Forum OpenACS Q&A: Tcl/Tk 8.4.5 released

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1: Tcl/Tk 8.4.5 released
Posted by Talli Somekh on 11/25/03 03:48 AM
Tcl 8.4.5 was released today. Here is the change list:

New Tcl/Tk 8.4 Features

  • 64-bit file system support (where the OS supports it)
  • 64-bit expr support at the Tcl level (even on 32-bit OSes)
  • serial port support (Windows / Unix)
  • numerous performance enhancements
  • support for starkits (aka scripted documents)
  • improved escape-based encoding support (i.e. iso2022-jp)
  • improved threading support
  • new virtual file system
  • new lset command
  • command enhancements (regsub, trace, lindex, lsearch)
  • new eq and ne operators for expr
  • updated tcltest, http and msgcat packages
  • widget enhancements
  • new spinbox, panedwindow and labelframe widgets
  • compound buttons / labels / menu items
  • undo/redo support in the text widget
  • native Aqua support for OS X
  • improved image transparency support
  • platform specific wm attributes command
  • extended documentation
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2: Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4.5 released (response to 1)
Posted by Simon at TCB on 11/25/03 01:39 PM
And so far it seems as slick as an oil rig on XP Pro. (Binary build)
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3: Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4.5 released (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 11/26/03 01:05 PM
Will this make AOLserver 4 run faster on a Opteron using SuSE 64 ? 😊.
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4: Re: Tcl/Tk 8.4.5 released (response to 1)
Posted by Don Baccus on 11/26/03 04:44 PM
Native Aqua support?  *very* cool!