[TCLCORE] Call For Votes: TIP#256 wordprocessor and tabular tabs

[Donald G P. <dg...@ni...>]

Again this message comes from Jeff Hobbs, blocked by SF
technical difficulties; replies to him or list, please.

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From: Jeff Hobbs [mailto:je...@ac...] 
Sent: September 27, 2005 8:32 PM
To: 'Vince Darley'; 'Tcl...@li...'
Subject: Call For Votes: TIP#256 wordprocessor and tabular tabs


This is a call for votes for TIP #256:
  http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/256.html
  Implement Tabular and Wordprocessor Style Tabbing

Please vote by Tuesday, October 4th at 12:00pm PST.

TIP #256: Yes

Jeff

Vince Darley wrote:
> Can I ask again if anyone on the TCT will call a vote on tip#256?
> 
>    http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/256.html
> 
> Abstract: There are two common style of tabbing in the
> computer world: that used for a regular table of information, 
> and that used by a word-processor/text editor. This TIP 
> proposes to add support for the latter to Tk's text widget.
> 
> --
> 
> The only real point of controversy on this tip is that '-ta'
> and '-tab' will become ambiguous text widget configuration 
> options and hence throw errors. The consensus (but not 
> unanimous) during discussion was that it is better to have 
> such ambiguity rather than add synonyms to '-tabs'. There are 
> three reasonable rationales for
> this: (1) it's happened in the past (e.g. with 'grid'), and 
> (2) Tk8.5 has seen such significant text widget improvements 
> that developers will probably want to revisit their text 
> widget code anyway, (3) we don't always have to consider lazy 
> coding as correct.



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