Changes in Tcl/Tk 9.0.1

Tcl: release message (markdown file)

Tk: release message (markdown file)

December 20, 2024.

Tcl Changes

Completed 9.0 Features and Interfaces

• TIP 701 - Tcl_FSTildeExpand C API
• TIP 707 - ptrAndSize internal rep in Tcl_Obj
• Size modifiers j, q, z, t not implemented

Bug fixes

• regression in tzdata, %z instead of offset TZ-name
• Tcl will not start properly if there is an init.tcl file in the current dir
• clock scan "24:00", ISO-8601 compatibility
• Temporary folder with file "tcl9registry13.dll" remains after "exit"
• Wrong result by "lsearch -stride -subindices -inline -all"
• TIP 609 - required Tcl_ThreadAlert() skipped with nested event loop
• buffer overwrite for non-BMP characters in utf-16
• zipfs info on mountpoint of executable returns zero offset in field 4"
• zlib-8.8, zlib-8.16 fail on Fedora 40, gcc 14.1.1
• install registry and dde in $INSTALL_DIR\lib always
• cannot build .chm help file (Windows)

Incompatibilities

• No known incompatibilities with the Tcl 9.0.0 public interface.

Updated bundled packages, libraries, standards, data

• Itcl 4.3.2
• sqlite3 3.47.2
• Thread 3.0.1
• TDBC* 1.1.10
• tcltest 2.5.9
• tzdata 2024b, corrected

Known bugs

• changed behaviour wrt command names, namespaces and resolution
• windows dos device paths inconsistencies and missing functionality
• load library (dll) from zipfs-library causes a leak in temporary folder
• lsearch -sorted -inline -subindices incorrect result
• "No error" when load fails due to a missing secondary DLL

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Tk Changes

Completed 9.0 Features and Interfaces

• TIP #706: Expose three Tk "In Context" functions via stubs table
• Tilde file syntax not available on 9.0 but used by "~/.Xdefaults"
• leftover use of tilde in filename string

Bug fixes

• Canvas widget handles pixel objects incorrectly in Tk 9.0
• SIGABRT from Tk_DeleteErrorHandler()
• build failure on macOS < 10.13
• Two potentially bogus binding scripts for
• Aqua: canvas items are not always redrawn
• Aqua: color rgb values do not behave as expected when appearance is changed
• Aqua: winfo rgb . systemLabelColor returns a weird result on aqua
• Aqua: background thread became slower
• Use of Tcl_Obj vs char * in Widget storage
• cannot build .chm help file (Windows)
• Tk initialization overwrites thread specific data
• File clamTheme.tcl misses code related to the -indicatorforeground option
• Segfault when using menu(button) with the -font option
• Bind mechanism vs. GNOME
• many PIXEL options don't keep their configured value
• Menu entry underline does not consider activeborderwidth

Known bugs

• Inconsistent reporting of child geometry changes to grid container
• Inconsistency in whether widgets allow negative borderwidths
• slow widget creation if default font is not used
• The wm manage command does not work on current macOS versions
• Slow processing irregular transparencies
• text's cursor width on 0th column
• text widget breaks graphemes with combining diacritical marks

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