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- Welcome to the Walnut Creek Tcl/Tk CDROM. This disc contains the complete
- source code for Tcl and the Tk Toolkit. Tcl is the "Tool Command Language",
- a simple scripting language for controlling and extending applications.
-
- Tk is a toolkit for the X Window System, that extends Tcl with commands for
- building user interfaces.
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- Here is a list of some important files and directories:
-
- Readme.txt This file
- dirs.txt A list of all the directories on the CDROM
- view.exe An MSDOS program to search the disc and view files
- index.txt A list of the files with descriptions
- go.bat Type "GO" to start, for MSDOS
- tcl/ The source code for Tcl version 7.3
- tk/ The source code for Tk version 3.6, patch level 1
- comp.lang.tcl/ The archives of the Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.tcl
- faq/ Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Tcl
- sprite/ Tcl and Tk files from sprite.berkeley.edu
- harbor/ Tcl and Tk files from harbor.ecn.purdue.edu
- gnu/ Gnu utilities, including Gnu Zip, and Gnu Tar
- support.txt Information on commercial support for Tcl/Tk.
- catalog.txt Other CDROM titles available from Walnut Creek CDROM
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- To install Tcl on a Unix system:
-
- These instructions assume that the CDROM mount point is /cdrom, and that
- you want to put the sources into /usr/local/src, the binaries into
- /usr/local/bin, and the libraries into /usr/local/lib.
-
- To make, configure and install Tcl, type these commands:
-
- cd /usr/local/src
- tar xf /cdrom/tcl/tcl7.3.tar
- cd tcl7.3
- configure
- make
- make install
-
- To make, configure and install Tk, type these commands:
-
- cd /usr/local/src
- tar xf /cdrom/tk/tk3.6.tar
- cd tk3.6
- patch < /cdrom/tk/tk3.6p1.patch
- configure
- make
- make install
-
- For more detailed instructions, please see the files tcl/tcl7.3/README and
- tk/tk3.6/README .
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- MSDOS, Windows and Macintosh:
-
- Tcl ports to MSDOS, Windows and Macintosh are in the directory
- harbor/distrib. See the file harbor/distrib/INDEX for descriptions.
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- For more information on Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, please see the book:
-
- Title: Tcl and the Tk Toolkit
- Author: John Ousterhout
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley
- ISBN: 0-201-63337-X
-
- This book is available in most technical bookstores, or you can order directly
- from Walnut Creek CDROM for $36.75 plus shipping and handling ($5 US/Can/Mex,
- $10 Overseas).
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- This CDROM comes with an unconditionally money back guarantee. If you are
- dissatisfied for any reason, you may return it for a full refund.
-
- Walnut Creek CDROM
- 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260
- Walnut Creek CA 94596
- USA
-
- 1 800 786 9907
- +1 510 674 0783
- +1 510 674 0821 fax
- info@cdrom.com internet
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