'''New packages''' * dde 1.0 (''Windows'') * msgcat 1.0 * opt 0.4 '''New Tcl commands''' * encoding '''New Tcl subcommands''' * package present * string totitle '''Extended syntax/new options''' fconfigure ''channel'' ?... -encoding ...? '''New Tcl global variables''' * tcl_platform(user) '''Changed behavior''' The Windows reigstry key/value which holds the root installation directory for Tcl/Tk changed (again!). To retrieve that directory from the Windows registry, use the Tcl command registry get HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Scriptics\\Tcl\\[info tclversion] Root Advanced regular expressions. See regexp(n). The changes result in incompatibilities at the C API as well as potential incompatibilities in regular expressions. Expanded ''scan'' functionality, including XPG3. See scan(n). \ooo, \xhh, and \uhhhh escapes indicate Unicode character values. ''format %c'' converts to Unicode; no longer limited to 8 bits. ---- [Donald Porter]