Tcl/Tk

Release Notes: This release adds the new option [tk_getSaveFile -confirmoverwrite], fixes a rash regression in Ttk unset traces, revises the expr parser to permit function names like "nano()" instead of parsing as "nan o()" with a missing operator, fixes a crash regression in Tcl_ConvertElement(), adds new version 2.7.7 of the http package, improves performance when converting to "pixels", restores resizing of file dialogs on Windows, stops memory leaks in [info script], Tcl_Get*(), and Tcl_Obj cycles, stops a segfault when calling hypot(.) with MSVC, stops a panic in [interp limit], and fixes bad mode values returned by [file stat].

Release Notes: PNG format support in photo images. IPv6 networking support. Mac OS X: Tk is now built on Cocoa. New OO commands: [info ... call], [self call], and [nextto]. The command [$notebook config -tabposition] is enhanced. Default handling of <MouseWheel> events has been revised. New interfaces for NRE support by extensions.

Release Notes: The menus on X11 were modernized. The [ttk::spinbox] widget was added. [tk_getOpenFile] on Windows now supports unlimited multiple-file selection. The [send] security rules were updated to current Ubuntu/Fedora conventions. [ttk::sizegrip] was revised to accommodate Compiz. Changes were made to support building with MSVC++ 2010. Safe Base and Safe Tk rewrites were done. Several bugs were fixed.

Release Notes: Vista Ttk theme support was added. [tk_chooseDirectory] has a newer style on Windows. Tk 8.5.8 can now [load] into a Tcl 8.6 or later interpreter. [wm iconphoto] now works on non-32-bit displays and big endian systems. Nested event loop problems with TkAqua Cocoa and CoreFoundation were fixed. A crash when [exec] redirects to a [chan create]d channel was fixed. Image data transfer through [selection get] was enabled. Many segfaults and panics due to integer overflow on long values were repaired. Support was added for portability to gcc 2.95 on Haiku OS. Several Tk appearance corrections were made.

Release Notes: Keyboard bindings for ttk::scale were added. Parser errors when expanding literals like: {*}{\{} were fixed. The http package's ability to read SHOUTcast streams was restored. A hang during channel finalization is prevented. Crashes while using nondefault visuals were fixed.