Re: Tcl / Tk on Windows

On 12/12/2024 12:24 PM, Torsten wrote:

The problem is getting working binaries for the latest Tcl versions 8.6.16 and 9.0.
 Magicsplat only supports Windows, Freewrap only Windows and Linux.

I think Bawt by Paul Obermeier hits the nail here, with support for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

The problem with tclkits and sdx is that it is old, very old, and no longer maintained.

Is this true? Is the source code for tclkits and sdx not available? That is a real problem if so.

I appreciate that Tcl/Tk is still being maintained, but I do not want to port (configure/make/install) the language, I want to develop applications using the language.
 How can I use new versions without an out-of-the-box runtime environment? In my opinion, this is the biggest threat to Tcl at the moment.
 

I can empathize.  Perhaps the wiki could have a page where people can download it, and the new version binaries are uploaded by the maintainers.  It used to be you got it all from Activestate (and its predecessors before them).  I am not sure what they are doing now but they changed their licensing a few years ago and, frankly, ruined it.