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                               Visual Tcl

                  An Application Development Environment
                         For the Tcl/Tk language

                    Copyright 1996-1999, Stewart Allen
                    Originally created by Stewart Allen
                       Maintained by Christian Gavin
                                   & Damon Courtney

o  Unzip or untar Visual Tcl into a permanent location. On Unix, we
   recommend /usr/local/vtcl. On Windows, a good default is
   "C:\Program Files\vTcl". On Macintosh, I recommend you do this
   inside of the folder in which Tcl/Tk was installed. It is important
   to note that on Windows, you must use WinZip (www.winzip.com) or
   another zip which supports long file names and nested directories.
   This is the most common difficulty Windows users encounter.


                                UNIX

o  Run the ./configure script in the location where you installed vTcl.
   This script will run and attempt to find the best WISH shell.  This
   script will write out a startup script called vtcl that you can then
   use to start Visual Tcl.

o  If a WISH is not found, or you want to use a different WISH, edit the
   "vtcl" shell script.
   Change PATH_TO_WISH to the location of the wish binary
   Change VTCL_HOME to the directory you installed vTcl in.

o  Put vtcl in your path (/usr/local/bin or /usr/bin) or change your
   path to include $(VTCL_HOME)

o  Make sure your DISPLAY environment variable is set and type "vtcl".

o  Select File / Preferences... then select the libraries you want to 
   be loaded on start up.

   Note:
   - lib_core.tcl must always be selected.
   - lib_vtcl.tcl contains a combobox, a multicolumn listbox, and a
     progress bar
   - lib_itcl.tcl adds support for [Incr Tcl/Tk]
   - lib_tix.tcl  adds support for Tix
   - lib_blt.tcl  adds support for BLT
   - the libraries you selected will be loaded the next time you start
     Visual Tcl. The first time you start vTcl, it will attempt to load
     all the libraries. For faster startup time, it is recommended you
     select only the libraries you need.

   We recommend to select lib_core.tcl and lib_vtcl.tcl for a starter.
   Depending on what extensions you have installed, you can then load
   additional libraries. It is not an error to load a library if the
   targeted extension is not installed, but vTcl will use more
   memory if you do so.

                          WINDOWS 95 and NT

o  Make SURE you use Winzip from http://www.winzip.com
   Other zip programs fail to preserve long file names and nested
   directory structures.

o  If you wish to create "shortcuts" to the vtcl.tcl icon, make sure
   you edit the "startup directory" to the base installation directory
   for Visual Tcl.

o  You will need to associate all ".tcl" files with the Wish appplication.
   This is usually done by default by the newest Tcl/Tk packages for
   Windows.

o  Double-click on the "vtcl.tcl" icon.

o  Select File / Preferences... then select the libraries you want to 
   be loaded on start up.

   Note:
   - lib_core.tcl must always be selected.
   - lib_vtcl.tcl contains a combobox, a multicolumn listbox, and a
     progress bar
   - lib_itcl.tcl adds support for [Incr Tcl/Tk]
   - lib_tix.tcl  adds support for Tix
   - lib_blt.tcl  adds support for BLT
   - the libraries you selected will be loaded the next time you start
     Visual Tcl. The first time you start vTcl, it will attempt to load
     all the libraries. For faster startup time, it is recommended you
     select only the libraries you need.

   We recommend to select lib_core.tcl and lib_vtcl.tcl for a starter.
   Depending on what extensions you have installed, you can then load
   additional libraries. It is not an error to load a library if the
   targeted extension is not installed, but vTcl will use more
   memory if you do so.


                              MACINTOSH

o  Start the Wish shell interpreter.

o  "cd" to the Folder in which Visual Tcl was installed.

o  Type "source vtclmac".

Tcl8.3.2 and Tk8.3.2 or newer. You can obtain a binary for most platforms
from http://www.activestate.com/. If not, source code is also available
from http://www.sourceforge.net/.

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