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Version 68 of
Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.6
Updated 2012-12-18 15:14:20 by
dgp
See also:
The major new features of Tcl/Tk 8.6
Tcl Changes
New Backslash Syntax
\U
hhhhhhhh
TIP #388
\x
hh
limited to at most two digits
TIP #388
Changes to Tcl Commands
New Commands
coroutine
Tip #328
oo::class
Tip #257
Tip #380
Tip #397
oo::copy
oo::define
oo::objdefine
oo::object
tailcall
Tip #327
tcl::
prefix
Tip #195
throw
try
Tip #329
yield
Tip #328
yieldto
Tip #396
zlib
Tip #234
New Subcommands
binary decode
Tip #317
binary encode
chan pipe
Tip #304
chan pop
Tip #230
chan push
file tempfile
Tip #210
info coroutine
Tip #328
info object
Tip #354
info class
Tip #354
Tip #381
info errorstack
Tip #348
interp cancel
Tip #285
string is
entier
Tip #395
Expanded Syntax / New Options
close
chan
read
|
write
Tip #332
dict filter
dict type
pattern ...
Tip #341
file delete
(
zero pathnames
)
Tip #323
file mkdir
(
zero pathnames
)
Tip #323
format
%b
Tip #343
glob
(
zero patterns
)
Tip #323
global
(
zero variable names
)
Tip #323
lassign
(
zero variable names
)
Tip #323
linsert
(
zero elements
)
Tip #323
lrepeat
(
zero elements; zero repetitions
)
Tip #323
lsearch
-bisect
Tip #313
lsort
-stride
Tip #326
namespace ensemble
create
-parameters
Tip #314
? see
ensemble with parameters
.
namespace upvar
(
zero variable names
)
Tip #323
return
-errorstack
Tip #348
scan
string
%b
Tip #343
tcl::tm::path add
(
zero pathnames
)
Tip #323
tcl::tm::path list
Tip #323
tcl::tm::path remove
(
zero pathnames
)
Tip #323
variable
(
zero variable names
)
Tip #323
New unsupported commands
tcl::unsupported
::
assemble
tcl::unsupported
::
inject
tcl::unsupported
::
representation
Changes to Tcl variables
New global variables
tcl_platform
(
pathSeparator
)
Tip #315
Changed Tcl behavior
The following commands are script-modifiable
ensemble
s:
array
,
binary
,
file
,
namespace
,
ttk
identify
lset
can now set the element at index
end+1
, growing the list.
Tip #331
string trim
* now uses a different set of whitespace characters as a default.
encoding system
during startup is now
iso8859-1
, not
identity
.
socket
support for IPv6 addresses
Tip #162
exit
no longer performs full finalization.
Nonblocking channels no longer forced to flush on exit.
Tip #398
Tk Changes
Changes to Tk Commands
New Commands
ttk::spinbox
ttk_vsapi
New Subcommands
canvas
moveto
Tip #236
canvas
imove
Tip #97
canvas
rchars
tk busy
Tip #321
tk fontchooser
Tip #324
Expanded Syntax / New Options
canvas
create text
...
-angle
degrees
Tip #119
text
configure
-insertunfocussed none
|
hollow
|
solid
Tip #197
image
create photo -format png
Tip #244
treeview
tag names|add|remove
photo
data -format GIF
Changed Tk behavior
GIF
photo
image
s written with
LZW
compression.
event generate
can now generate
<Focus*>
events.
Tk for OS X/Aqua now built on Cocoa libraries.
image
write -file
uses file name extension as format hint.
Revised
<MouseWheel>
event handlers.
Tip #171
.
Color names redefined to match Web conventions
Tip #403
New Events
Changes to Bundled Packages
New packages
sqlite3
3.7.14
Tip #376
tdbcsqlite3
1.0b17
Updated packages
dde
1.4.0b1
Tip #106
tdbc
1.0b17
Itcl
4.0b8 (
itcl-ng
)
Tip #50
Thread
2.7b1
registry
1.3.0
Tip #362
http
2.8.4
tcltest
2.3.4
msgcat
1.5.0
Tip #404
Changes to consider when moving to Tcl 8.6
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