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@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ -Tcl 8.0p2 for Windows +Tcl 8.1a2 for Windows -by Scott Stanton -Sun Microsystems Laboratories -scott.stanton@eng.sun.com - -SCCS: @(#) README 1.25 97/11/21 15:15:40 +SCCS: @(#) README 1.28 98/02/18 15:11:13 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -17,12 +13,12 @@ contains information specific to the Windows version of Tcl. 2. Distribution notes --------------------- -Tcl 8.0 for Windows is distributed in binary form in addition to the +Tcl 8.1 for Windows is distributed in binary form in addition to the common source release. The binary distribution is a self-extracting archive with a built-in installation script. Look for the binary release in the same location as the source release -(ftp.smli.com:/pub/tcl or any of the mirror sites). For most users, +(ftp.sunlabs.com:/pub/tcl or any of the mirror sites). For most users, the binary release will be much easier to install and use. You only need the source release if you plan to modify the core of Tcl, or if you need to compile with a different compiler. With the addition of @@ -34,12 +30,12 @@ source distribution in order to build and use extensions. In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following items: - Tcl 8.0 Source Distribution (plus any patches) + Tcl 8.1 Source Distribution (plus any patches) Borland C++ 4.52 (both 16-bit and 32-bit compilers) or Visual C++ 2.x/4.x - Visual C++ 1.5 (to build tcl1680.dll for Win32s support of exec) + Visual C++ 1.5 (to build tcl1681.dll for Win32s support of exec) In the "win" subdirectory of the source release, you will find two files called "makefile.bc" and "makefile.vc". These are the makefiles @@ -55,23 +51,23 @@ find them. Tcl looks in one of three places for the library files: 1) The path specified in the environment variable "TCL_LIBRARY". - 2) In the lib\tcl8.0 directory under the installation directory + 2) In the lib\tcl8.1 directory under the installation directory as specified in the registry: For Windows NT & 95: - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sun\Tcl\8.0 + HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sun\Tcl\8.1 Value Name is "Root" For Win32s: - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SOFTWARE\Sun\Tcl\8.0\ + HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SOFTWARE\Sun\Tcl\8.1\ 3) Relative to the directory containing the current .exe. - Tcl will look for a directory "..\lib\tcl8.0" relative to the + Tcl will look for a directory "..\lib\tcl8.1" relative to the directory containing the currently running .exe. -Note that in order to run tclsh80.exe, you must ensure that tcl80.dll -and tclpip80.dll (plus tcl1680.dll under Win32s) are on your path, in -the system directory, or in the directory containing tclsh80.exe. +Note that in order to run tclsh81.exe, you must ensure that tcl81.dll +and tclpip81.dll (plus tcl1681.dll under Win32s) are on your path, in +the system directory, or in the directory containing tclsh81.exe. 4. Test suite ------------- @@ -95,15 +91,14 @@ Windows version of Tcl: - Clock command fails to handle daylight savings time boundaries for things like "last week". - Background processes aren't properly detached on NT. -- File events only work on sockets. -- Pipes/files/console/serial ports don't support nonblocking I/O. +- File events only work on sockets and pipes. +- Files/console/serial ports don't support nonblocking I/O. - The library cannot be used by two processes at the same time under Win32s. +- Environment variables containing international characters aren't + imported correctly. -If you have comments or bug reports for the Windows version of Tcl, -please direct them to: - -Scott Stanton -scott.stanton@eng.sun.com - -or post them to the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup. +If you have comments or bug reports for the Windows version of Tk, +please direct them to the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup or the wintcl +mailing list (see http://sunscript.sun.com/win/wintcl-list.html for +more information). |