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diff --git a/tix/docs/Release-4.1b2.txt b/tix/docs/Release-4.1b2.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..bcc176804c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/tix/docs/Release-4.1b2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ + + TIX 4.1B2 + + Released on December 28, 1996 + +Subject: [Announce] Tix version 4.1b2 is available + + I am pleased to announce the availability of Tix version 4.1b2, the + first beta release. This version of Tix supports the Unix and + Microsoft Windows platforms. + + The Tix library has by far the greatest collection of widgets for + programming with Tcl/Tk. Highlights include: Hierarchical Listbox, + Directory List/Tree View, SpreadSheet, Tabular Listbox, ComboBox, + Motif style FileSelectBox, MS Windows style FileSelectBox, + PanedWindow, NoteBook, Spin Control widget .... and many more. With + these new widgets, your Tcl/Tk applications will look great and + interact with your users in intuitive ways. + + For more info about Tix, visit the Tix home page at + http://www.xpi.com/tix/ . + + 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 4.1b2 works with the following combinations of Tcl/Tk/ITcl: + * Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0 + * Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0 + ITcl 2.0 + * Tcl 7.5 + Tk 4.1 + * Tcl 7.5 + Tk 4.1 + ITcl 2.1 + * Tcl 7.6 + Tk 4.2 + + Windows Platforms + + Tix 4.1b2 requires the final release of Tcl 7.5 or Tcl 7.6. + + GETTING THE TIX PACKAGE + + Tix 4.1b2 sources are available at + * ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/Tix4.1b2.tar.gz: Unix source tar file. + * ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/windows/tix41b2.zip: Same as + Tix4.1b2.tar.gz, but in Windows/DOS ZIP format. + + WHAT'S NEW SINCE TIX 4.1A3 (THE LAST RELEASE) + + 10/13/96 + + New feature: Now XPM image works on Windows. + + 10/18/96 + + New feature: New options -editnotifycmd and -editdonecmd for the Grid + widget to support editing of the entries. + + New feature: New widget TixFloatEntry to support editing of DItems. + + 10/27/96 + + Feature Change: The following changes are made to the configuration + and installation of Tix: + * Naming convention of binaries: The binaries for the Tk 4.0 target + are called tixwish and libtix.a. For Tk 4.1 and later, the + executable is be called tixwish[Tix version].[Tk version] and the + library is called libtix[Tix version].[Tk version].[lib + extension]. For example, tixwish4.1.4.1 and libtix4.1.4.2.so. On + platforms that do not allow the dot character in the names of + shared libraries, the dot character will be omitted. E.g., + libtix4142.so. + * Shared vs static linking: The static binary will be created only + if the -enable-[tkversion]-shared flag is disabled. If you want to + create both shared and static binaries, configure and compile Tix + twice. + * ET support is replaced by SAM (stand-alone module) support. + * The following options are removed from configure: + + -enable-tk40_et + + -enable-tk41_et + + -enable-tk41_shared + * The new options are added to configure: + + -enable-tk40-sam + + -enable-tk41-sam + + -enable-tk42-sam + + -enable-tk41-shared + + -enable-tk42-shared + + 11/1/96 + + New feature: XPM code has been rewritten. The code is now cleanly + separated into three modules: generic, windows specific and Unix + specific. + + 11/17/96 + + New feature: Tix classes can be defined before their superclasses are + defined. However, a class cannot be instantiated before all of its + superclasses are defined. This feature makes it possible to load the + Tix scripts into the SAM in any order, without having to worry about + loading the superclasses before the subclasses. + + New feature: Tix is initialized by calling the command __tixInit, not + by sourcing Init.tcl. + + 11/29/96 + + Bug Fixed: tixTmpLine now correctly works on multiple X displays. + + 11/30/96 + + Feature Change: DisplayStyle now uses a hash table to store the items + associated with it (previously a link list was used). This speeds up + the delete operations when a lot (1000 or more) of items are + associated with the same style. Possible Incompatibility: widgets that + use DItems must be recompiled. + + Bug Fixed: Tix no longer tempers with the way Tk handles errors, + unless the environment variable TIX_DEBUG_INTERACTIVE is set. If this + variable is set, all error messages will be printed to the standard + output. This may be convenient for debugging purposes. Use this + feature with discretion, and during program development only. + + 12/2/96 + + Bug Fixed:Dotted anchor lines (HList, TList, Grid) and rubber-band + lines (PanedWindow, ResizeHandle) are implemented on Windows. + + New feature: Tcl 7.6 support is complete for the Windows platform. + makefile.vc and makefile.bc have been modified such that the Tcl + version can be chosen at compile time by, e.g., "make TCL_VER=7.5 -f + makefile.bc". + + 12/2/96 + + Bug Fixed: Display items are correctly clipped. E.g., if a text item + is wider than the width of a column in an HList, the item will be + clipped. + + 12/20/96 + + New feature: New sample file demos/samples/EditGrid.tcl that + demonstrates the use of an editable grid widget. + + 12/21/96 + + Bug Fixed: Tix works with multiple interpreters under tk4.1 and 4.2 + (see test/general/minterp.tcl). However, minterp.tcl still core dumps + under Itcl 2.1. It is not clear to me whether this is a problem of Tix + or Itcl. + + Bug Fixed: Now when an interpreter is deleted, all Tix class + informations associated with this interpreter are freed. (No memory + leak is recorded by purify when running Tix against the complete test + suite.) + + _________________________________________________________________ + + Last modified Fri Jan 17 22:52:59 EST 1997 --- Serial 853731294 + |