Hi Alan, > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] > > Later I plan to try and get both Tcl and Tk to build on Wine. > According to the Tcl notes for such builds, I can use a very similar build > procedure > under MinGW/MSYS that I do on Linux, but with one caveat; Tcl no longer > supports > pure 32-bit Windows. Instead, you apparently need a WoW64 Windows setup (a > mixture of 32-bit and 64-bit). That's actually available for Wine, but I > estimate it is > going to take quite a bit of effort to build that WoW64 version of Wine and > install all > the necessary Windows software (MinGW/MSYS, CMake, Python, etc.) on that new > version of the Wine platform. So this effort may stretch into late next week. >
Where did you find that information about Tcl no longer supporting 32-bits Windows? ActiveTcl 8.6.1 comes in two flavours for Windows for instance: 32-bits and 64-bits. Or is this something specific to MinGW/MSYS? > N.B. I do expect the Linux build of Tk to be useful for testing PLplot on > cutting-edge > Tk. But for now the corresponding Windows build of Tk (if it works) will > mostly just be > a curiosity since it will be the version of Tk that just uses a subset of the > X calls. But > I am going to attempt that Tk build on Windows for completeness, and because > it > might be useful later. In fact, currently I believe there is even a few > simple tests you > can run against that "subset" version of Tk using PLplot (the > "runAllDemos.tcl" code > that can be tested using the procedure in examples/tk/README.tkdemos was > originally developed on Windows and uses its own unique bindings located at > binding/tk-x-plat that stay within the subset API of Tk). > > In sum, I have made a good start toward the goal of supplying some > interesting test > results for the latest versions of Tcl and Tk for both Linux and Windows. > I have been able to build the Tk bindings and related drivers under Cygwin. Since there is a X11 Window server and window manager for that platform, I could run the examples on my Windows laptop. Regards, Arjen DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
