Cannot get Tk extension samples to work with Windows XP

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Hidetoshi,

As you suggested, I added:

Tk::AUTO_PATH.list <<= "C:Tcl/lib"

into:

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\tkextlib\setup.rb

and I was able to run BWidget demo with the latest ActiveState ActiveTcl 8.4.9.1.139183. However for iwidgets that I also use, I got the following error:

ruby canvasprintdialog.rb

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tk/package.rb:86:in `require': TkPackage version conflict for package "Tcl": have 8.3, need 8.4 (RuntimeError)
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tkextlib/itcl/incr_tcl.rb:12
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require__'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tkextlib/itcl.rb:13
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require__'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tkextlib/iwidgets.rb:7
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require__'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require'
from canvasprintdialog.rb:3

Exit code: 1

I will check ruby-talk 120774 more closely to see if it offers solution to my problem.

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

Goran

ยทยทยท

Hidetoshi NAGAI <nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp> wrote:
From: Goran Stankovic
Subject: Cannot get Tk extension samples to work with Windows XP
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 04:46:55 +0900
Message-ID: <20050515194634.10483.qmail@web81404.mail.yahoo.com>

I cannot get any of Tk extension samples to work on Windows XP. I was able to run them successfully on Linux and Mac.

(snip)

My guess is that I am missing some environment variable to connect the ruby bindings with the actual Tk extension libraries. I would appreciate if somebody would help with this.

I don't know whether tcltklib included 1.8.2-15 supports libraries
of Tcl/Tk8.4 or not. Please check Tk::TK_VERSION value.
If the value is "8.3" and 1.8.2-15 doesn't support Tcl/Tk8.4,
please read [ruby-talk:120774].
If 1.8.2-15 supports Tcl/Tk8.4 and Ruby/Tk cannot find the
libarary path as you say, please entry the library path to
Tk::AUTO_PATH.
Probably, one of the easiest way is to add the following line
to the file "/tkextlib/setup.rb".
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Tk::AUTO_PATH.list <<= "/lib"
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If you have the trouble on the specific Tk extension, please add
a similar line to "/tkextlib//setup.rb".
--
Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp)