
                                   Visual Tcl

                      An Application Development Environment
                             For the Tcl/Tk language

                        Copyright 1996-1997, Stewart Allen


 TABLE OF CONTENTS

   I.   Introduction
   II.  Installation
   III. Requirements


 I. INTRODUCTION

   Visual Tcl is a freely-available, high-quality application development
   environment for UNIX, Windows and Macintosh platforms. Written entirely
   in Tcl and generating pure Tcl should make porting either unnecessary or
   trivial. Visual Tcl is covered by the GNU General Public License insuring
   that it will remain in the capable hands of the internet community. Please
   read the LICENSE file for more information.


 II. INSTALLATION

    o  Unzip or untar Visual Tcl into a permanent location. On Unix, I
       recommend /usr/local/vtcl or /usr/vtcl. On Windows, a good default
       is "C:\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  edit "vtcl" shell script
       Change PATH_TO_WISH to the location of the wish binary
       Change VTCL_HOME to the directory from step 1.

    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".


                              WINDOWS 95 and NT

    o  If you wish to create "shortcuts" to the vt.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.

    o  Double-click on "vt.tcl" icon.


                                  MACINTOSH

    o  Start the Wish shell interpreter.

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

    o  type "source vtclmac".


 III. REQUIREMENTS

    Tcl7.6 and Tk4.2 or newer. You can obtain a copy for most platforms
    from http://sunscript.sun.com/


                                      --
                              stewart@neuron.com

