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Installing Tix.py

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0) To use Tix.py, you need Tcl/Tk (V8.3.3), Tix (V8.1.1) and Python (V2.1.1).

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Tix.py has been written and tested on an Intel Pentium running RH Linux 5.2

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and Mandrake Linux 7.0 and Windows with the above mentioned packages.

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Older versions, e.g. Tix 4.1 and Tk 8.0, might also work.

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There is nothing OS-specific in Tix.py itself so it should work on

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any machine with Tix and Python installed. You can get Tcl and Tk

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from http://dev.scriptics.com and Tix from http://tix.sourceforge.net.

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1) Build and install Tcl/Tk 8.3. Build and install Tix 8.1.

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Ensure that Tix is properly installed by running tixwish and executing

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the demo programs. Under Unix, use the --enable-shared configure option

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for all three. We recommend tcl8.3.3 for this release of Tix.py.

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2a) If you have a distribution like ActiveState with a tcl subdirectory

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of $PYTHONHOME, which contains the directories tcl8.3 and tk8.3,

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make a directory tix8.1 as well. Recursively copy the files from

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<tix>/library to $PYTHONHOME/lib/tix8.1, and copy the dynamic library

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(tix8183.dll or libtix8.1.8.3.so) to the same place as the tcl dynamic

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libraries ($PYTHONHOME/Dlls or lib/python-2.1/lib-dynload). In this

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case you are all installed, and you can skip to the end.

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2b) Modify Modules/Setup.dist and setup.py to change the version of the

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tix library from tix4.1.8.0 to tix8.1.8.3

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These modified files can be used for Tkinter with or without Tix.

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3) The default is to build dynamically, and use the Tcl 'package require'.

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To build statically, modify the Modules/Setup file to link in the Tix

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library according to the comments in the file. On Linux this looks like:

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# *** Always uncomment this (leave the leading underscore in!):

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_tkinter _tkinter.c tkappinit.c -DWITH_APPINIT \

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# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk libraries are:

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-L/usr/local/lib \

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# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk headers are:

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-I/usr/local/include \

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# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11 header files are:

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-I/usr/X11R6/include \

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# *** Or uncomment this for Solaris:

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# -I/usr/openwin/include \

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# *** Uncomment and edit for BLT extension only:

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# -DWITH_BLT -I/usr/local/blt/blt8.0-unoff/include -lBLT8.0 \

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# *** Uncomment and edit for PIL (TkImaging) extension only:

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# (See http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ for more info)

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# -DWITH_PIL -I../Extensions/Imaging/libImaging tkImaging.c \

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# *** Uncomment and edit for TOGL extension only:

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# -DWITH_TOGL togl.c \

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# *** Uncomment and edit for Tix extension only:

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-DWITH_TIX -ltix8.1.8.3 \

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# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect your Tcl/Tk versions:

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-ltk8.3 -ltcl8.3 \

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# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11 libraries are:

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-L/usr/X11R6/lib \

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# *** Or uncomment this for Solaris:

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# -L/usr/openwin/lib \

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# *** Uncomment these for TOGL extension only:

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# -lGL -lGLU -lXext -lXmu \

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# *** Uncomment for AIX:

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# -lld \

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# *** Always uncomment this; X11 libraries to link with:

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-lX11

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4) Rebuild Python and reinstall.

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You should now have a working Tix implementation in Python. To see if all

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is as it should be, run the 'tixwidgets.py' script in the Demo/tix directory.

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Under X windows, do

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/usr/local/bin/python Demo/tix/tixwidgets.py

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If this does not work, you may need to tell python where to find

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the Tcl, Tk and Tix library files. This is done by setting the

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TCL_LIBRARY, TK_LIBRARY and TIX_LIBRARY environment variables. Try this:

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env TCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/tcl8.3 \

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TK_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/tk8.3 \

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TIX_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/tix8.1 \

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/usr/local/bin/python Demo/tix/tixwidgets.py

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If you find any bugs or have suggestions for improvement, please report them

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via http://tix.sourceforge.net

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