Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.0

Released August 18, 1997

New packages

• http 1.0
• http 2.0
• opt 0.1
• registry 1.0 (Windows)

New Tcl commands

• binary
• fcopy
• namespace
• resource (Mac)
• safe::interpCreate
• safe::interpInit
• safe::interpConfigure
• safe::interpDelete
• safe::interpAddToAccessPath
• safe::interpFindInAccessPath
• safe::setLogCmd
• tcl_endOfWord
• tcl_startOfNextWord
• tcl_startOfPreviousWord
• tcl_wordBreakAfter
• tcl_wordBreakBefore
• variable

New Tk commands

• font
• safe::loadTk

Removed Tcl commands

• cp (Mac)
• mkdir (Mac)
• mv (Mac)
• rm (Mac)
• rmdir (Mac)

New Tcl subcommands

• file attributes
• file nativename
• interp expose
• interp hide
• interp hidden
• interp invokehidden
• interp marktrusted

New Tk subcommands

• tk scaling

Expanded syntax/new options

button pathName ?... -default ...?

expr ... srand(arg) ... rand(arg) ...

frame pathName ?... -container ...?

grid columnconfigure master index ?-option value...? ==> grid columnconfigure master indexList -option value ?-option value...?

grid rowconfigure master index ?-option value...? ==> grid rowconfigure master indexList -option value ?-option value...?

lsort ?... -dictionary ... -index ...? list

menu pathName ?... -title ... -type ...?

.menu add type ?... -columnbreak ... -hidemargin ...?

menubutton pathName ?... -direction ...?

toplevel pathName ?... -container ... -menu ... -use ...?

Removed options

menu pathName ?... -transient ...?

New Tcl global variables

• tcl_traceCompile
• tcl_traceExec
• tcl_nonwordchars
• tcl_wordchars
• tcl_platform(byteOrder)

New Tk virtual events

• <<MenuSelect>>

Changed behavior Commands containing "::" get namespace interpretation.

destroy no longer returns an error when given a non-existent window as an argument.