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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Tk 8.0.5 for Macintosh +Tk 8.1 for Macintosh by Ray Johnson Scriptics Corporation @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Jim Ingham Cygnus Solutions jingham@cygnus.com -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.7 1999/04/16 01:25:54 stanton Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.8 1999/04/16 01:51:29 stanton Exp $ 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -22,51 +22,12 @@ directory. 2. What's new? ------------- -Native Look & Feel!!! We now try really hard to support the -Macintosh Look & Feel with Tcl/Tk 8.0. We aren't finished but -it look pretty good. Let me know what are the most "un-mac like" -problems and I'll fix them as quickly as I can. - -The button, checkbutton, radiobutton, and scrollbar widgets actually -use the Mac toolbox controls. This means that they will track the -look&feel if you use extension that change the appearance of -applications (like Aaron.) We also use "system" colors so the default -backgrounds etc. will also change colors. We plan to support this -feature - so let me know if something doesn't work quite right. -Unfortunantly, we are not able to change the colors of buttons under -MacOS 8. Doing this is discouraged under Appearance, and we will probably -not implement it anytime soon. - -We also now support native menus! By using the new -menu option -on toplevels you can have a menubar that is cross platform. You -can also place Tk menus in the Apple and Help menus! Check out -the documentation for more details. Syd Polk <icepick@eng.sun.com> is -the author of the new menu code. Feel free to contact him if you -have questions or comments about the menu mechanism. - -As of Tk 8.0.4, MacTk menus will adopt the backgrounds, shape, separator, etc -of the current theme. - -The "tk_messageBox" command on the Macintosh is now much more -mac-like. I'll probably still need to adjust this more - but it -looks a hell of alot better than it did before. - -I've also added a command that allows you to get more native window -styles. However, we have yet to decide on a cross platform solution -to the problem of varying window styles. None the less, I thought -it would be use full to add the capability in an unsupported means -to tide you over until a better solution is available. The command -is called "unsupported1". It can be used in the following way: - - toplevel .foo; unsupported1 style .foo zoomDocProc - -The above command will create a document window with a zoom box. -Type "unsupported1 style . ???" to get a list of the supported -styles. The command works like "wm overrideredirect" - you must -make the call before the window is mapped. - -As always - report the bugs you find - including asthetic ones -in the look & feel of widgets. +All the widgets will now display internationalized text! + +The widget configuration package has been changed to support the new object +model introduced with the 8.0 compiler. For now the old configuration +package is retained, and in fact, only the menu and button widgets use +the new package. 3. Mac specific features ------------------------ @@ -99,8 +60,8 @@ pointers to where you can find more information about the feature. Mac version of Tk allows you to use several Mac specific icons. See the GetBitmap.3 man page for a complete list. -* The send command does not yet work on the Macintosh. We hope to - have it available in Tk 8.1. +* The send command works among interpreters in the same application. We hope to + have the complete implementation available in Tk 8.1. * The -use and -container options almost work. The focus bugs that were in Tk8.0 final have been fixed. But there are still some @@ -114,7 +75,7 @@ Macintosh Tk is distributed in three different forms. This should make it easier to only download what you need. The packages are as follows: -mactk8.0.5.sea.hqx +mactk8.1.sea.hqx This distribution is a "binary" only release. It contains an installer program that will install a 68k, PowerPC, or Fat @@ -122,13 +83,13 @@ mactk8.0.5.sea.hqx the Tcl & Tk libraries in the Extensions folder inside your System Folder. (No "INIT"'s or Control Pannels are installed.) -mactcltk-full-8.0.5.sea.hqx +mactcltk-full-8.1.sea.hqx This release contains the full release of Tcl and Tk for the Macintosh plus the More Files package on which Macintosh Tcl and Tk rely. -mactk-source-8.0.5.sea.hqx +mactk-source-8.1.sea.hqx This release contains the complete source to Tk for the Macintosh In addition, Metrowerks CodeWarrior libraries and project files @@ -163,7 +124,7 @@ developed. We are working are having better documentation for the Macintosh platform in the future. However, if you have WWW access you may access the Man pages at the following URL: - http://www.scriptics.com/man/tcl8.0/contents.html + http://www.scriptics.com/man/tcl8.1/contents.html Other documentation and sample Tcl scripts can be found at the Tcl ftp site: @@ -180,18 +141,15 @@ available (see below). In order to compile Macintosh Tk you must have the following items: - CodeWarrior Pro 1 or higher (CodeWarrior release 9 or higher can work - and we have project files, but we are depricating support) - 8.0.5 was build with CW Pro 4. - Mac Tcl 8.0 (source) - (which requires More Files 1.4.2 or greater - except not 1.4.4) - Mac Tk 8.0 (source) + CodeWarrior Pro 3 or higher + Mac Tcl 8.1 (source) + (which requires More Files 1.4.2 or 1.4.3) + Mac Tk 8.1 (source) The project files included with the Mac Tcl source should work fine. The only thing you may need to update are the access paths. -As with Tcl, there is something in the initial release of the CW Pro 2 -linker that rendersthe CFM68K version of Wish very unstable. I am -working with Metrowerks to resolve the issue. +As with Tcl, you need to upgrade to the 2.0.1 version of the C +compilers or later to build the CFM68K version of Tcl/Tk. Special notes: @@ -203,20 +161,18 @@ Special notes: to the menu system, though you have to have Appearance 1.0.1 or later installed for this to work. -* If you get the Unix tar file, it will untar into a directory - tcl8.0.5. However, the Macintosh project files expect the folder to - be called tcl8.0. You will need to rename the folder to tcl8.0, or - change all the paths in the project files. +* If you get the Unix tar file, it will untar into a directory tcl8.0.4. However, + the Macintosh project files expect the folder to be called tcl8.0. You will need + to rename the folder to tcl8.0, or change all the paths in the project files. + 7. About Dialog --------------- -There is now a way to replace the default dialog box for the Wish -application. If you create the tcl procedure "tkAboutDialog" it will -be called instead of creating the default dialog box. Your procedure -is then responsible for displaying a window, removing it, etc. This -interface is experimental and may change in the future - tell me what -you think of it. +The prefered method for replacing the about dialog is to replace the +main menubar of the application, using the -menu option for the "." +window. Then add a cascade called .mainMenu.apple to your mainMenu, +and you can put an about item in here WITH YOUR OWN LABEL! 8. Apple Events --------------- @@ -304,3 +260,8 @@ future. If you have comments or Bug reports send them to: Jim Ingham jingham@cygnus.com + +or use our on-line bug form at + +http://www.scriptics.com/support/bugForm.html + |