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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Tk 8.0.3 for Macintosh +Tk 8.0.4 for Macintosh by Ray Johnson Scriptics Corporation @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Jim Ingham Cygnus Solutions jingham@cygnus.com -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.3 1998/09/14 18:23:33 stanton Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.4 1998/11/11 17:29:34 jingham Exp $ 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ 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. We are working on a solution to this. -In the meantime, if you really must have colored buttons, turn off the -"System-wide platinum appearance" option in the Appearance Control Panel, -and you will get the System 7, colorable, buttons back. +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 @@ -46,6 +44,9 @@ 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. @@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ Macintosh Tk is distributed in three different forms. This should make it easier to only download what you need. The packages are as follows: -mactk8.0.3.sea.hqx +mactk8.0.4.sea.hqx This distribution is a "binary" only release. It contains an installer program that will install a 68k, PowerPC, or Fat @@ -121,25 +122,19 @@ mactk8.0.3.sea.hqx the Tcl & Tk libraries in the Extensions folder inside your System Folder. (No "INIT"'s or Control Pannels are installed.) -mactcltk-full-8.0.3.sea.hqx +mactcltk-full-8.0.4.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-8.0.3.sea.hqx +mactk-source-8.0.4.sea.hqx This release contains the complete source to Tk for the Macintosh In addition, Metrowerks CodeWarrior libraries and project files are included. However, you must already have the More Files package to compile this code. -UNIX Tar file distribution. - The standard Tcl/Tk source distribution has Mac project files - in it. Be warned that the Tk project file is lacking one minor - change compared to the ones in the installers listed above - having to do with locking down the MDEF resource. - 5. Documentation ---------------- @@ -187,7 +182,7 @@ following items: CodeWarrior Pro 1 or higher (CodeWarrior release 9 or higher can work and we have project files, but we are depricating support) - 8.0.3 was build with CW Pro 3. + 8.0.4 was build with CW Pro 3. Mac Tcl 8.0 (source) (which requires More Files 1.4.2 or 1.4.3) Mac Tk 8.0 (source) @@ -204,7 +199,8 @@ Special notes: * We are starting to support the new Appearance Manager that shipped with MacOS 8.0. The Tk 8.0.3 release is the first Tk release - that supports the Appearance Manager well. + that supports the Appearance Manager well. Tk 8.0.4 extends this support + to the menu system. 7. About Dialog --------------- |