BLT and Tcl/Tk 8.5

[Bob Techentin]

I'd like to get our system admins to upgrade to Tcl/Tk 8.5, but we've
got some applications deployed that use BLT (mostly vectors and
graphs), and BLT releases only work for the 8.4 versions. I'd thought
about doing some of the upgrade work myself.

But I also just noticed that ghowlett is quietly making commits to
BLT's sourceforge CVS. I haven't seen postings or email by George in
some time. But I recall that his policy was to wait until a "final"
Tcl/Tk release before working on upgrading BLT. I tried to drop him a
note via sourceforge offering to help, but I didn't get a response.

Does anybody know if George is working on upgrading BLT to Tcl/Tk
8.5? Or how to contact him?

Thanks,
Bob
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[Bryan Oakley]

Bob Techentin wrote:
> I'd like to get our system admins to upgrade to Tcl/Tk 8.5, but we've
> got some applications deployed that use BLT (mostly vectors and
> graphs), and BLT releases only work for the 8.4 versions. I'd thought
> about doing some of the upgrade work myself.

We use BLT with 8.5 on windows and haven't run into any problems (yet.
knock on wood!) I believe I got my version at the following address; I
don't recall how I stumbled upon it. Google smiled on me, I guess.

http://reddog.s35.xrea.com/wiki/A%20Stub-enabled%20BLT2.4z%20for%20Windows.html

Along with the code was a README file with these contents:

This is a binary release of BLT2.4z for Windows.

- BLT2.4z patched with blt2.4z-patch-2
- Enabled-Stub
- Fixed [Bug 651993]

I put this under original BLT license.

ohtsuka...@gmail.com

Count me among the chorus cheering George on -- I hope we see a new
8.5-compatible version of BLT from him some day soon. BLT is a wonderful
package.

--
Bryan Oakley
http://www.tclscripting.com

[Bob Techentin]

On Feb 12, 2:16 pm, Bryan Oakley <oak...@bardo.clearlight.com> wrote:
>
> We use BLT with 8.5 on windows and haven't run into any problems (yet.
> knock on wood!) I believe I got my version at the following address; I
> don't recall how I stumbled upon it. Google smiled on me, I guess.
>

> http://reddog.s35.xrea.com/wiki/A%20Stub-enabled%20BLT2.4z%20for%20Wi...

Thanks, Bryan. I think I saw that too. But I got scared off by the
"dirty patch" and "dangerous patch" comments. If its working for you,
maybe I'll take another look.

Bob