Version 3 of Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.5.9

Released August 31, 2010

Updated packages

Tcl Changes

[load] uses LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH for fewer surprises when bringing in DLLs via dependencies on Windows.
Updated [send] security rules to current Ubuntu/Fedora conventions.
[chan copy] of more than 2**31 bytes is now possible.
min() and max() functions now work in safe interps.
Corrected result of [tcl::mathfunc::abs 0.0].
New version 1.432 of msgcat package.
New version 1.0.9 of platform package.
Changes to support building with MSVC++ 2010.
Fixed bad results from [file rootname].
Prevent consumption of all memory when [chan copy] copies to slow channel.
Fixed line-sensitive matching by [regexp].
Fixed crash in encoding finalization.
Fixed crash in unset traces during [array unset].
Fixed crash deleting vars during callframe pop.
Fixed crash in [open |noSuchFile rb].
Fixed crash in [chan postevent].
Fixed programming error in [clock format] in he_IL locale.
Safe Base and Safe Tk rewrites

[wm attributes] -type [L1 ] (X11)
- stops inappropriate Compiz animation of Tk menu & combobox.

Fixed [wm iconphoto] on LP64 unix systems.
[$menu delete $tooBig end] now properly a no-op.
canvas items now properly updated when canvas state changes.
Revised default Text bindings for <Delete> and <BackSpace> to account for insertion point relationship to the selection.
modernize menus on X11. [L2 ]
[tk_getOpenFile] on Windows: unlimited multiple-file selection.
Revised [ttk::sizegrip] to accommodate Compiz.
New version 0.8.6 of tile package.
Prevent race condition in some XIM implementations.
[wm transient] now works even with withdrawn windows.
$DISPLAY can now contain "::".
Restored compatibility of [entry] validation with Itcl variable scope.
Fixed memory corruption in complex canvas tag searches.
Fixed crashes in widget destruction.
Fixed crash in GetFontFamilyName().
Fixed crash in menu deletion.
Fixed crash in peer text dump.
Fixed crash when bind scripts are empty.

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