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*===========================================*
The TkZinc widget version 3.3
*===========================================*
WHAT IS THIS?
TkZinc is a canvas like widget extension to Tcl/Tk. It adds
support for ATC displays, provides structured assembly of
items, transformations, clipping, and openGL based rendering
features such as gradients and alpha blending.
It is currently available on Unices (tested on Linux) and
Windows.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
The newest version is found at: http://www.openatc.org/zinc
It should be at least available in source form in a file
named Tkzinc<version>.tgz.
Distribution specific packages may also be available for
Debian/Mandrake/Red Hat distributions, most likely for stable
versions.
As a convenience the documentation (pdf+html) is made available
on the web site as a separate package.
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++. You need to grab a Tcl/Tk
compiled with the same environment as TkZinc.
1. Unpack the distribution
On Unix/Linux:
tar zxf Tkzinc<version>.tgz
On Windows:
Use WinZip or something like this to unpack
This creates a directory Tkzinc<version> with all the
needed files. This directory should be in the same
directory as the Tcl/Tk sources.
2. Configure
On Unix/Linux:
cd Tkzinc<version>
./configure <option>*
This will configure the package for your platform. It
will install it in /usr/local. If you want it elsewhere
you can use the --prefix and --exec-prefix options of
configure to assign another location.
On Windows:
TkZinc has been built using the msys/mingw32 environment.
It is known to work with Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 compiled using the
same environment. CAUTION: It doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.4.1
using mingw32.
The steps for building under mingw32 are the same as on Unices.
Currently there is no support for building with visual C++.
On all platforms:
It is possible to customize TkZinc through configure options:
--enable-gl=[yes|no|damage]
--disable-gl
This is turned off by default. Building with --enable-gl=damage
is the recommanded way for openGL support.
--enable-om=[yes|no]
--disable-om
This is turned on by default. It controls the inclusion of
code for avoid overlap between track labels in radar images.
--enable-shape=[yes|no]
--disable-shape
This is turned on by default except on Windows where support
code is not currently available (it may become available).
It allows for non rectangular TkZinc windows optionally including
the top level window.
--enable-ptk=[yes|no]
--disable-ptk
This is turned off by default. It builds TkZinc for use in
perl/tk. This is not currently supported on Windows.
And the Tcl standards:
--enable-threads=[yes|no]
--disable-threads
Compile a thread aware/thread safe version (not tested in multi
threaded environment). Needed if Tcl/Tk has been compiled with
the same configure option.
--enable-symbols=[yes|no|mem|all]
--disable-symbols
Turn on debugging symbols. If the form --enable-symbols=mem is
used, turn on memory debugging as well.
3. Make and Install
For use with Tcl on Unix/Linux and Windows using mingw32:
make
make install-tcl
It is recommended to do a make distclean before actual building if you
have done a previous build, especially between Tcl and Perl variants.
The warnings while compiling libtess are harmless (or so I believe ;-).
libtess is a tesselation library extracted from GLU/Mesa. I trust it as
robust unless proven wrong. I do not want to modify the code just to
shut up some warnings.
For use with Tcl 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++.
P.S: If a pkgIndex.tcl for Tkzinc exists in the autoload path before
installing, it will interfere with the generation of the new pkgIndex.tcl.
It should be removed or renamed. echo 'puts $auto_path' | tclsh will
tell the current load path.
For use with Perl/Tk only on Unix/Linux, the better would be to read
the README.PERL file, which describres the usual way of buildind, testing,
and installing TkZinc. You can also do the following:
## Remember: you must use the --enable-ptk=yes option in ./configure
make perl
make testperl ## this currently does not test many thing
make demoperl ## launches a demo similar to the Perl/Tk widget demo
make install
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. 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:
zinc-demos
5. Make and read the documentation
It is available in pdf and html forms.
To make the pdf doc you need pdflatex installed. Then do:
cd Tkzinc<version>
make pdf
This should create a refman.pdf in the doc directory.
To make the html doc you need latex and latex2html. Then do:
cd Tkzinc<version>
make html
This should create a refman directory in the doc directory
with all the html pages and images. The entry point is
index.html.
You can also download the doc on TkZinc website:
http://www.openatc.org/zinc/documentation.html
6. Report bugs and wishes
Please report bugs and suggestions to the TkZinc mailing list
at zinc@tls.cena.fr.
When reporting bugs try to be as specific as possible.
Include, if possible, the output from the program. Compile
TkZinc with debugging symbols and include a backtrace of the
debugger. Send a small Tcl (or Perl) script reproducing the problem.
The availability of a correction may dependent on these infos.
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