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-This file describes how to build BLT under Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
-
-It's not necessary to compile BLT for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
-Binary versions are available on ftp.tcltk.com/pub/blt.
-
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/blt/files/blt2.4z-for-8.0.exe
- -or-
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/blt/files/blt2.4z-for-8.1.exe
- -or-
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/blt/files/blt2.4z-for-8.2.exe
- -or-
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/blt/files/blt2.4z-for-8.3.exe
-
-They will dynamically load into wish80.exe, wish81.exe, wish82.exe, or
-wish83.exe by invoking
-
- package require BLT
-
-from within your script.
-
-If you really need to build BLT yourself, then hold onto your hat.
-It's a lot more difficult to build BLT under Windows than under Unix.
-Most Windows software is designed to be delivered as a self-installing
-binary executable, therefore it's rare to find the installation tools
-necessary to build and install BLT from the source code.
-
-1. What versions of Tcl/Tk can I use?
-
- Any stable release. I've built and tested BLT with Tcl/Tk
- versions 8.0.5, 8.1.1, and 8.2.3, and 8.3.4. Avoid the alpha and
- beta versions.
-
-2. What compiler can I use?
-
- You can use one of the following compilers:
-
- 1. Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0/6.0
- 2. Cygwin's GNU CC 2.95.2 (with or without -mno-cygwin)
- 3. Borland Free compiler 5.5.1
-
- I normally build with VC++ 6.0. This is also what the binary Tcl/Tk
- distribution use.
-
- Note: Unless it's your only option, I don't recommend using the
- Borland free compiler right now.
-
-3. What "make" program do I need?
-
- I highly recommend installing the Cygwin tool suite. You can pick
- this up from
-
- http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/setup.exe
-
- I normally use GNU make instead of Microsoft's nmake. But you can
- also nmake. If you have a choice, use the Cygnus tools. For
- compiling with Borland's C compiler, you can use Borland's make.exe.
-
-4. Do I need to compile the Tcl/Tk libraries?
-
- More than likely. Unless you're compiling with Cygwin GCC and the
- cygwin-version of the Tcl/Tk libraries, you'll need to obtain the
- Tcl/Tk sources and compile them.
-
-5. Is there anything else I need?
-
- By default, JPEG support is enabled. It uses the jpeg-6b
- libraries from ftp.uu.net. You can pick up the sources from
-
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
-
- You can also use the Intel JPEG Libraries. JPEG support is
- optional. You can disable it.
-
-6. Can I mix-and-match DLLs?
-
- You can't really mix the Borland and VC++ compiled DLLs. BLT isn't
- stubbed and the symbol names are incompatible between versions.
- The various workarounds are difficult.
-
- I haven't tested this, but I believe you can load a GNU CC
- (-mno-cygwin) BLT24.dll into a VC++ compiled wish.
-
- In general the best advice is to use the same compiler that
- that you compiled Tcl/Tk to compile BLT.
-
-7. What compiler should I use?
-
- Right now, probably Microsoft VC++. This is what all Tcl/Tk
- releases 8.0 to present have been built with. So you shouldn't
- have to work too hard to compile the Tcl and Tk libraries.
-
- Having said that, Cygwin's GNU CC works just fine. You can
- obtain versions from Mumit Khan to build Tcl and Tk. I recommend
- compiling the Tcl/Tk libraries yourself with the -mno-cygwin
- option.
-
- And if compiling Tcl and Tk is too much of a hassle, you can
- always built BLT with the cygwin Tcl/Tk libraries (cygtcl80.dll
- and cygtk80.dll). The downside is that the cygwin libraries are
- 1) pretty old (version 8.0) and 2) there may be some
- incompatibilities between the native Win32 calls in BLT
- and the cygwin emulation layer.
-
- I have built BLT with the Borland free compiler. It's not
- 100% yet. The problems are
- 1) If you automatically load BLT from a script file, you
- will generate exception in the DLL. Oddly enough,
- you can source the script manually.
- 2) Resampled images are blank (see the graph3.tcl and eps.tcl
- demos). The same code works with both GCC and VC++.
- 3) I can't even get wish83.exe to open a console window.
- Weirdly, bltwish.exe does this properly.
- 4) The turbo debugger is a pain.
-
-
-Building BLT with Microsoft VC++, Cygwin Make, and VC++ compiled
-Tcl/Tk libraries.
-===================================================================
-
-1. Install the Tcl/Tk sources. They should reside in the
- same directory tree as the BLT sources.
-
- ______________|______________
- | | | |
- blt2.4 tcl8.3.4 tk8.3.4 jpeg-6b
-
-
-2. Build and install the Tcl and Tk libraries.
-
- cd tcl8.3.4/win
- nmake -f Makefile.vc
- nmake -f Makefile.vc install
- cd ../../tk8.3.4/win
- nmake -f Makefile.vc
- nmake -f Makefile.vc install
-
-3. In the BLT directory, edit ./win/makedefs. Set the following
- macros.
-
-
- v1 = 8.3 Tcl/Tk version.
- v2 = 83 Version number without dots.
- v3 = 8.3.4 Suffix of Tcl/Tk directories
-
- prefix = C:/Program\ Files/Tcl
- Location of installed Tcl/Tk files.
- TOOLS32 = C:/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio/VC90
- Location of MS C compiler and tools.
- HAVE_JPEG = 0
-
-4. Compile and install.
-
- make -f Makefile.vc
- make -f Makefile.vc install
-
-5. Add the location of BLT24.dll to your PATH variable and test
- BLT
-
- cd demos
- export PATH=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Tcl/bin:$PATH
-
- bltwish.exe graph1.tcl
-
-Building BLT with Microsoft VC++, nmake, and VC++ compiled Tcl/Tk
-libraries.
-====================================================================
-
-1. Install the Tcl/Tk sources. They should reside in the
- same directory tree as the BLT sources.
-
- ______________|______________
- | | | |
- blt2.4 tcl8.3.4 tk8.3.4 jpeg-6b
-
-
-2. Build and install the Tcl and Tk libraries.
-
- cd tcl8.3.4\win
- nmake -f Makefile.vc
- nmake -f Makefile.vc install
- cd ..\..\tk8.3.4\win
- nmake -f Makefile.vc
- nmake -f Makefile.vc install
-
-3. In the BLT directory, edit .\win\makedefs. Set the following
- macros.
-
-
- v1 = 8.3 Tcl/Tk version.
- v2 = 83 Version number without dots.
- v3 = 8.3.4 Suffix of Tcl/Tk directories
-
- prefix = C:/Program\ Files/Tcl
- Location of installed Tcl/Tk files.
- TOOLS32 = C:/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Visual\ Studio/VC90
- Location of MS C compiler and tools.
- HAVE_JPEG = 0
-
-4. Compile BLT.
-
- make -f blt.mak
-
-5. Install BLT
-
- Since Windows doesn't provide tools to install software, we'll
- use Tcl/Tk to do it. There's an install script in ./win/install.tcl.
- Add the location of wish83.exe to your PATH and run wish83.exe.
-
- wish83.exe ./win/install.tcl
-
-6. Test BLT
-
- cd demos
- bltwish.exe graph1.tcl
-
-Building BLT with Cygwin GCC and mingw (-mno-cygwin) Tcl/Tk libraries.
-======================================================================
-
-1. Install the Tcl/Tk sources. They should reside in the
- same directory tree as the BLT sources.
-
- ______________|______________
- | | | |
- blt2.4 tcl8.3.4 tk8.3.4 jpeg-6b
-
-
-2. Install the cygwin tool suite.
-
-3. Build and install the Tcl and Tk libraries.
-
- cd tcl8.3.4/win
- ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tcl8.3.4
- make
- make install
- cd ../../tk8.3.4/win
- ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tcl8.3.4
- make
- make install
-
-3. Compile and install BLT.
-
- ./configure --disable-cygwin --prefix=/usr/local/tcl8.3.4
- make
- make install
-
-4. Test BLT
-
- Add the location of wish83.exe to your PATH and run bltwish.exe.
-
- cd demos
- bltwish.exe graph1.tcl
-
-Building BLT with Cygwin GCC and the cygwin distribution Tcl/Tk
-libraries.
-=============================================================
-
-1. Install the cygwin tool suite.
-
-2. Compile and install BLT.
-
- ./configure --disable-cygwin --with-scriptdir=/usr/share --prefix=/usr
- make
- make install
-
-3. Test BLT
-
- Add the location of wish83.exe to your PATH and run bltwish.exe.
-
- cd demos
- bltwish.exe graph1.tcl
-
-Building BLT with Borland bcc55 and Borland compiled Tcl/Tk libraries.
-======================================================================
-
-1. Install the Tcl/Tk sources. They should reside in the
- same directory tree as the BLT sources.
-
- ______________|______________
- | | | |
- blt2.4 tcl8.3.4 tk8.3.4 jpeg-6b
-
-
-2. Build and install the Tcl and Tk libraries.
-
- cd tcl8.3.4\win
- make -f Makefile.bc
- make -f Makefile.bc install
- cd ..\..\tk8.3.4\win
- make -f Makefile.bc
- make -f Makefile.bc install
-
-3. In the BLT directory, edit .\win\makedefs. Set the following
- macros.
-
- v1 = 8.3 Tcl/Tk version.
- v2 = 83 Version number without dots.
- v3 = 8.3.4 Suffix of Tcl/Tk directories
-
-4. Edit .\src\Makefile.bc
-
- prefix = C:\Program Files\Tcl
- Location of installed Tcl/Tk files.
- TOOLS32 = C:\Borland\BCC55\
- Location of Borland C compiler and tools.
- HAVE_JPEG = 0
-
-4. Compile BLT.
-
- cd src
- make -f Makefile.bc
-
-5. Install BLT
-
- Since Windows doesn't provide tools to install software, we'll
- use Tcl/Tk to do it. There's an install script in ./win/install.tcl.
- Add the location of wish83.exe to your PATH and run wish83.exe.
-
- wish83.exe ./win/install.tcl
-
-6. Test BLT
-
- cd demos
- bltwish.exe graph1.tcl
-