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TIX 4.1A3
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Released on April 23, 1996
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Subject: [Announce] Tix version 4.1a3 is available
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I am pleased to announce the availability of Tix version 4.1a3, the
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third alpha release. This version of Tix supports the Unix and
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Microsoft Windows platforms.
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Tix 4.1 is the commercial version of Tix 4.0. It contains more widgets
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and works under MS Windows. Please read the file license.terms first
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inside the distribution tar file or from the WWW at
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http://www.xpi.com/tix/license.terms.41a3.txt
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REQUIREMENT
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Unix Platforms
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Tix 4.1a3 works with the following combinations of Tcl/Tk/ITcl/ET:
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* Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0
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* Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0 + ITcl 2.0
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* Tcl 7.4 + Tk 4.0 + ET 1.5
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* Tcl 7.5 + Tk 4.1 (final release only)
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Windows Platforms
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Tix 4.1a3 requires the final release of Tcl 7.5 and Tk 4.1 (no alpha
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or beta versions). Many things currently does not work under Windows,
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including:
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* FileSelectDialog (ExFileSelectDialog does work, though)
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* The top-left corner of the Grid (aka spreadsheet) widget
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* XPM images
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GETTING THE TIX PACKAGE
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Tix 4.1a3 is available at
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* ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/Tix4.1a3.tar.gz: Unix source tar file.
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* ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/windows/tix41a3.zip: Same as
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Tix4.1a3.tar.gz, but in Windows/DOS ZIP format.
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* ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/windows/tix41bin.zip: Windows binaries.
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WHAT'S NEW SINCE TIX 4.1A2 (THE LAST RELEASE)
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5/5/96
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New feature: New tool unix-et-tk4.0/makescript.tcl. It includes the
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Tix script library into a ET application in the correct order. If
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A.tcl depends on B.tcl, then B.tcl is loaded first.
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5/6/96
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New feature: Now the -default option of the Tix mega widget classes
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are inherited from their superclasses.
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New feature: New option -expand for the panes in PanedWindow
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Bug Fixed: ScrolledHList didn't calculate the size of the hlist
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subwidget correctly, resulting in scrollbars not appearing even if the
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hlist widget is not big enough to display all of its contents.
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5/8/96
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New feature: New method setsize for PanedWindow.
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5/10/96
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New feature: New widget tixMeter, can be used to display the progress
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of work.
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Bug Fixed: HList multiple and extended selectMode now work with
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TixTree.
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5/11/96
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Bug Fixed: HList "see" method sometimes doesn't display the specified
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element correctly.
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New widgets: New widgets CheckList, Grid, ScrolledGrid, TList and
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ScrolledTList added to the Tix 4.1 distribution.
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New feature: New option -postcmd for PopupMenu widget.
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_________________________________________________________________
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Last modified Fri Jan 17 22:52:55 EST 1997 --- Serial 853731293
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