Re: [tcljava-user] Question

[Mo D. <md...@cy...>]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Tanguy Claquin wrote:

> Hello,
> happy to be a new user.
> Before I begin the installation I have a small question: do I really need
> the complete Tcl source to fully install Tcl-Java (i.e with all examples and
> doc etc.. and not only the binaray files)?

It depends on what you are trying to install. If you want to run
Tcl Blend on anything other than a Windows box, you will need
to download the source and build both Tcl and Tcl Blend. If
you want to use Jacl, you do not need to source code for Tcl
(Jacl is a entire Tcl interp written in Java).

As far as the binaries go, they are just for folks that do
not have a compiler. The binary files are just that, binaries
only. There are no docs or examples in the binary files.

> If yes, will this situation change in a foreseeable future and what are the
> advantages and/or drawback of a full compilation vs. only the binaries?
> If no, how should I proceed?

It is better to build your own binaries for a number of reasons.
If you are stuck on Windows, you may want to just use the
pre-built binaries. The only way the src vs. binaries thing
would change in the future is to perhaps stop providing any
binaries. Windows folks currently need to have VC++ to build
things so this is a bit of a pain, that may change once
things work better under Mingw (gcc for Windows).

cheers
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc