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authorstanton <stanton>1999-02-09 03:46:27 (GMT)
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updated readmes for 8.0.5 releasecore_8_1_merge_2_10_99core_8_0_5_base
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ by Scott Stanton
Scriptics Corporation
scott.stanton@scriptics.com
-RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.7 1999/01/04 19:25:28 rjohnson Exp $
+RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.8 1999/02/09 03:46:27 stanton Exp $
1. Introduction
---------------
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ 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.scriptics.com:/pub/tcl/tcl8_0 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/tcl8_0 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 Tk
----------------
@@ -62,21 +62,16 @@ find them. Tk looks in one of two places for the library files:
2) In the lib\tk8.0 directory under the Tcl installation directory
as specified in the registry:
- For Windows NT & 95:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scriptics\Tcl\8.0
- Value Name is "Root"
-
- For Win32s:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SOFTWARE\Scriptics\Tcl\8.0\
+ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scriptics\Tcl\8.0
+ Value Name is "Root"
2) Relative to the directory containing the current .exe.
Tk will look for a directory "..\lib\tk8.0" relative to the
directory containing the currently running .exe.
Note that in order to run wish80.exe, you must ensure that tcl80.dll,
-tclpip80.dll (plus tcl1680.dll under Win32s), and tk80.dll are on your
-path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing
-wish80.exe.
+tclpip80.dll, and tk80.dll are on your path, in the system directory,
+or in the directory containing wish80.exe.
4. Test suite
-------------
@@ -100,7 +95,6 @@ Windows beta version of Tk:
- Some "wm" functions don't map to Windows and aren't implemented;
others should map, but just aren't implemented. The worst offenders
are the icon manipulation routines.
-- Under Win32s, you can only start one instance of Wish at a time.
- Color management on some displays doesn't work properly resulting in
Tk switching to monochrome mode.
- Tk seems to fail to draw anything on some Matrox Millenium cards.