From: Markus Liebelt Date: 2005-01-08T02:01:27+09:00 Subject: Re: Using of tkextlib in ruby-182-14 Hello Hidetoshi, On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:30:08 +0900, Hidetoshi NAGAI wrote: > Hi, > > From: "Markus Liebelt" > Subject: Using of tkextlib in ruby-182-14 > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 05:06:31 +0900 > Message-ID: >> Could someone enlight me what is going wrong? I would like to use the >> additional widget combobox, and have found no way to do it. > > Because One-Click-Ruby-Installer has standard Tcl/Tk libraries only. > tkextlib/* are files to support Tcl/Tk extensions (iwidgets/* requires > the IWidgets extention). > > Probably, it is the easiest way to install a ActiveTcl binary package > which can be downloaded from the ftp site of ActiveState (please see > "Support&Resources" at http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/). > > # Maybe, delete Tcl/Tk libraries included the Ruby-Installer. > > However, you must get the ActiveTcl8.3.x (Not the latest version). > TclTkLib::COMPILE_INFO of tcltklib on Ruby-Installer is > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "tcltklib 2004-12-23 :: Ruby1.8.2 (2004-12-25) with pthread :: > Tcl8.3.2(without stub)/Tk8.3.2(without stub) with tcl_threads" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > It shows the tcltklib works with Tcl/Tk8.3 only. I'm just downloading a 8.3 version, and will have a look at it. > If want to use ActiveTcl8.4.x or 8.5.x, please read [ruby-talk:120774]. > Although the tcltklib binary described at there is old, maybe work > with latest Ruby-Installer. I just stick to the version the most close to the one currently used in Ruby. By the way, are there plans to upgrade to Tcl/Tk 8.4 or 8.5 in the near future? Not that I need a lot of features provided by these versions, just for curiosity ... Thank you for your help Bye Markus -- Markus Liebelt; markus.liebelt@online.de