Version 6 of Cross Platform differences in Tcl/Tk

Updated 2005-01-08 23:26:07

Purpose: Document (particularly core distribution) Tcl and Tk differences between supported platforms.

  • Features unique to X Windows versions of Tk
  1. -display support
  • Features unique to Microsoft Windows versions of Tk
  1. [What are the Windows specific extensions - like registry, etc.]
  • Features unique to Apple MacOS X versions of Tk
  1. [What are the MacOS X specific extensions]
  • Features which work differently
  1. Native widgets on Windows/MacOS X vs Unix Tcl and C widgets [is there a wiki page detailing which of these exist]
  2. menu unpost is documented to not work on windows
  3. [wm attributes] takes different values on Windows/MacOS, and does nothing on Unix (in Tcl/Tk 8.4.9.0, at least).

Category Porting