Re: [MACTCL] [TCLCORE] Request for input: improving Mac-specific documentation in Tcl/Tk man pages

[Larry M. <lm...@bi...>]

We are in the same boat as Will though we do no Mac specific programming,
our stuff runs on 

    aix5
    freebsd
    hp-ia64
    hp11-parisc
    linux-ia64
    linux-parisc
    linux-ppc
    linux-x86 & x86_64
    macos-ppc
    macos-x86
    netbsd (x86)
    openbsd (x86)
    sco
    sgi
    sun-sparc
    sunx86
    windows (win2000 and later, though not a fan of vista)

On the mac we build both X11 and Aqua versions of our gui tools such that
if you rsh/ssh in and set your display you get X11 and it just works,
otherwise you get Aqua.  

We haven't had problems with the Mac but we also don't demand much of
Tk on the Mac.

That said, I too would be interested in knowing what problems are lurking.

On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 05:49:49PM -0800, Will Duquette wrote:
> Odd.  I've done a fair amount of Tk programming on the Mac over the last seven or eight years, and I've not run into these kinds of problems.  Quirks, yes, and a few things to work around, but not the kind of problems you're talking about.  What versions have you seen this in?
> 
> Will
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> On Jan 7, 2011, at 7:29 AM, <L....@su...> <L....@su...> wrote:
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> >> One developer responded that it seems there are lot of subtle ways in which Tk/Aqua differs
> >> from other platforms and yet these differences are not documented in the man pages.
> > [..]
> >> I'm inclined to agree with him.
> > [..]
> >> What I'm asking for here is suggestions for additional things to cover, based on your experience,
> > 
> > The Mac-only crashes. Oh god, the crashes.
> > 
> > Tk on the Mac differs from other platforms in its lack of maturity and stability. Listbox too wide? Hang. Menuing problems appear endemic, as the Mac Tk code is relatively new.
> > 
> > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112997&aid=3044863&group_id=12997
> > is one such example.
> > 
> > I'd leave focusing on documentation until the code is more solid, frankly.
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