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@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ BUILDING AND INSTALLATION
0. Get, build and _install_ the Tcl/Tk distribution. You need a 8.4
distribution to use Tkzinc. On Windows there is currently an
incompatibility when using a TkZinc compiled under mingw32 with
- a core Tcl/Tk compiled with visual C++.
+ a core Tcl/Tk compiled with visual C++. You need to grab a Tcl/Tk
+ compiled with the same environment as TkZinc.
1. Unpack the distribution
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ BUILDING AND INSTALLATION
3. Make and Install
- On Unix/Linux and Windows:
+ On Unix/Linux and Windows using mingw32:
make
make install
@@ -136,14 +137,30 @@ BUILDING AND INSTALLATION
shut up some warnings.
+ On Windows using Visual C++:
+
+ nmake /F win/makefile.vc
+
+ There is no install target. You are left with the dlls and the start of
+ pkgIndex.tcl (it lacks the entries for the Tcl modules in library).
+ It is needed to compile with Visual C++ if TkZinc is to be used with a
+ Tcl/Tk compiled with Visual C++.
+
+
4. Run the demos
In the Tkzinc<version> directory run:
wish8.4 demos/zinc-widget
+ Under windows do:
+
+ wish84 demos/zinc-widget
+
It should start a Tk like 'widget' demo showing TkZinc
- features.
+ features. You can also run the demo with: demos/zinc-widget
+ if you have in the PATH a wish that is greater or equal to
+ 8.4.2.
If the perl/tk version is installed you can run a
similar demo with: