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| author | Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com> | 2012-03-01 07:35:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com> | 2012-03-01 07:35:02 +0000 |
| commit | 521b39b4c76442d05f27da7792b416b6d07ac0b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 219fdf8a2bfac3f336796e24a7281be5b3d952bd /winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | |
| parent | 580df3b6ae1acfa22c7dc03ca29c433090f86380 (diff) | |
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* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.make-execvp): Remove obsolete
information about Tcl/Tk.
(faq.programming.dll-relocatable): Ditto.
* faq-using.xml (faq.using.tcl-tk): Rewrite to reflect switch to
X11 Tcl/Tk.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/faq-using.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 27 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index d825a52fe..1675594ef 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -1060,16 +1060,27 @@ usually all set and you can start the sshd service via </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.using.tcl-tk"> -<question><para>Why doesn't Cygwin tcl/tk understand Cygwin paths?</para></question> +<question><para>Why do my Tk programs not work anymore?</para></question> <answer> -<para>The versions of Tcl/Tk distributed with Cygwin (e.g. cygtclsh80.exe, -cygwish80.exe) are not actually "Cygwin versions" of those tools. -They are built as native libraries, which means they do not understand -Cygwin mounts or symbolic links. -</para> -<para>See the entry "How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?" -elsewhere in this FAQ. +<para>Previous versions of Tcl/Tk distributed with Cygwin (e.g. tclsh84.exe, +wish84.exe) were not actually "Cygwin versions" of those tools. +They were built as native libraries, which means they did not understand +Cygwin mounts or symbolic links. This lead to all sorts of problems interacting +with true Cygwin programs.</para> + +<para>As of February 2012, this was replaced with a version of Tcl/Tk which +uses Cygwin's POSIX APIs and X11 for GUI functionality. If you get a message +such as this when trying to start a Tk app:</para> + +<screen> + Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display "" +</screen> + +<para>Then you need to start an X server, or if one is already running, set the +<literal>DISPLAY</literal> variable to the proper value. The Cygwin distribution +includes an X server; please see the <ulink url="http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.html">Cygwin/X User Guide</ulink> +for installation and startup instructions. </para></answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.using.ipv6"> |