TkGate 2.0 Download Page

Work on TkGate 2.0 is now primarily in a debugging phase. As of 2.0 Alpha 6 and later, the code should be much more stable than previous versions and possibly useable for production work. However, if you require higher stability, you can continue to use TkGate 1.8.7. You can help improve 2.0 by reporting any bugs and problems you find either by email or via the sourceforge bug tracker on the tkgate sourceforge page. You can also help by reporting that everything is running OK.

If you are upgrading from 1.x, note that the save file format for 2.0 is very different from the 1.x save file. While 2.0 can read save files from earlier versions of TkGate, any files saved by 2.0 will be unreadable by earlier versions. Be sure you make a backup before opining any existing tkgate files with TkGate 2.0 to avoid accidentally overwriting them.

Current Version:

Download TkGate 2.0 Alpha 11 - This version has had substantial bug fixing since Alpha 5, and minor bug fixes from Alpha 6-10.
The primary changes since Alpha 10 are:
- Fixed bugs and made minor feature enhancements to block port editing through popup menus.
- Fixed bug causing delayed updates to graphical view in interface editor.
- Module instances can now be updated in place with new interfaces.
- Slight redesign of the module interface type selector.
The primary changes since Alpha 9 are:
- Added mouseover cursor change on edges of blocks.
- Fixed problems with port names changing when wire is cut.
- When choosing name when connecting wires, oldest name is given precedence.
- Fixed problem with getting module edge popup menu when window has been scrolled.
The primary changes since Alpha 8 are:
- Fixed configure script to look in /opt/local for Tcl/Tk (for OS X compatability)
- Fixed bit-order problem in display of symbol modules on some platforms.
- Fixed start-up crash on 64-bit machines.
- Fixed bug in symbol editor that could cause loss of port information
- Implement import/export of X bitmaps in symbol editor
I have received confirmation that TkGate 2.0 has been succesfully compiled and run on:
- FreeBSD 6.2
- Linux
  - Fedora Core 7
  - Slackware 12
  - SuSE 10.2, 10.3
  - Gentoo 2007-0
  - Ubuntu 7.04
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther*
Please let me know if you have managed to compile and run TkGate-2.0 on systems other those listed above, or if you are having problems compiling/running with an OS listed above.

Other Versions:

Download TkGate 2.0 Alpha 2 - This is the last version of TkGate to use the old-style configure script. If you have trouble with alpha 3, try this download.
Current development snapshot - This is the latest development snapshot. I will periodically update this link as bug fixes, etc. are made.

If you wish to report a bug with 2.0, please use the bug tracker on the tkgate sourceforge page.

* Special Note for Mac OS X

It has been reported that there is a small problem with the installation script finding the tcl/tk distribution on OS X systems for 2.0-Alpha 8 and earlier. In order to fix this problem, you will need to edit the configure script and add "/opt/local/include" to the list of directories in TKGATE_INCDIRS, and "/opt/local/lib" to the list of directories in TKGATE_LIBDIRS. This problem has been fixed in the Alpha 9 release.

Jeffery Hansen

Last modified: Wed Sep 26 20:26:16 EDT 2007