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WHAT IS THIS ?
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This is the source distribution of the Tcl Thread extension.
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You can use this extension to gain script-level access to Tcl
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threading capabilities.
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The extension can be used with Tcl cores starting from Tcl8.4 and later.
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Also, this extension supports, i.e. can be used as a loadable module of,
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AOLserver 4.x series of the highly-scalable web server from America Online.
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You need to have your Tcl core compiled with "--enable-threads" in order
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to turn on internal directives supporting thread-specific details of the
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Tcl API. The extension will not load in an Tcl shell built w/o thread
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support. Starting with Tcl 8.6, "--enable-threads" is already the default.
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This extension is a freely available open source package. You can do
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virtually anything you like with it, such as modifying it, redistributing
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it, and selling it either in whole or in part. See the "license.terms"
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file in the top-level distribution directory for complete information.
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HOW TO COMPILE ?
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Only Unix-like and Windows platforms are supported at the moment. Depending
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on your platform (Unix-like or Windows) go to the appropriate directory
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(unix or win) and start with the README file. Macintosh platform is supported
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with the Mac OS X only. The Mac OS 9 (and previous) are not supported.
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WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION ?
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============================
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Documentation in Unix man and standard HTML format is available in the
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doc/man and doc/html directories respectively.
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Currently, documentation is in reference-style only. The tutorial-style
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documentation will be provided with future releases of the extension.
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That is, if I ever get time to do that. Everybody is more than welcome
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to jump in and help with the docs.
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HOW TO GET SUPPORT ?
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====================
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The extension is maintained, enhanced, and distributed freely by the Tcl
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community. The home for sources and bug/patch database is on fossil:
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https://core.tcl-lang.org/thread
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Alternatively, you are always welcome to post your questions, problems
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and/or suggestions relating the extension (or any other Tcl issue)
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to news:comp.lang.tcl newsgroup.
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-EOF-
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