Version 12 of Obtaining the TCL Plugin

Updated 2005-04-29 16:27:13 by lwv

The complete source code for the latest revision of the Tcl Plugin is available at Sourceforge: [L1 ] [L2 ]

LES: Sourceforge says: "This Project Has Not Released Any Files"

Lars H: It does have files in CVS, though [L3 ].

LES: True, but source is not useful to everyone. For some reason, many people develop software that is supposed to be free, but can only be compiled with Visual C++, which is not free, to generate Windows binaries. Sort of defeats the purpose, in my opinion.

LV In the cases where I've seen this happen, it turned out that the Visual C compiler was all the developer had to use. On the other hand, in the Tcl community, frequently you will find developers willing to include specialized code for other compilers, as long as you are willing to provide ongoing support for the specialty code.


Binaries of the plugin are distributed with ActiveState's Tcl Dev Kit. Note: Though Tcl Dev Kit is a commercial product, it is a free download for the trial period. The download includes the plug-in installation which itself is completely free forever.

escargo - As of the announcement for Tcl Dev Kit 3.2:

  • The Tcl web browser plugin has been removed from Tcl Dev Kit. The plugin will become an independent component.

What this means is not known, but we can but wait.


Keiichi Takahashi maintains free binaries and nice installers for Windows and Linux at: [L4 ] .

LES: ... and this site says: "The requested URL /~bitwalk/src/tclplugin30_002.exe was not found on this server." There is a link to some "plugin-20030425" release, but what is there actually dates from 27/03/01.


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