Where is IWidgets?

John Connor

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Mar 23, 2010, 1:22:36 AM3/23/10

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I just downloaded Tcl/Tk version 8.5.8.1
It has a lot of packages and the help file lists IWidgets too.
But when I give the command,
package require IWidgets
It gives an error.

Also, the demo Tk apps shipped with it does not have any demo of
IWidgets.
Whats wrong here?

Larry W. Virden

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Mar 23, 2010, 10:54:35 AM3/23/10

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On Mar 23, 1:22 am, John Connor <john.crap.con...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just downloaded Tcl/Tk version 8.5.8.1

That sounds like an ActiveTcl version number.

> It has a lot of packages and the help file lists IWidgets too.
> But when I give the command,
> package require IWidgets
> It gives an error.

Was the error
can't find package IWidgets

Did you try
package require Iwidgets

(note the lower case w)

If that still reports not found, then try
$ teacup install --with-recommends Iwidgets

and see if that works.

>
> Also, the demo Tk apps shipped with it does not have any demo of
> IWidgets.
> Whats wrong here?

As far as I can tell, only the Tk demo apps are available with
ActiveTcl. Just download the Iwidgets source code and get its demos
from that source.

Jeff Hobbs

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Mar 24, 2010, 3:09:48 PM3/24/10

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On Mar 23, 7:54 am, "Larry W. Virden" <lvir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As far as I can tell, only the Tk demo apps are available with
> ActiveTcl. Just download the Iwidgets source code and get its demos
> from that source.

In addition, there is now a "demos" package in the teapot that brings
in several demos beyond the core Tk ones. Just do 'teacup install
demos'.

Jeff

hae

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Mar 25, 2010, 2:51:36 AM3/25/10

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Hello Jeff,

I tried 'teacup install demos' but teacup tells me

Resolving demos ... Not found in the archives. Note: Names are case-
sensitive.

Aborting installation, was not able to locate the requested
entity.

Searching for the demos package I get:

entity name version platform
-------- ----------------------------- ------- ---------------------
redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 aix-powerpc
Business Edition Only --- License required
redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 hpux-parisc
Business Edition Only --- License required
package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 linux-glibc2.3-ix86
package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 linux-glibc2.3-x86_64
package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 macosx-universal
redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 solaris2.8-sparc
Business Edition Only --- License required
redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 solaris2.10-ix86
Business Edition Only --- License required
package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 win32-ix86
-------- ----------------------------- ------- ---------------------
8 entities found

I guess I would need to specify the profile to get this demos.
However, do there exist demos for 8.5 as well?

Ruediger

Andreas Kupries

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Apr 8, 2010, 2:51:26 AM4/8/10

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hae <r_ha...@gmx.de> writes:

> Searching for the demos package I get:
>
> entity name version platform
> -------- ----------------------------- ------- ---------------------
> redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 aix-powerpc

> redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 hpux-parisc

> package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 linux-glibc2.3-ix86
> package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 linux-glibc2.3-x86_64
> package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 macosx-universal
> redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 solaris2.8-sparc

> redirect activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 solaris2.10-ix86

> package activestate::activetcl::demos 8.4 win32-ix86
> -------- ----------------------------- ------- ---------------------
> 8 entities found
>
> I guess I would need to specify the profile to get this demos.
> However, do there exist demos for 8.5 as well?

There are no additional demos in 8.5, just get the 8.4 package.

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Andreas Kupries <akup...@shaw.ca>
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