804delta(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation 804delta(3)NAMETk::804delta - what is new for perl/Tk 804
DESCRIPTION
This document describes differences between the Tk800 series and the
Tk804 series.
Incompatible Changes
Tk804 will only work with perl 5.8.0 and above. For older perl versions
look for Tk800.025.
curselection of Tk::Listbox now returns an array reference in scalar
context. This means you have to write
my(@selected) = $listbox->curselection
or
my(@selected) = @{ $listbox->curselection }
now.
The fontActual method now returns the pixel value instead of the point
value for -size. Pixel values are expressed as negative numbers.
Some enhancements from the "dash" patches are lost for now (i.e. -tile,
-troughtile ...).
The -state option is not available anymore for Tk::Text tags. Use
-elide instead.
Enhancements
Tk804 is Unicode-aware.
It is possible to build Tk with Xft support on X11. This is strongly
recommened if you are planning to make use of Unicode rendering capa‐
bilities of Tk. It also gives anti-aliased fonts for regular text (if
you have TrueType or Type1 fonts and they are in your fontconfig config
file).
The new method chooseDirectory is available as a standard directory
selector.
Tk::PNG and Tk::JPEG are bundled now with the perl/Tk distribution,
providing support for the image formats png and jpeg.
Improvements to Tk::Listbox: new option -activestyle, new methods item‐
configure and itemcget, new virtual event <<ListboxSelect>>.
More tests.
New Widgets
Tk::Labelframe
An alternative to Tk::LabFrame.
Tk::Panedwindow
An alternative to Tk::Adjuster.
Tk::Spinbox
An alternative to the CPAN module Tk::NumEntry.
Selected Bug FixesChanged InternalsPlatform Specific ProblemsFuture DirectionsReporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.tk newsgroup.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please send a mail to
<ptk@lists.stanford.edu> and/or <nick@ing-simmons.net>. Be sure to
trim your bug down to a tiny but sufficient test case.
SEE ALSO
Tk.
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