From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2003-04-12T12:50:59+09:00
Subject: Re: plotting 2D math functions

In article <20030412013316.GB16859@math.umd.edu>,
Daniel Carrera  <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 10:30:44AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
>
>> >There's the BLT extension for Tcl/Tk, but I don't know if you can use it 
>> >with Ruby/Tk, though.
>> >
>> There is a BLT module on the RAA that I found, but all the docs are in 
>> Japanese.
>
>What is BLT?
>Somehow, I don't think it stands for "Bacon Lettuce and Tomato" in this 
>context.
>

From the webpage:
http://incrtcl.sourceforge.net/blt/

"BLT is an extension to the Tk toolkit, adding new widgets, geometry 
managers, and miscellaneous commands. It does not require any patching of 
the Tcl or Tk source files."

I wonder if it will become a standard part of Tk in the future.

Phil