Descriptions of the Current Directory
TkDesk: a Desktop and File Manager for X11
Japanese Page is here.
News
- Nov 14, 1998: jp-TkDesk-1.1-2a: two official bug fixes:
saveall.fix,
trashdir.fix.
The first one is pretty much serious as you can see from
the official statement by Chistian Bolik,
the creator of TkDesk.
- Sep 21, 1998: jp-TkDesk-1.1-1a: the latest Japanized version.
- Aug 19, 1998: jp-TkDesk-1.0-2a: fixed year 2000 problem.
- May 17, 1998: jp-TkDesk-1.0-1a: the latest Japanized version
rebuild with pre-DR3.
- Feb 27, 1998: jp-TkDesk-1.0-1a: the latest Japanized version
build with DR3alpha4.
- Dec 16, 1997: jp-TkDesk-1.0b5-1A: revised to correct a
problem with the mail tool, since the mail header flashing
function is incompatible with Japanese extension:
It malfunctions when there is any mail in the
incoming mail box with Japanese characters in its header part.
jp-TkDesk-1.0b5 is now compatible with Tcl7.6/Tk4.2
patch level2.
- Dec 6, 1997: jp-TkDesk-1.0b5-1A: the latest Japanized version
build with DR2.1update6.
- Jul 13, 1997: jp-TkDesk-1.0b4-1A: the first RPM version with
Japanese extension.
- May 13, 1997: TkDesk-1.0b4: the first version with
Japanese extension preapared as a tar ball.
Files
This directory contains "TkDesk" related files.
SOURCES : directory containing patches, etc.
SPECS : directory containing a spec file.
temp : directory containing misc files.
jp-TkDesk-1.1-2a.ppc.rpm : binary RPM
jp-TkDesk-1.1-2a.src.rpm : source RPM
README.html : this file
Origin
- ftp://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/linux/Incoming/tkdesk-1.1.tar.gz
A japanization patch:
- tkdesk-1.1+jp.patch
was created to allow viewing and editing of Japanese text.
How to Build TkDesk from SRC
The TkDesk RPM building procedure is described in its spec file:
- jp-tkdesk.spec
The point is to apply the above JP-patch and compile the patched
source files with CC_OPTS='-O -DKANJI -DKINPUT2'.
You can rebuild the RPM using its corresponding SRPM as:
- # rpm --rebuild <somewhere>/jp-TkDesk-1.1-2a.src.rpm
How to Install TkDesk
First install a shared version of the japanized tcl7.6/tk4.2 combo:
- # rpm -Uvh <somewhere>/jp-tcltk-7.6p2_4.2p2-2b.ppc.rpm
if you haven't.
Otherwise, go straight ahead to the installation of TkDesk:
- # rpm -Uvh <somewhere>/jp-TkDesk-1.1-2a.ppc.rpm
In order to input Japanese characters, you have to have kinput2
started.
Customizing TkDesk
Examples of customized configuration files can be found
here.
If you have xfontsel contained in X11R6-contrib installed,
you may want to replace
- /usr/local/lib/TkDesk/Editor.tcl
by Editor.tcl.tar.gz to change editor fonts on the fly:
- # tar -zxvf <somewhere>/Editor.tcl.tar.gz -C /
You cannot, however, save the change at this moment. In this sense,
this feature is still experimental.
Known Problems
- Oct 2, 1998: a problem reported by Etsushi Kato <ekato@ees.hokudai.ac.jp> at Hokkaido Univ.
If you have previously installed an English version
of TkDesk, you may get the following error:
- Error while executing action from "Popups":
- can't read "tkdesk(editor,kanjiFont)": no
- such element in array
This is due to your $HOME/.tkdesk/System, which is
presumably created by the English version, missing
definitions of kanji fonts.
In this case, do the following:
- $ cd
- $ mv .tkdesk .tkdesk.keep
- $ tkdesk
This will create a new Japanized version of $HOME/.tkdesk.
If you want to restore any customization you made to the
configuration files in $HOME/.tkdesk, do in addtion:
- $ mv .tkdesk .tkdesk.new
- $ mv .tkdesk.keep .tkdesk
- $ cp .tkdesk.new/System .tkdesk/
You need to restore your changes to the "System" file by hand,
if any.
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