2008-12-26 [apw] started to see if it is possible to implement [Iwidgets] style type widgets using only [itcl-ng] by using the ::itcl::extendedclass class types. 

I soon found out that almost all functionality for doing so was there, with only a few functions to add to make that work. I would have added these functions sooner or later nevertheless, as they are of general interest. 

2008-12-27 '''::itcl::widgets::Entryfield''' and '''::itcl::widget::Labeledwidget''' are running and passing all the tests of the Iwidgets test suite for ::iwidgets::Entryfield and ::iwidgets::Labeledwidget.

2008-12-28 '''::itcl::widgets::Combobox''', '''::itcl::widgets::scrolledwidget''' and '''::itcl::widgets::scrolledlistbox''' are running and passing the tests of the Iwidgets test suite for ::iwidgets::Combobox and ::iwidgets::scrolledlistbox (scrolledlistbox is also testing scrolledwidget)

Test results: 388 out of 391 tests are running successfull, the 3 failing ones do not yet show the correct number of options per class (to be fixed).

As Iwidgets has about 37000 [LOC] and my files have now about 3300 LOC there are nearly 10% done.

[itclwidgets] has its package directory at the moment in the [itcl-ng] module of [incr Tcl] project in directory itcl subdirectory itclWidgets [http://incrtcl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/incrtcl/incrTcl/itcl/itclWidgets/?pathrev=itcl-ng]

Why I am doing that is:
    * improving quality of [itcl-ng] (more code that tests its features)
    * I personally don't like the ::itk::Archetype class with all mega widgets depending on it
    * as [itclwidgets] is implemented right now, it is possible to replace eventually [Tk] support by [ntkWidget] support
    * if needed it should be possible to also use [ttk] widgets
    * I need some of the mega widgets in my [Reporting Tools with Tcl] project with some added functionality, which was hard to add in the past because of some private methods in iwidgets::Combobox
    * It's a challenge to see what is possible with itcl-ng

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[lv] so the idea here is to create a widget set that is code compatible with [incr widgets] but which is not dependent on [incr tk]? Will there be a [megawidget] [framework] that can be used to leverage new widgets and to ensure that the itclwidgets are consistent? One of the ideas that was behind itk was the expectation that having a core set of megawidget classes would result in consistency for the developer and user.

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