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<i>Tclkit Building Made Trivial</i>

<p>KitCreator is a simple build system for creating a <a href="http://www.equi4.com/tclkit/">Tclkit</a>.  It was created to ease creation of Tclkits.  If you just want to use Tcl on your platform, it is recommended that you use a <a href="http://www.equi4.com/tclkit/download.html">pre-existing Tclkit</a>.  See also locally built pre-built <a href="http://rkeene.org/projects/info/wiki/Tclkits">Tclkits</a>.</p>

<p>A <a href="http://www.equi4.com/tclkit/">Tclkit</a> is, briefly, a single-file executable that contains Tcl (both the interpreter, and all the resources it requires to operate) and other Tcl-related packages (Tk, Incr Tcl, etc).  A tclkit can be used to create a <i>Starpack</i>, which is the Tclkit plus the resources required for your Tcl-based application in a single file.  This makes application delivery easy and consistent as it will be a single file that the user runs to use the application.  Additionally, since a Tclkit is generic, any Tclkit from any platform can be used as the base for a Starpack.  That is, from GNU/Linux you can take the Tclkit for AIX and add your application to produce a native executable for AIX.</p>

<p>KitCreator can create a library that provides the Tcl (and optionally Tk) API for a system.  This is called KitDLL.  The library has all of the support files embedded into it.  The library's virtual filesystem can be extended by appending a zip file to it.  It can also be extended by appending a zip file to the application itself.</p>

<p>KitCreator can be used to cross-compile a Tclkit, however you may need to have a working Tclkit for your native system first.  KitCreator can be used to create this local boot-strap Tclkit.</p>

<p>There is an automated test suite that is performed nightly, the results can be found on the <a href="http://www.rkeene.org/devel/kitcreator/kitbuild/nightly/">nightly build status</a> page.</p>

<p>Download:
  <ul>
    <li>
      Current Release, Version <b>0.5.4</b>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.rkeene.org/devel/kitcreator-0.5.4.tar.gz">Download Source Code</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.rkeene.org/devel/kitcreator/kitbuild/0.5.4/">Build Log</a> (includes built kits)</li>
        <li><a href="dir?ci=0.5.4">Browse Source Repository</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      Previous Generation Release, Version <b>0.4.0.2408</b>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.rkeene.org/devel/kitcreator-0.4.0.2408.tar.gz">Download Source Code</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.rkeene.org/devel/kitcreator/kitbuild/0.4.0.2408/">Build Log</a> (includes built kits)</li>
        <li><a href="dir?ci=0.4.0">Browse Source Repository</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
</p>

Additional information:
<ul>
  <li>[Downloads]</li>
  <li>[Examples]</li>
  <li>[Release History]</li>
  <li>[Method of Operation]</li>
  <li>[Versioning Information]</p>
</ul>

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