Version 40 of Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.6

Updated 2009-06-17 22:56:42 by AK

Based on Tcl/Tk 8.6b1


Tcl Changes

Changes to Tcl Commands

New Commands

New Subcommands

Expanded Syntax / New Options

Changes to Tcl variables

New global variables

Changed Tcl behavior

  • The following commands are script-modifiable ensembles: binary
  • lset can now set the element at index end+1, growing the list.
  • string trim* now uses a different set of whitespace characters as a default.
  • encoding system during startup is now iso8859-1, not identity.

Tk Changes

Changes to Tk Commands

New Commands

New Subcommands

Expanded Syntax / New Options

  • canvas create text ... -angle degrees [L37 ]
  • text configure -insertunfocussed none|hollow|solid [L38 ]

Changed Tk behavior

New Events


Changes to Bundled Packages

New packages

Updated packages


Changes to consider when moving to Tcl 8.6