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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-11-23 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> + + * unix/README: General improvements. + 2007-11-21 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> * library/tkfbox.tcl: Better theming in the file list area. diff --git a/unix/README b/unix/README index 543948d..fc2ec3e 100644 --- a/unix/README +++ b/unix/README @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SGI, as well as PCs running Linux, BSDI, and SCO UNIX. To compile for a PC running Windows, see the README file in the directory ../win. To compile for MacOSX, see the README file in the directory ../macosx. -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.23 2007/09/10 22:59:06 hobbs Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.24 2007/11/23 16:41:06 dkf Exp $ How To Compile And Install Tk: ------------------------------ @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: (a) Make sure that the Tcl release is present in the directory ../../tcl<version> (or else use the "--with-tcl" switch described below). This release of Tk will only work with the equivalently - version Tcl release. Also, be sure that you have configured Tcl before + versioned Tcl release. Also, be sure that you have configured Tcl before you configure Tk. (b) Check for patches as described in ../README. @@ -39,18 +39,18 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: discard all the configuration information computed previously. (d) Type "./configure". This runs a configuration script created by GNU - autoconf, which configures Tcl for your system and creates a - Makefile. The configure script allows you to customize the Tcl - configuration for your site; for details on how you can do this, - type "./configure -help" or refer to the autoconf documentation (not - included here). Tk's "configure" script supports the following - special switches in addition to the standard ones: + autoconf, which configures Tk for your system and creates a Makefile. + The configure script allows you to customize the Tk configuration for + your site; for details on how you can do this, type "./configure + -help" or refer to the autoconf documentation (not included here). + Tk's "configure" script supports the following special switches in + addition to the standard ones: --with-tcl=DIR Specifies the directory containing the Tcl binaries and Tcl's platform-dependent configuration information. By default the Tcl directory is assumed to be in the location given by (a) above. - --enable-threads If this switch is set, Tcl will compile + --enable-threads If this switch is set, Tk will compile itself with multithreading support. --enable-shared If this switch is specified, Tk will compile itself as a shared library if it can figure @@ -59,24 +59,34 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: how to build shared libraries. --disable-shared If this switch is specified, Tk will compile itself as a static library. - --enable-symbols build with debugging symbols By default + --enable-symbols Build with debugging symbols By default standard debugging symbols are used. You can specify the value "mem" to include TCL_MEM_DEBUG memory debugging. - --disable-symbols build without debugging symbols - --enable-64bit enable 64bit support (where applicable) - --disable-64bit disable 64bit support (where applicable) - --enable-64bit-vis enable 64bit Sparc VIS support - --disable-64bit-vis disable 64bit Sparc VIS support + --disable-symbols Build without debugging symbols + --disable-xft Disable support for antialiased fonts via + the Freetype/xft library. By default, + this is switched on whenever the + configure script can detect the required + libraries. + --enable-64bit Enable 64bit support (where applicable) + --disable-64bit Disable 64bit support (where applicable) + --enable-64bit-vis Enable 64bit Sparc VIS support + --disable-64bit-vis Disable 64bit Sparc VIS support --enable-man-symlinks Use symlinks for linking the manpages that should be reachable under several names. --enable-man-compression=PROG Compress the manpages using PROG. - Mac OS X only: - --enable-framework package Tk as a framework. - --disable-corefoundation disable use of CoreFoundation API. - --enable-aqua use Aqua windowingsystem rather than X11, - requires --enable-corefoundation with tcl & tk. + --enable-man-suffix=STRING + Add STRING to the name of each of the + manual pages. If specified without giving + STRING, the suffix will be "tk". + Mac OS X only: + --enable-framework Package Tk as a framework. + --disable-corefoundation Disable use of CoreFoundation API. + --enable-aqua Use Aqua windowingsystem rather than X11, + requires --enable-corefoundation with Tcl + and Tk. Note: by default gcc will be used if it can be located on the PATH. if you want to use cc instead of gcc, set the CC environment variable @@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: (e) Type "make". This will create a library archive called "libtk<version>.a" or "libtk<version>.so" and an interpreter - application called "wish" that allows you to type Tcl commands + application called "wish" that allows you to type Tcl/Tk commands interactively or execute script files. (f) If the make fails then you'll have to personalize the Makefile @@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: for compiling on your system. If you need to modify Makefile, there are comments at the beginning of it that describe the things you might want to change and how to change them. - + (g) Type "make install" to install Tk's binaries and script files in standard places. You'll need write permission on the installation directories to do this. The installation directories are @@ -108,7 +118,7 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: "exec_prefix" variables in the Makefile. (h) At this point you can play with Tk by invoking the "wish" - program and typing Tcl commands. However, if you haven't installed + program and typing Tcl/Tk commands. However, if you haven't installed Tk then you'll first need to set your TK_LIBRARY environment variable to hold the full path name of the "library" subdirectory. If you haven't installed Tcl either then you'll need to set your @@ -117,7 +127,8 @@ How To Compile And Install Tk: libtk.a, libtk.so, and the Tk library have a version number in their names, such as "wish8.5" or "libtk8.5.so"; to use the installed versions, either specify the version number or create a symbolic - link (e.g. from "wish" to "wish8.5"). + link (e.g. from "wish" to "wish8.5"). You can also play with Tcl/Tk + by typing "make shell", provided Tcl has been built first. If you have trouble compiling Tk, see the URL noted above about working platforms. It contains information that people have provided about changes @@ -125,6 +136,12 @@ they had to make to compile Tk in various environments. We're also interested in hearing how to change the configuration setup so that Tk compiles on additional platforms "out of the box". +Note: Do not specify either of the TCL_LIBRARY and TK_LIBRARY environment +variables in a production installation, as this can cause conflicts +between different versions of the libraries. Instead, the libraries +should have the correct locations of their associated script directories +built into them. + Test suite ---------- |