The complete source code for the latest revision of the Tcl Plugin is available at Sourceforge: [L1 ] [L2 ]
There are no ready-to-use released files in the SF area, but the CVS [L3 ] contains working code. For those that require binaries, see the availability of precompiled solutions below.
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:
What this means is not known, but we can but wait.
JH 2005-05-02: That means I have figured out how to make the plugin work as just 2 dlls on Windows, and similar small setup on unix. However, I have to figure out how to deploy it. Mozilla/Firefox xpi's seem to be used for generic extensions, not plugins. Anyone wanting to look into this - contact me.
One is the nptcl30.dll (NPAPI interface) and the other "tclkit as dll" as described at [L4 ], loaded with the plugin runtime code and a few other libraries. You could extend it as needed for specialized plugin installations.
Brian Theado 12Jun2005: I have created an xpi based installer for the tclplugin. It is a zip file containing the two dll files provided by Jeff (nptcl30.dll and tclplugin.dll) and install.js. Firefox (and presumably Mozilla) will execute the install.js file upon launching the xpi. Get it from http://tkoutline.sourceforge.net/tclplugin.xpi .
(escargo 13 Jun 2005 - I was able to install the plugin into my Firefox instance and run the applet demos. I'm most impressed.)
Once you install the plugin, check Resources and Links and ActiveState's page [L5 ]. More examples are listed on Tclet demos.
Hey, is there any way to get listed on Mozilla's plugin download page? At the very least, making a plugin that will let people play Tetris ought to have some popularity. Making Tcl a well-known plugin for Firefox can only be a good thing, I would think.
Keiichi Takahashi maintains free binaries and nice installers for Windows and Linux at: [L6 ] .
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.
SDG - I keep a copy of Keiichi's installer here: [L7 ] This is a couple of years old now, but still the best bet if you aren't handy with a C compiler.
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