From: nagai@...
Date: 2002-12-27T03:24:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/Tk problem (Re: ANN: ruby 1.6.8)

Hi, 

From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com>
Subject: Re: Ruby/Tk problem (Re: ANN: ruby 1.6.8)
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 01:12:28 +0900
Message-ID: <20021226161225.GC31857@atdesk.com>
> I think one solution is to use Tcl_SetNotifier to hook into Tcl's event
> system.  You could then get Tcl to use rb_thread_select() instead of
> select().

Thank you for your advice. But, unfortunately, We'll not be able to use 
Tcl_SetNotifier. Current Ruby/Tk supports Tcl7.4 +, and the function was 
added on Tcl8.2 +. (Am I right?)
Of course, I can use the function for Tcl8.2+ only. But, on Tcl7.4 - 8.1, 
the problem is still left and we need other solutions. 
Although we may stop supporting Tcl7.x, we'll not be able to stop 
supporting Tcl8.0 - 8.1. For example, some (Japanese) Linux distributions 
still use Tcl/Tk8.0jp (Japanese version) because of better Japanese 
support. 
If we edit source code of Tcl/Tk, probably it is easy to fix the problem. 
But it will not be allowed. :-)
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                                  Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp)