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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Tcl 8.0.5 for Windows +Tcl 8.1 for Windows by Scott Stanton Scriptics Corporation scott.stanton@scriptics.com -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.9 1999/02/09 03:31:55 stanton Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.10 1999/04/16 00:48:06 stanton Exp $ 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -17,31 +17,28 @@ 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 -(http://www.scriptics.com/software/8.0.html 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 the dynamic loading interface, it is -no longer necessary to have the source distribution in order to build -and use extensions. +(ftp.scriptics.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 +the dynamic loading interface, it is no longer necessary to have the +source distribution in order to build and use extensions. 3. Compiling Tcl ---------------- 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/5.x -In practice, the 8.0.5 release is built with Visual C++ 5.0 +In practice, the 8.1.a2 release is built with Visual C++ 5.0 In the "win" subdirectory of the source release, you will find two files called "makefile.bc" and "makefile.vc". These are the makefiles @@ -57,25 +54,26 @@ 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: - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scriptics\Tcl\8.0 + HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scriptics\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 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 are on your path, in the system directory, or in the +directory containing tclsh81.exe. + +Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s. 4. Building Extensions ---------------------- With the Windows compilers you have to worry about how you export symbols from DLLs. tcl.h defines a few macros to help solve this problem: - EXTERN - all Tcl_ function prototypes use this macro, which implies they are exported. You'll see this used in tcl.h and tk.h. You should use this in your exported procedures. @@ -102,9 +100,7 @@ EXPORT(type, func) EXPORT because they had a different order. Your declaration will look like EXTERN EXPORT(int, Foo_Init)(Tcl_Interp *interp); - We have not defined EXPORT anywhere. You can paste this into your C file: - #ifndef STATIC_BUILD #if defined(_MSC_VER) # define EXPORT(a,b) __declspec(dllexport) a b @@ -174,16 +170,19 @@ appropriate makefile for your compiler. Here is the current list of known bugs/missing features for the Windows version of Tcl: -- Blocking "after" commands (e.g. "after 3000") don't work on Win32s. - 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. +- 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: +please use the form at: -<bugs@scriptics.com> +http://www.scriptics.com/support/bugForm.html -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@tclconsortium.org mailing list. |