Tk-804.027_502 release (2007-12-04)
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New features
Merged with CPAN version of Tk::Tree
Tk::Animation now reads delay and disposal information from GIF file
(experimental, may change, needs an installed Image::Info)
Fixes
Make sure canvas methods are really accessible in OnDestroy. This
fixes problems in the CPAN module Tk::LCD.
Some path-related problems fixed with Tk::DirTree.
Solved some Tk::ColorEditor issues (missing rgb.txt, multiple
chooseColor invocations)
Fixed some build problems under Windows.
Fixed possible memory corruption
(http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=24542)
Dash patches by Wolfgang Laun
(http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11083)
hpux ia64 should now compile.
Tk::FBox: workaround for segfaults under threaded perl.
Fixed possible performance problem when using Tk::Balloon and
AutoLoader 5.63 is installed.
Documentation
Documented missing page_widget method in Tk::NoteBook.
Tests
Disabled more failing wm tests (notably on kwin).
Tk-804.027_501 release (2007-09-22)
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Compiles and passes tests on
FreeBSD 6.2 (amd64) + perl5.8.8
FreeBSD 6.2 (amd64) + perl5.10.0 patch 31894
FreeBSD 6.1 (i386) + perl5.8.8
Linux (Debian) + perl5.8.8
At some earlier point, there were success reports for the following
configurations:
* Solaris 8 (Sparc), gcc-4.0.3, perl-5.8.8 with
freetype-2.2.1, expat-2.0.0, libXft-2.1.11, fontconfig-2.4.1,
libXrender-0.9.2, renderproto-0.9.2, zlib-1.2.3, libjpeg-6b,
libpng-1.2.14
* RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 update 8 (i686), gcc-4.0.3, perl-5.8.8 with
freetype-2.2.1, expat-2.0.0, libXft-2.1.11, fontconfig-2.4.1,
libXrender-0.9.2, renderproto-0.9.2, zlib-1.2.3, libjpeg-6b,
libpng-1.2.14
* Windows, VC++ 6.0, perl-5.9.5
New features
Implemented -overrelief,-repeatinterval,-repeatdelay for Tk::Button.
Additional item in the "widget" demonstration showing all Tk widgets.
Added BalloonInfo to NoteBook.
ptked: Encoding menu now with radiobuttons, also added some popular
encodings to menu.
Fixes
Fix for not working 'hide entry' in HList.
HList: fixed errors with disabled entries and a entry named 0.
Various warning fixes.
Enable compiling of PNG-related files with Sun compiler.
Fixed setPalette and RecolorTree.
Make sure waitVariable exits if a waiting dialog is destroyed.
Again compiles under bleadperl.
Various fixes for 64bit platforms (e.g. property method, libpng
building).
Fixed situation when resizing a mainwindow containing a PNG image
crashed Tk Tcl/Tk bug 979239 fixed by George Peter Staplin, brought
to Perl/Tk by Franck Aniere.
Adapt path for getOpen/SaveFile's -initialfile and -initialdir to
the OS (patch provided by Roland Minner).
Fixed not working -dynamicgeometry in Tk::NoteBook.
Fixed zlib compilation problem under Windows (unistd.h does not
exist there). Reported by esskar.
Fixed configure problems on mixed 32/64 bit architectures, patch by
Steve Lidie.
Documentation
Documented the Widget() method
Widget.pod: resorted methods alphabetically
Documented Tk::DialogBox::Exit
Tests
New test script for Button widget, yet uncomplete (t/button-tcl.t)
New HList tests for show/hide
font.t is more robust if unexpected fonts are used.
The complete log of changes can be get using
svn log https://svn.perl.org/modules/Tk/trunk
Tk-804.027_500 release (2007-02-11)
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Compiles and passes tests on
FreeBSD 6.1 + perl5.8.8 + fontconfig 2.3.2
FreeBSD 6.1 + bleadperl + fontconfig 2.3.2
Linux (Debian) + perl5.8.8
Windows 2000 + Strawberry Perl 5.8.8 alpha 2
Mac OS X 10.4
Solaris 10 + perl5.8.4
At some earlier point, there were successful builds with
cygwin 1.5.x + perl5.8.7 + fontconfig (X11 build only)
Solaris 8
Linux (RedHat 8.0) + perl5.8.0
New features
The undocumented method font('subfonts') returns now more
diagnostics.
Library upgrades:
libpng from 1.2.5 to 1.2.12
zlib from 1.1.4 to 1.2.3
It's possible to use binary (and not anymore base64 encoded) -data
for GIF files.
New -cancel_button option for Tk::DialogBox
Fixes
gedi accepts now X11 command line options.
Encode.pm is specified as a PREREQ_PM.
Fixed slow listbox itemconfigure.
Fixed array return of Tk::Text::get method.
Fixed Tk::BrowseEntry problem with -label* options, see
http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=590170
Introduced LangAsyncCheck, which fixes
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=23879
Fixed http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40231 (missing
default button indicator on win32 for Tk::DialogBox widgets)
Fixed http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40217 (wm close
window button does not call the default button)
Fixed non-working Balloon attachments to individual menu items,
see http://board.perl-community.de/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=665
As a side effect, there is now a new method Tk::Menu::MasterMenu for
getting the master menu of a cloned menu.
Adjuster now works in DialogBoxes, see
http://groups.google.de/group/comp.lang.perl.tk/browse_frm/thread/5366757a4c6cd844/8ff9d1745d2b75b8
Fixed memory leak in after* callbacks, see
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=41130
Fixed Tk:: FBox to treat special files like sockets, pipes as files,
not as directories.
Fixed -at/-before/-after problem with Tk::HList.
Workaround for 'selection conversion left too many bytes
unconverted' aborts.
Documentation
New Pod for Tk::MsgBox.
Created a CAVEATS section in Tk::Image for the FAQ about memory
leaks and images.
Added missing L<...> links.
Some minor Pod fixes.
Tests
Make sure that tests won't be run if no X11 is running to prevent
unnecessary cpantesters reports.
New test for Text widget (t/text.t)
New test for scripts (t/exefiles.t)
New test for Tk::Adjuster (t/adjuster.t)
More Tk::FBox tests (e.g. chooseDirectory ...)
Tests are now more robust if another application has the global grab
(see catch_grabs in TkTest.pm).
Tk-804.027-p4.patch.gz (2006-11-26)
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Compiles and passes tests on
FreeBSD 6.1 + perl5.8.8 + fontconfig 2.3.2
FreeBSD 6.1 + bleadperl + fontconfig 2.3.2
Linux Debian + perl5.8.8 + fontconfig 2.4.1
Solaris 8 + gcc-4.0.3 + perl-5.8.8 + fontconfig-2.4.1 (with two test
errors in font.t)
I also had success with compiling under recent cygwin using the x11
libraries a few days earlier.
Fixes
XFT works now with recent fontconfig, no core dumps anymore.
Fix for segfault in t/regexp.t with perl 5.9.x. See also
http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2006-02/msg00748.html
for a similar issue.
Workaround for core dumps when using -font=>undef.
Fixed wrong usage of $#{@...} which does not work anymore in
bleadperl.
Fixed Tk::Text movements wordstart and wordend in unicode content.
Better handling of undef in BrowseEntry widgets. Bug reported by
Puetz Kevin A.
A couple of compilation warning fixes.
Tests
Continued text.t conversion.
More tests in font.t.
Fixed failing tests if no windows manager (under X11) is running.
Fixed some false test failures in listbox.t (font detection was
wrong).
Disabled fork.t and fileevent.t on cygwin (same like MSWin32).
Tk-804.027-p3.patch.gz (2006-11-20)
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Compiles and passes tests on
FreeBSD 6.1 + perl5.8.8 + xorg 6.9.x + various window managers (fvwm2, twm, metacity ...)
Linux RedHat 8.0 + perl5.8.0 (one test failure in leak.t)
Linux RedHat 8.0 + perl5.8.7
MSWin32 + Strawberry Perl (5.8.8)
There are some test failures with bleedperl, most of them
Tie::Watch-related, which will be fixed in a next version of the
patch.
Incompatible changes
Return values of some Tk::Wm methods (e.g. aspect, wmGrid,
iconposition, resizable ...) were changed from returning tclish
lists (e.g. "1 2 3 4") to perlish lists (1,2,3,4). I believe the
return values of these methods are rarely used.
Tk::Wm::wmTracing needs argument for setting on/off, without
argument just return the current value.
New features
The newest tkUnixWm.c from Tcl/Tk is now in the Perl/Tk code. This
adds (experimental?) support for wm attributes -topmost, -zoomed,
-fullscreen and other _NET_WM features (iconphoto) under Unix/X11.
Tk::Wm::stackorder was missing in Perl/Tk.
widget demonstration has a Ctrl-Q key binding.
ptksh: x is an alias for d (like in the perl debugger).
ptksh: use bold font for prompt.
Tk::Text: pasting selection with middle mouse sets cursor position now.
This is consistent with behaviour in other toolkits.
Tk::Widget: translated UnderlineAmpersand etc. functions.
Tk::MsgBox: again in Tk, completely new translation from the Tcl/Tk
original. Looks nicer and behaves better than messageBox through
Tk::DialogBox.
Fixes
Fixed crashes of Perl/Tk applications when Gtk/Gnome applications
were started. See http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16053
ptksh is not slow anymore when popping up history.
ptksh: use fixed font for text area.
Tk::FBox may handle paths with high-bit set.
Image and bitmap filenames with high-bit set work now. See
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.tk/msg/865b56226af23f7c
Minor Tk::TextList fixes, but still most tests fail.
Fixed some menu problems, see
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=15677,
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6166
Title of tearoff menus now set correctly.
ptked may be started without initial filename.
gedi works again.
Fixed some core dumps.
Tk::Listbox insert/delete does not leak memory anymore (well, not
that much). See
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12466
Building on RedHat systems works now, see
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6708
Tk::NoteBook fix for pages method, see
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8567
Tk::Canvas fix for -state => hidden issue, see
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4677
Documentation
Tk::Widget::Walk is now documented.
Corrected installation path for Tk::Menu::Item.
Fixed invalid Pod syntax.
Tests
Converted some tests from Test to Test::More
Enable unicode tests where possible.
Make all tests working with XFT=1.
New tests, converted from the Tcl counterparts: canvas.t, wm-tcl.t,
text.t (latter not completed yet)
00wmcheck.t: show user's window manager before starting tests.
(Almost) no test should request user positioning windows (for old
window managers like twm).
Some wm-dependent tests were marked as TODO tests.
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Changes in Tk804.023
First public release of version based on Unicode aware core tk.
Historical changes in Tk800 branch to be reinstated here later.