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Tcl
-SCCS: %Z% $Id: README,v 1.6 1998/07/20 16:55:10 welch Exp $
+SCCS: %Z% $Id: README,v 1.7 1998/07/29 22:24:29 welch Exp $
0. Preface
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-This is a pre-release of 8.0.3, tcl_patchLevel "8.0.3-3"
-we expect the 8.0.3 release to continue to change with the adoption
-of more patches, etc. This release is being made early to help
+This is a pre-release of 8.0.3, tcl_patchLevel "8.0.3-4"
+This is close, but not final. There are two major bugs we
+plan to fix before 8.0.3 goes final:
+1. On UNIX, socket I/O is not properly retried after signals.
+2. On Windows, keyboard traversal events from Alt-key sequences
+are not properly handled. In particular, if you select the
+system menu Close command from the keyboard, you do not get
+the WM_DELETE_WINDOW protocol event.
+
+This release is being made early to help
with the Consortium CD project. Please do not advertise or
circulate this release widely. If you have problems, please figure
out a fix and include a patch or a lot of detail, then send
@@ -22,8 +29,10 @@ save and reload compiled byte-codes.
3. Miscellaneous bug fixes to windows socket code.
4. Various bug fixes derived from Victor Dukhovni's "jumbo" patch described
on http://www.scriptics.com/resource/download/patches/tcl80p2/
-5. Patches to support [incr Tcl]. We expect changes in this area.
+5. Patches to support [incr Tcl].
6. More enhancements, including a new implementation of pkg_mkIndex.
+7. A new implementation of auto_mkindex to support [incr Tcl] classes.
+8. New IMPORT/EXPORT macros to facilitate building DLL's on windows.
1. Introduction