Re: [MACTCL] Aqua Tk 8.5/8.6 problem on OS X 10.9 Mavericks

[Alexander S. <a.s...@gm...>]

Hi Jeff,

my first tests are positiv, I'll do some more test this evening.

Best Regards,
Alex

Am 27.10.2013 um 21:57 schrieb Jeff Hobbs <je...@ac...>:

> We are building updated ActiveTcl installations for 8.5 and 8.6 with this patch this weekend.  If someone wants to test from that, let me know.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On 2013-10-27, at 1:46 PM, Kevin Walzer <kw...@co...> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ned,
>> 
>> On 10/23/13, 4:06 PM, Ned Deily wrote:
>>> Now that OS 10.9 Mavericks has been released (and at no cost), people are
>>> updating to it and running into a problem with Aqua Tk.  I ran into the
>>> problem with Python's IDLE but it seems to affect other multi-window Tk
>>> applications, as it can be reproduced using wish demos.   Basically, the
>>> problem is that Tk windows don't get automatically redrawn when the mouse is
>>> used to change the active window and focus.  I've described the details here:
>>> 
>>> https://core.tcl.tk/tk/tktview?name=53f7a1b553
>>> 
>>> As it affects current versions of ActiveTcl 8.5 and 8.6, I also opened an
>>> ActiveTcl issue:
>>> 
>>> http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=101210
>>> 
>>> As noted in the Tk issue above, the Apple-supplied Tk 8.5.9 does not have this
>>> problem but that version has other, serious problems that have been fixed in
>>> newer versions of Tk 8.5, for example, immediately crashing when typing a
>>> composing character in a text field (like option-u for US Extended input
>>> methods).  Also as noted, one workaround appears to be to force Tcl/Tk to run
>>> in 32-bit mode, which may not be possible for some applications if they depend
>>> on non-universal libraries.
>> 
>> Daniel Steffen provided me a patch for the issue that he devised during 
>> the development of Mavericks, and which he applied to Apple's private 
>> branch of Tk-Cocoa (essentially the old 8.5.9 branch, as you noted in 
>> the bug report). Daniel's patch is why the behavior isn't visible in 
>> Apple's system-provided Tk, because it was fixed already. :-) Now that 
>> Mavericks is out he was able to provide the patch for upstream use.
>> 
>> After installing Mavericks and testing with my existing build of Tk, I 
>> did see the behavior. After doing a fresh checkout of trunk and 8.5, 
>> applying the patch, and rebuilding Tcl/Tk, I don't see any of the 
>> behavior indicated. As a result I believe this patch solves the problem 
>> and I have committed it.
>> 
>> Thanks again for the report, and thanks to Daniel for the patch.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Kevin
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Kevin Walzer
>> Code by Kevin/Mobile Code by Kevin
>> http://www.codebykevin.com
>> http://www.wtmobilesoftware.com
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