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J comment Grab\sdoes\snot\swork\sas\sdescribed\swhen\srunning\sunder\swindows\s7\sx64.\sIn\sresponse\sto\smy\squestion\sabout\sgrab\son\scomp.lang.tcl,\sit\swas\sstated\sthat\sit\salso\swould\snot\swork\sas\sdescribed\son\smac's\seither.\s\r\n\r\nExactly\show\sgrab\sworks\son\swindows\s&\smacs\sshould\sbe\sdescribed\sin\sthe\sman\spage\sfor\sgrab.\r\n\r\nThis\swas\sthe\sTCL\sticket\shere\s[http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/info/4915cf6c4f704430].\r\n\r\nThe\sdiscussion\son\scomp.lang.tcl\sthat\soriginally\sprompted\sthis\sticket\sis\s[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.tcl/jRF7NwcURp4/J_lme2tYAQAJ]
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