Released on Sep 28, 1995
Subject: [Announce] Tix version 4.0b5 is available
I am pleased to announce the availability of Tix version 4.0b5.
REQUIREMENT
TK 4.0 + TCL 7.4. Tix 4.0b5 does not work with previous versions of
TK and TCL. Versions of Tix that work with previous versions of
TK and TCL can be found in the FTP directories listed below.
WHAT'S NEW
For those who are familiar to Tix and eager to find out the new
additions, here it goes:
(1) New widget: DirTree. To see a demo of this, start the demo in
Tix4.0b5/demos/widget and click on the "Run Sample Programs" tab;
then click on "DirTree" in the listbox.
(2) New documentation for HList and Display Items. Check out
HList.n and DItem.n if you are wondering how to use the HList
in multi-column multi-color mode.
(3) Tix now works with ET (Embedded TK). Go to the et/ directory and
do ./configure.
(4) New graphical set-up program for Tix. This gives a graphical
front-end for src/configure.
(5) Tons of bugs fixed. Should be more stable than 4.0b4 (esp HList)
(6) new command "tix resetoptions" for easy switching back to the
default TK color schemes. Read the manual page tix.n for more
details.
WHAT IS TIX
In case you don't know yet, the Tix library is an extension to the
Tk toolkit that contains over 20 new widgets for Tk. Features
include:
(1) A LOT of new widgets:
ComboBox, Motif style FileSelectBox, MS Windows style
FileSelectBox, PanedWindow, NoteBook, Hierarchical Listbox,
Directory List/Tree View, Spin Control widget .... and many
more. With these new widgets, your Tcl/Tk applications can
acquire a great professional look and you can interact with your
users in interesting new ways.
(2) XPM image support:
This allows you to display color icons in XPM format. Supports
transparent background, a feature not found in the standard GIF
photo image type.
(3) Compound images:
A new image type called "compound" allows you to glue together a
bunch of bitmaps, images and text strings together to form a
bigger image. Then you can use this image with widgets that
support the -image option. For example, you can display a text
string string together with a bitmap, at the same time, inside a
TK button widget.
(4) Form geometry manager
Works similar to the Motif Form widget. You can specify geometry
constraints using attachment rules.
(5) Mwm window manager support:
With the tixMwm command, you can communicate with the Motif
window manager "mwm"; you can add new items to the Motif system
menu and change the window manager decorations.
(6) Display Items and Display Styles
Display items and display styles make it possible to display
visual information in many formats. Currently only the HList
widget supports display items, but this will become the standard
way of displaying informations in all the Tix widgets in the
next version (Tix 4.1).
GETTING THE TIX PACKAGE
You can obtain Tix from my ftp site:
ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/ioi/Tix4.0b5.tar.gz
I have also uploaded the file to the official Tcl site, so in a few
days it will also be available at;
ftp://ftp.aud.alcatel.com/tcl/extensions/Tix4.0b5.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.aud.alcatel.com/tcl/extensions/Tix4.0b5.README
More information about Tix can be found at the Tix Home Page at
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ioi/tix/tix.html
There is a mailing list for the discussion of the development of
the Tix library and Tix applications. To subscribe, please send a
message to
ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu
I will not be able to answer mails until late August. If you have a
pressing problem about Tix you may be able to find help from the
Tix mailing list. Send you questions to:
tix-info@graphics.cis.upenn.edu
DOCUMENTATION
All Tix documentation are now in HTML format. After you download
Tix, please read the file Tix4.0b5/README.html. It contains links
to all other important documentation in the Tix package, including
the copyright statement.
IS TIX FREE?
Tix 4.0 is released under very liberal license terms, similar to
the Tcl/TK license terms. Please read the file docs/LEGAL.html in
the distribution for more details.
Enjoy!
Ioi
Last modified Jan 31 11:53