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Welcome to the Walnut Creek Tcl/Tk CDROM. This disc contains the
complete source code for Tcl and the Tk Toolkit. You will also find
many extensions, such as Expect, and applications here.
Tcl is the "Tool Command Language", a simple and extensible scripting
language. Tcl is a library upon which more complex applications can
be built. Part of the standard Tcl distribution is tclsh, a simple
shell for scripts.
Tk is an extension to the basic Tcl library which adds commands for
interfacing to the X Window System. Tk allows you to create graphical
user interfaces (GUIs) quickly and easily. Tk includes wish, a
windowing shell for scripts.
Also included here is Expect, a Tcl extension that allows the control
of interactive programs from a script.
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For more information on Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, please see the book:
Title: Tcl and the Tk Toolkit
Author: John Ousterhout
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-63337-X
For more information on Expect:
Title: Exploring Expect
Author: Don Libes
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-090-2
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To install Tcl on a Unix system:
These instructions assume that the CDROM mount point is /cdrom, and
that you want to put the sources into /usr/local/src, the binaries
into /usr/local/bin, and the libraries into /usr/local/lib.
To make, configure and install Tcl, type these commands:
cd /usr/local/src
tar xf /cdrom/tcl/tcl7.4.tar
cd tcl7.4
./configure
make
make install
To make, configure and install Tk, type these commands:
cd /usr/local/src
tar xf /cdrom/tk/tk4.0.tar
cd tk4.0
./configure
make
make install
For more detailed instructions, please see the files
tcl/tcl7.4/README and tk/tk4.0/README
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MSDOS, Windows and Macintosh:
Tcl ports to MSDOS, Windows and Macintosh are in the directory
alcatel/distrib. See the file alcatel/distrib/INDEX for
descriptions.
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Here is a list of some important files and directories on the disc.
view.exe MSDOS File Browser/Uncompressor
00global.txt Global index of disc
docs/ Documentation regarding these discs
docs/view.doc Documentation regarding VIEW.EXE
alcatel/ Archive at ftp.aud.alcatel.com
binaries/ Binaries for SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris, FreeBSD, and Linux
comp.lang.tcl/ comp.lang.tcl archive
et/ Embedded Tk distribution
expect/ Expect distribution
tcl/ Tcl 7.4 patchlevel 1
titech/ Tcl/Tk Japanese character support
tix/ Tcl/Tk extension
tk/ Tk 4.0 patchlevel 1
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