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From:  relaxmike <michael.baudin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl
Subject: Can BLT be replaced by Tcl packages ?
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:50:36 -0000
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Hi,
I have a Tcl software which uses several commands of the BLT package.
The problem is that binary versions of BLT are not
available on all platforms which are currently supported by Tcl, in
particular
the Active State distribution. Example : HP, Sun, etc...

I would like to replace the BLT commands that I use with
standard Tcl scripts so that I can have a more portable software.
Here is the full list of BLT commands that I use :
blt::graph
blt::vector
blt::barchart
blt::busy
blt::bgexec
blt::winop

I searched around the found alternative way of doing the same thing.
Here is what I found :

bgexec :  Tcl/[exec ...&], Tcl / [open | ...]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/95a6eb742=
abfe9ae/3a06432b88784f64?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Dbgexec#3a06432b88784f64
http://wiki.tcl.tk/12704

busy
http://wiki.tcl.tk/3049
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Tcl/Recipe/68377
http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/tcl-examples.html#busy

bltdebug : TclX / cmdtrace , TclX / profile

barchart, graph :
Tklib / Plotchart
http://www.flightlab.com/~joe/gutter/doc/tklib-0.4.1/plotchart.html
http://wiki.tcl.tk/18167

winop snap window photoName
http://wiki.tcl.tk/9127

In fact, I feel that BLT, which has been really useful in the past,
can be replaced
by other pure Tcl packages today. Am I wrong ?

Best regards,
Micha=EBl