Tcl 7.4p2 Release Notes

Table of Contents

  • What is Tcl?
  • Support Policy
  • Installation Information
  • Silicon Graphics Legal Notice
  • Author's Notice(s)
  • Documentation Information

    • What is Tcl?

    Tcl is an embeddable scripting language; this is version 7.4, patch level 2.

    Author's Notice(s):

    The author of this product is: John Ousterhout <john.ousterhout@eng.sun.com>

    Installation Information

    Tcl includes these subsystems:
    fw_tcl.sw.tcl (default) Tcl execution and development environments.
    fw_tcl.man.tcl (default) Tcl's online manual pages (preformatted).
    fw_tcl.man.relnotes (default) Tcl's online release notes.
    fw_tcl.src The complete Tcl 7.4p2 software distribution from which this product was built.

    Installation Method

    All of the subsystems for Tcl can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

    Prerequisites

    Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.3 or later in order to use this product.

    Documentation Information

    Preformatted manual pages are installed by default; Tcl(1) gives a quick summary of the Tcl language syntax.

    The best way to get started with Tcl is to read one of the introductory books on Tcl:

    Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, by John Ousterhout, Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-63337-X

    Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, by Brent Welch, Prentice-Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-13-182007-9

    The official home for Tcl and Tk on the WWW is located at: http://www.smli.com/research/tcl. These Web pages include release updates, reports on bug fixes and porting issues, and pointers to many other Tcl/Tk Web pages at other sites.

    There is a network news group comp.lang.tcl intended for the exchange of information about Tcl, Tk, and related applications. This newsgroup can be used both for general information questions and for bug reports. The author reads the newsgroup and attempts to fix bugs and problems reported to it.