[vtkusers] MacOSX: fundamental Carbon/Tk/X11 problem

[Ross Whitaker]

Hi Folks,

It seems to me there is a basic problem with getting tcl wrapping with a 
native version (Carbon) of VTK.

All of the versions of tcltk (incl. the most recent) have a line in the 
tk.h file which says:

#include <X11/Xlib.h>

Thus, you need to have some X11 headers in your path.  However, those 
headers conflict with all sorts of stuff in Carbon.

It seems odd to me that the tk headers would require X11 (if they are 
meant to run without it).  

The way I see it is

1) You need X11 headers for tk
2) X11 headers conflict with Carbon
3) tk and Carbon are incompatible

Obviously, there is a way out of this, because the "Wish Shell" runs. 
 Right?

Ross


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