sml_tk patches

Last update 2010/04/19

This patch is to allow to compile sml_tk on SML/NJ with the latest SML Basis Library(v110.72).

Note that this patch assumes that another patch released by Timothy Bourke is already applied.

Applying patches

Install the latest version of SML/NJ (v110.72).
Download and untar the sml_tk sources
Download and untar the patches (by Timothy Bourke)
patch -p0 < sml_tk-patches/sml_tk-3.0.20080113.patch
Optional: patch -p0 < sml_tk-patches/config-showColor.patch
Optional: patch -p0 < sml_tk-patches/litem.patch
Optional: patch -p0 < sml_tk-patches/widget_tree.sml-scrollbar.patch
Download and untar this patch
patch -p0 < sml_tk-patches-20100419/sml_tk-3.0.20100419.patch
Change into the sml_tk directory.
Edit the Makefile setting values for:
- SMLTK_LIB: Path to the sml_tk/lib subdirectory, e.g.: ${PWD}/lib
- SMLTK_TCL: Path to the wish executable, e.g.: /usr/local/bin/wish8.4
- SMLTK_BINARY: Path to create an sml_tk heap, e.g.: ./sml-tk
Run make
Run the newly created heap, e.g. cd src; ./sml-tk
Try one of the examples: BigEx.go (); (which should start a small demo in a new window).