[vtkusers] VTK + Tcl 8.3.0 + Itcl 3.1.0 (NT)

[David J. Netherway]

Are these currently the latest versions that work?

I am currently using the binary releases tcl8.2.3 and itcl31-82 for winNT.  I could not find a
later binary release for itcl. I am looking to upgrade to tcl8.3.x.

There is a source package itcl3.2 but I am not sure where
to start with building it. The instructions are to follow the usual TEA instructions for
building under windows.  What is TEA? There are configure files etc that seem applicable for
Unix. Unless there is somewhere I can type configure and nmake or bring up at least a partly
configured VC++ environment I am lost with windows.

Is there are simple answer, or do I need to learn what to do by starting the compilation with
tcl?

Thanks, David Netherway


Sebastien BARRE wrote:

> Hi
>
> For these that are just wondering, VTK works fine with Tcl 8.3.0 (Windows NT).
>
> I've been able to compile from the source the following package : VTK 3.1.2
> (CVS) + Tcl/Tk 8.3.0 + Itcl 3.1.0. No problem (except the usual
> tkWinChildProc, easy to solve).
>
> Itcl 3.1.0 won't work with 8.3.1.
>
> Tcl/Tk 8.3.2 seems to be really broken if you build it from source.
>
> The big advantage of 8.3.0 over 8.2.x is that the DashPath, Img patch and
> so on have been included. Thus the ''image' support and the canvas
> functions are better (and fastest). Furthermore, canvas might be exported
> as PostScript, including images (indeed, in the 8.3.1 release, but I made a
> patch for the Itcl users that have to keep with 8.3.0).
>
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