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- This directory contains a collection of files related to Tcl and
- Tk, all of which are available for anonymous FTP. Below is a
- description of what is in the various files in this directory:
-
- tk4.1b2.tar.Z - This is the most recent release of Tk. It is
- the second beta release of Tk 4.1, which supports
- Windows and Mac platforms. It was released on
- February 23, 1996, and includes the sources for the
- Tk library and the "wish" windowing shell, plus
- reference manual entries and a number of demonstration
- scripts.
-
- tk4.1b2.tar.gz - Same as tk4.1b2.tar.Z except compressed with gzip
- instead of compress.
-
- tcl75b2.zip Same as tcl7.5b2.tar.Z except archived with the
- zip utility, instead of compress.
-
- tcl7.5b2.tar.Z - This is the most recent release of Tcl. It is
- the second beta release of Tcl 7.5, which supports
- Windows and Mac platforms. It was released on
- February 23, 1996, and includes the sources for the
- Tcl library and the "tclsh" application, plus
- reference manual entries.
-
- tcl7.5b2.tar.gz - Same as tcl7.5b2.tar.Z except compressed with gzip
- instead of compress.
-
- tk41b2.zip Same as tk4.1b2.tar.Z except archived with the
- zip utility, instead of compress.
-
- win41b2.exe This is the binary release of Tk 4.1b2 and Tcl
- 7.5b2 for Windows (Win32s, Windows 95, or
- Windows NT). Execute this file under Windows
- to install the Tcl and Tk libraries, executables,
- and documentation.
-
- w32s125.exe - This self-extracting archive contains the
- setup files for Win32s v1.25, which is needed when
- running Tcl and Tk on PCs under Windows 3.1.
- Execute this file on a Windows 3.1 PC to extract
- the Win32s setup files. Once this is done, run
- the new setup.exe file to install the Win32s system.
-
- unz512xN.exe - UnZip version 5.12 for Win32. This is a free
- unzip utility for Windows NT and 95 that
- supports long file names. You can use this
- program to unzip the source distribution files
- with a .zip extension.
-
- win31-sample-ext.tar.Z This file contains a sample Tcl extension for
- Borland C++ 4.5.
-
- win31-sample-ext.tar.gz Same as win31-sample-ext.tar.Z except
- compressed with gzip instead of compress.
-
- mactk4.1b2.sea.hqx - Pre-compiled binaries of Tk 4.1b2 and Tcl 7.5b2
- for the Macintosh (both 68k & PowerPC platforms).
- The file is in binhex format, which is understood
- by Fetch, StuffIt, and many other Mac utilities.
- The unpacked file is a self-installing archive:
- double-click on it and it will create a folder
- containing all you need to run Tcl/Tk on a Macintosh.
-
- mac - This subdirectory contains several other useful
- things for the Macintosh, such as source releases
- organized for easy installation on Macs.
-
- tk4.0.tar.Z - This is the newest stable release of the Tk
- toolkit, released in July 1995. It includes
- the sources or the Tk library and the "wish"
- windowing shell, plus reference manual entries
- and a number of demonstration scripts.
-
- tk4.0.tar.gz - Same as tk4.0.tar.Z except compressed with gzip
- instead of compress.
-
- tk4.0p1.patch.gz - Compressed patch file that fixes several bugs
- found in Tk 4.0. Released July 29, 1995. See
- http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/install.html
- for instructions on applying.
-
- tk4.0p2.patch.gz - Compressed patch file that fixes several bugs
- found in Tk 4.0. Released September 19, 1995.
- See http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/install.html
- for instructions on applying.
-
- tk4.0p3.patch.gz - Compressed patch file that fixes several bugs
- found in Tk 4.0. Released November 28, 1995.
- See http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/install.html
- for instructions on applying.
-
- tcl7.4.tar.Z - This is the newest stable release of the Tcl
- scripting language, released in July 1995. It
- includes the sources for the Tcl library and the
- "tclsh" application, plus reference manual entries.
-
- tcl7.4.tar.gz - Same as tcl7.4.tar.Z except compressed with gzip
- instead of compress.
-
- tcl7.4p1.patch.gz - Compressed patch file that fixes several bugs
- found in Tcl 7.4. Released July 29, 1995. See
- http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/install.html
- for instructions on applying.
-
- tcl7.4p2.patch.gz - Compressed patch file that fixes several bugs
- found in Tcl 7.4. Released September 19, 1995.
- See http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/install.html
- for instructions on applying.
-
- tcl7.4p3.patch.gz - Compressed patch file that fixes several bugs
- found in Tcl 7.4. Released November 28, 1995.
- See http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/install.html
- for instructions on applying.
-
- SpecJava-0.2bin.tar.gz
- A binary release of SpecJava for solaris 2.4
- these files contain a wish binary, and SpecTcl
- configured for Java support
-
- SpecTcl-0.1a.tar.Z
- SpecTcl-0.1a.tar.gz These files contain the alpha release of SpecTcl,
- a graphical user interface builder for TK. SpecTcl
- requires TK4.1a2 to run, as well as a modified
- version of the BLT blt_table geometry manager, which
- is included in the release. The releases without the
- "a" were missing a couple of files and have been
- withdrawn.
-
- SpecTcl-0.1_patch_a.gz This is a gzipped patch file to upgrade
- SpecTcl-0.1.tar.gz to SpecTcl-0.1a.tar.gz. cd to
- SpecTcl-0.1, and pipe the patch file to
- gunzip | patch -p1
-
- html_library-0.1.tar.gz Simple HTML parser and displayer, written entirely
- in Tcl. Gzip-ed tar file.
-
- html_library-0.3.tar.gz Enhanced version of html_library-0.1.tar.gz
- Supports all HTML/2.0 features, including
- forms.
-
- mx.tar.Z - Sources and documentation for a mouse-based text
- editor (mx) and terminal emulator (tx) based on
- Tcl. This is a very old release: it uses an old
- version of Tcl (which is included) and doesn't
- even use Tk; it uses an ancient toolkit called
- "Sx". These tools will eventually be replaced
- with new tools based on Tk and the newest Tcl.
-
- mx-2.5.tar.Z - Newer version of mx (see above) that uses the
- standard X selection mechanism rather than the
- homegrown mechanism used by previous versions.
- Version 2.5 is not backwards compatible with
- previous versions (you can't cut and paste between
- the two). Still uses sx and an old version of
- Tcl (both of which are included).
-
- mx-2.5.patch.Z - Patch file for converting mx 2.4 sources into 2.5.
- Invoke patch in the top-level mx directory
- with the "-p1" switch and an uncompressed version of
- this file, e.g. "patch -p1 < mx-2.5.patch".
-
- engManual.tar.Z - Compressed tar file for a directory containing
- the Tcl/Tk Engineering Manual, which describes
- the coding and testing conventions used to develop
- Tcl and Tk. I strongly encourage other Tcl/Tk
- developers to follow these conventions, particularly
- if you want to submit code for possible inclusion
- into official releases.
-
- book.examples.Z - Compressed file containing ASCII text for nearly all of the examples from the book "Tcl and the Tk Toolkit".
-
- tclUsenix90.ps - Postscript for a paper on Tcl that appeared in the
- Winter 1990 USENIX Conference.
-
- tkUsenix91.ps - Postscript for a paper on Tk that appeared in the
- Winter 1991 USENIX Conference.
-
- tkF10.ps - Postscript for Figure 10 of the Tk paper.
-
- tut.tar.Z - A collection of materials from a full-day tutorial
- on Tcl and Tk. Includes viewgraphs from four
- one-hour talks.
-
- In addition, there may be older releases of some or all of the above
- files; look for files with earlier release numbers.
-
- Be sure to retrieve files in image mode (type "type image" to FTP)
- in order to make sure that you don't lose bits.
-
- Most of these files are compressed tar files; to get back the
- original directory hierarchies, type a command like the following for
- each file you retrieved:
- zcat tk4.0.tar.Z | tar xf -
- This will create a directory named tk4.0 with all the source files and
- documentation for that release. For files with ".gz" extensions, use
- a command like the following instead of the one above:
- gunzip -c tk4.0.tar.gz | tar xf -
-
- Each of the releases has a README file in the top-level directory that
- describes how to compile the release, where to find documentation, etc.
-
- In addition to the information here, there are many other Tcl/Tk extensions,
- scripts, and applications in the Tcl contributed archive, which is
- currently located on the machine ftp.aud.alcatel.com in the public
- FTP directory /tcl.
-
- There is also a collection of Web pages on Tcl and Tk at the URL
- http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl.
-
- Questions or problems with any of these distributions should be directed
- to the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup.
-
- SCCS: @(#) README 1.14 96/02/22 13:04:23
-