From: Joe Van Dyk Date: 2005-05-09T07:14:46+09:00 Subject: Re: another Tk question On 5/8/05, Hidetoshi NAGAI wrote: > From: Joe Van Dyk > Subject: Re: another Tk question > Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 08:54:49 +0900 > Message-ID: > > I can't find ext/tk/lib/tkextlib/SUPPORT_STATUS in Ruby's snapshot. > > Which version of Ruby do you use? > "Tcl/Tk extensions support" was introduced into Ruby-1.8.2. > Please use the latest CVS version of Ruby/Tk. > Ruby 1.8.2. The stable version. > > And I'm not able to run the samples in the tkextlib directory for some > > reason (complains about not finding tcltklib or something). > > Tcl/Tk extensions (e.g. TkTable) are not Tcl/Tk's standard libraries. > To use them, they must be installed on your Tcl/Tk environment. > > # If use "ActiveTcl package", TkTable extension is already included. > > If your Tcl/Tk can load an extension, Ruby/Tk can use the power of > the extension (however, sometimes needs to add the library path for > the extension to Tk::AUTO_PATH). > Libraries under 'tkextlib' directory are wrapper libraries for Tcl/Tk > extensions. > Even if there is no wrapper library, the extensions can be controlled > with some methods such like as Tk.tk_call(). Thanks for the info. I'll see if I can get those Tk extensions installed.