[MACTCL] Re: Tcl/Tk on MacOS X

[Jim I. <wol...@mi...>]

in article bob...@va...,
Robert Hicks at bob...@no... wrote on 3/28/01 8:07 AM:

>> Native OSX Tk isn't there yet, but there have been several posts
>> of how to use the Tk via the (Unix) X libraries for OSX, if you
>> want to go that way.  Look in groups.google.com for the refs.
> 
> I am just happy knowing it is in the works...

Some people have already built a version of Tk with the Xfree libraries from
the Darwin repository.  This is a second-class solution, since it doesn't
use the Mac OS X L&F, puts the menus in the wrong place, etc...  But it will
get you started. 

Last I heard XWindows on Aqua didn't build in GM.  It also runs only in
Rooted mode, which is a bummer...  But I am sure someone in the Darwin
community will fix these things, it seems to be a fairly active area of
development.  And if you install the Darwin versions of XWindows, you can
boot Mac OS X into the console (just use >Console as the user name) and then
type startx, and you have XWindows.  I haven't tried this myself (I am happy
with Aqua for now) but I've seen it done...

I am slowly working on a real (Carbonized) version, but I can't tell yet
when I will get something alive enough to share.

Jim