Tix 4.1b1
Released on September 30, 1996
Subject: [Announce] Tix version 4.1b1 is available
I am pleased to announce the availability of Tix version 4.1b1, the
first beta release. This version of Tix supports the Unix and
Microsoft Windows platforms.
This version of Tix is released under licensing terms similar to
those of Tcl/Tk. Please read the file license.terms carefully
before proceeding.
Requirement
Unix Platforms
Tix 4.1b1 works with the following combinations of Tcl/Tk/ITcl/ET:
- Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0
- Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0 + ITcl 2.0
- Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0 + ET 1.5
- Tcl 7.5 + Tk 4.1 (final release only)
- Tcl 7.5 + Tk 4.1 + ITcl 2.1
- Tcl 7.5 + Tk 4.1 + ET 1.6
Windows Platforms
Tix 4.1b1 requires the final release of Tcl 7.5 and Tk 4.1 (no
alpha or beta versions). Many things currently does not work under
Windows, including:
- FileSelectDialog (ExFileSelectDialog does work, though)
- XPM images
Getting The Tix Package
Tix 4.1b1 sources are available at
We'll also release binary distributions of Tix. They will be
available in a few days for all Windows 32 bit platforms (Win32s,
Win95, WinNT 3.5 and 4.0) as well as the following Unix platforms:
Solaris 2.5, SunOs 4.1, HPUX 9.x, IRIX 5.x and Linux.
What's New Since Tix 4.1a3 (the last release)
7/14/96
New feature: Supports ET+TK4.1. --enable-tk41_et flag for
configure script.
New feature: Supports ITCL 2.1. --enable-itcl21 flag for
configure script.
New feature: Default color schemes and fontset can be set
when Tix is compiled: --with-fontset= and --with-scheme= flags for
configure script.
Incompatibility: All the "::" qualifiers in Tix class methods
have been replaced by ":", so that the Tix classes can be loaded
into Itcl without patching Itcl. If you have written your own Tix
classes, you need to modify the source files to use the ":"
qualifier instead.
The program tools/setcolon.sh helps you port your code from the "::"
convention to the ":" convention. Execute the program without
argument for usage syntax. It may modify your code in unexpected
ways. Use with caution.
7/15/96
New feature: New function Tix_SetRcFileName() and new macros
TCL_7_5_OR_LATER, TK_4_1_OR_LATER to provide better support for both
Tcl7.4/Tk4.0 and Tcl7.5+/Tk4.1+.
Bug Fixed: entrycget method of OptionMenu didn't
work as expected.
7/17/96
The demos-c subdirectory has been moved to demos/c-code.
7/24/96
Bug Fixed: tixMwm now deletes information about a toplevel
when the toplevel is destroyed.
8/22/96
New feature: New command "tixConsoleInit" available with Tcl
7.5/Tk 4.1. Create console window that runs in a separate
interpreter.
New feature: Now Tix works under multiple interpreters.
8/23/96
New feature: Now ListNoteBook uses a PanedWindow to manage
the HList and the pages.
New feature: New option -dynamicgeometry for PanedWindow.
8/24/96
New feature: New command "tixStrEq" compares the equality of
two strings.
9/12/96
New feature: Tix provides emulation for strcasecmp() for
platforms that do not support this function.
9/14/96
New feature: New widget command selection get
for HList. This is just an alias for info
selection. It's added so that the API is similar to the TK
API.
New feature: New widget command info bbox
for HList. Used mainly in regression tests.
9/17/96
New feature: Orientation of the pane subwidget in
TixListNoteBook now configureable via the -options
switch during creation.
9/22/96
New feature: Now the default fontset and color scheme are
configurable in the setup.tcl program as well as in the configure
script.
Last modified Fri Jan 17 22:52:57 EST 1997 ---
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