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diff --git a/ext/tk/README.ActiveTcl b/ext/tk/README.ActiveTcl deleted file mode 100644 index 990f612648..0000000000 --- a/ext/tk/README.ActiveTcl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -ActiveTcl is ActiveState's quality-assured distribution of Tcl. - -# see <http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/> -# <http://www.tcl.tk/> - -First of all, please try to configure without any options. -"extconf.rb" searches ActiveTcl as default action. -If you have ActiveTcl and standard (or your own) Tcl/Tk on your -environment and don't want to use ActiveTcl on your Ruby/Tk, please -use --without-ActiveTcl option. - -When "extconf.rb" fails to find your ActiveTcl libraries, please try -the followings. - -If you want to use ActiveTcl binary package as the Tcl/Tk libraries, -please use the following configure options. - - --with-ActiveTcl=<ActiveTcl_root> - ( When without argument; no <ActiveTcl_root>; only '--with-ActiveTcl', - it same to '--with-ActiveTcl=/opt/ActiveTcl*/lib' ) - - --with-tcl-dir=<ActiveTcl_root> - --with-tk-dir=<ActiveTcl_root> - -And use the followings if you need. - - --with-tcllib=<libname> - --with-tklib=<libname> - --enable-tcltk-stubs - -For example, when you install ActiveTcl-8.4.x to '/usr/local/ActiveTcl', - - configure --with-tcl-dir=/usr/local/ActiveTcl/ \ - --with-tk-dir=/usr/local/ActiveTcl/ \ - --with-tcllib=tclstub8.4 \ - --with-tklib=tkstub8.4 \ - --enable-tcltk-stubs - -It depends on your environment that you have to add the directory of -ActiveTcl's libraries to your library path when execute Ruby/Tk. -One of the way is to add entries to TCLLIBPATH environment variable, -and one of the others add to LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable - -Probably, using TCLLIBPATH is better. The value is appended at the -head of Tcl's 'auto_path' variable. You can see the value of the -variable by using 'Tk::AUTO_PATH.value' or 'Tk::AUTO_PATH.list'. - -For example, on Linux, one of the ways is to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH -environment variable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - [bash]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ActiveTcl/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \ - ruby your-Ruby/Tk-script - - [bash]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ActiveTcl/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH irb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Based on it, the Tcl interpreter changes auto_path variable's value. - -Then, you'll be able to use Tcl/Tk extension libraries included in the -ActiveTcl package (e.g. call TkPackage.require('BWidget'), and then, -use functions/widgets of BWidget extension). - - Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp) |