-feb-2001

the SourceForge project has been created yesterday, and I started to feed it : web page uploaded, SF project configuration, etc. At this time, visualTclCheck itself is not yet uploaded, I have to configure WinCVS, to build packages, etc.

Features

Selection of multiple files for processing.
Call of the checker on one or more files.
Display of output from the checker.
Interpretation of some output messages (warnings and errors).
Detailled description of error/warnings messages.
Edition of a file.
Multiple language support (currently English and French).

Requirements

You need Tcl/Tk 8.3 and of course the TclPro tools. You can get both from the Scriptics/Ajuba site.
It has been tested on Windows 98/ME with TclPro 1.4.1. I don't know if it will work with other versions of TclPro.
The interface has been tested on GNU/Linux.
For details read the readme file.

If you have information on the supported systems, versions, please report it to me or use the forums on SourceForge.

ToDo and Bugs

I made a basic tool, with just a little bit more than the minimum for being useful. So some things are missing :

Support of error level. The checker supports several levels of errors/warnings. Currently the checker is called for a maximum output.
Support of versions. It is possible to specify to the checker the version of Tcl, Tk, etc. to check. But not yet through the interface.
Better file saving. Currently, there is no check done on the edited file. So if an user action closes the file, there is no warning and the modifications will be lost. The file will be saved only by selecting "Save" in the "File" menu. So save often :-)
More configuration for the tool (language, maybe colors, etc.). Some configuration data can be changed in a configuration file, but not directly through the interface.
Help (currently only the readme file).
Checking the code with the TclPro checker :-)

And some things doesn't work well :

Not really a bug, but annoying thing. There is important differences between font size under Windows and GNU/Linux, so the sizes should be changed according to the OS.

Screen Shoots

The mandatory screenshots :

Windows, the result of a check with source display and extended help

GNU/Linux, an edited file with the checker selection dialog box

Download

You can download visualTclCheck on the SourceForge pages. There is a .zip file for Windows users and a .tar.gz file for others, but the content is the same. You will find all the released versions.
You can also access to CVS tree or browsing it with cvsweb. More details can be found here.

Links

The project page on SourceForge, where you can find the mailing lists, anonymous or web access to the CVS tree, bug management (lists, bug report form, etc.), and other things usually found on SourceForge.
The "source" for Tcl is still http://dev.scriptics.com. You can download here Tcl/Tk and TclPro.
Now that the developpement is not in Ajuba, Tcl is on SourceForge.

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