Index of questions:

  • 1What is Tcl? Tk? Extended Tcl? How does Tcl compare against language XXX?
  • 2Do these packages run on my machine? a. Unix b. MacOS c. MS-DOS d. VMS
  • 3Other than C, What languages can talk to tcl/tk? a. Shell b. C++ c. Modula-3
  • 4Is there a bibliography of material relating to these programs?
  • 5Where do I report problems, bugs, or enhancements - or - What is comp.lang.tcl?
  • 6Where can I find the FAQ and who do I contact for more information about it?
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  • 7Questions on building Tcl and friends on your system Q7a. Is there anywhere I can find help with the details of getting Tcl to work on my machine? Q7b. When I am trying to build Tcl, the link step says that some of the functions Tcl needs are missing. Q7c. Has anyone built Tcl 6.2 on an RS/6000 AIX 3.1? Q7d. Has anyone gotten Tcl to compile under HP-UX? Q7e. Has anyone gotten Tcl to compile under VMS? Q7f. What does it take to get Tcl to compile under SCO Unix? Q7g. When I try to run the tclTest I get format and scan errors (NeXT, AIX, etc.) Q7h. When I try to run tcl v6.2 tclTest under Irix 4.0.1 I get lots of errors. Q7i. Does anyone else have problems with Tcl on a Cray?
  • 8 How can I XXX in Tcl/Tk? Q8a. get association lists or property lists? Q8b. call one proc with the multi parameter value returned by another proc? Q8c. pass an array into a proc? Q8d. set resources for a wish application in an app-defaults file? Q8e. get my wish application to execute - I just get a wish prompt! Q8f. pipe output of a command back into a tcl parsing procedure? Q8g. use extended Tcl and wish or expect? Q8h. delete a procedure from within a tcl/tk script?
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  • 9Where can I get these packages? a. Retrieving Tcl and Tk b. Accessing the Tcl/Tk User Contributions Archive c. Expect available via e-mail.
  • 10What are some examples of applications using Tcl and/or Tk? o arTCLs o bos o browse.tcl o BYO o dostcl o Expect o Extended Tcl 6.2b o fn and ForumNet o hp-tcl-cdplay o Modules o Mx o Point o smaillog.tcl o tcl61.cpt.bin o Tcl 6.3 o tclbot o tcltt o tickle 3.1v1 o tupact.tcl o Tx o unix.tk o Xdig
  • 11Since Tcl/Tk appear to be extensible, are there any common extensions? o deck.tk o lisp2wish o showproc.tcl o tclTCP o tcl_curses o tcl_debugger o tcl_snmp o tcl_streams o tclsockets o tclvogle o tcpConnect o tk-mod.shar o tkText o wmstuff o xygraph