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[Tix-developers] Tix installation macosx10.6 problems

[Nate E. <ski...@ho...>]

I am trying to install tix 8.4.3 on osx,
When I run make, I get

ld: warning: in /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/libtclstub8.5.a, missing required architecture x86_64 in fileld: warning: in /Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/libtkstub8.5.a, missing required architecture x86_64 in fileUndefined symbols:  "_Tk_InitStubs", referenced from:      _Tix_Init in tixInit.o  "_Tcl_InitStubs", referenced from:      _Tix_Init in tixInit.o  "_tclStubsPtr", referenced from:      _FreeParseOptions in tixClass.o      _FreeParseOptions in tixClass.o      _Tix_UninitializedClassCmd in tixClass.o      _Tix_UninitializedClassCmd in tixClass.o      _Tix_InstanceCmd in tixClass.o      _Tix_InstanceCmd in tixClass.o      _Tix_InstanceCmd in tixClass.o      _Tix_InstanceCmd in tixClass.o
.........      _TixpXpmFreeInstanceData in tixUnixXpm.o      _TixpXpmFreeInstanceData in tixUnixXpm.old: symbol(s) not foundcollect2: ld returned 1 exit statusmake: *** [libTix8.4.3.dylib] Error 1
Any suggestions?
PS sorry to post this to tix-developers but the tix support mailing list links to yahoo and it says its for announcements only and I'm not sure where else to go.
-Nate 		 	   		  

[Tix-developers] Looking for status of tix

[Larry W. V. <lv...@ca...>]

I'm using Tcl/Tk 8.4.[23].  I would like to use Tix 8.2.0 .  Is it
still being developed?

Has anyone resolved some of its problems, such as these
results from doing a "make test":

running old-style tests
====================================================
env TCL_LIBRARY=/vol/tclsrcsol/tcl84/tcl8.4.3/library TK_LIBRARY=/vol/tclsrcsol/
tcl84/tk8.4.3/library TIX_LIBRARY=/vol/tclsrcsol/tcl84/tix/library LD_LIBRARY_PA
TH=/vol/tclsrcsol/tcl84/tcl8.4.3/unix:/vol/tclsrcsol/tcl84/tk8.4.3/unix:.:${LD_L
IBRARY_PATH} ./tixwish8.2g ../tests/Driver.tcl
tcl_version = 8.4, tcl_patchLevel = 8.4.3
tcl_precision = 12, tcl_library = /vol/tclsrcsol/tcl84/tcl8.4.3/library
tk_version = 8.4, tk_patchLevel = 8.4.3
tix_version = 8.2, tix_patchLevel = 8.2.0
tix_release = 8.2.0
tcl_platform = 'osVersion 5.6 byteOrder bigEndian machine sun4u platform unix os
 SunOS user lwv26 wordSize 4'
:
:


general/labentry.tcl
    Failed Assertion "[focus -lastfor $t] == [$w subwidget entry]"
     evaluated as "[focus -lastfor .t] == [.t.c subwidget entry]" :: .t.c == .t.
c.frame.entry
---- labent-1.1 FAILED 
Script is
    
    set t [toplevel .t]
    
    set w [tixLabelEntry .t.c -label "Stuff(c): "]
    pack $w -padx 20 -pady 10
    tixLabelEntry .t.d -label "Stuff(d): "
    pack .t.d -padx 20 -pady 10
    focus $w
    update
    
    set px [winfo pointerx $t]
    set py [winfo pointery $t]
    set W [winfo width $t]
    set H [winfo height $t]
    
    if {$W < 100} {
    set W 100
    }
    if {$H < 100} {
    set H 100
    }
    
    set mx [expr $px - $W / 2]
    set my [expr $py - $H / 2]
    
    # We must move the window under the cursor in order to test
    # the current focus
    #
    wm geometry $t $W\x$H+$mx+$my
    raise $t
    update
    
    # On some platforms (e.g. Red Hat Linux 5.2/x86), this fails
    # because we get: LHS = .t.c, RHS = .t.c.frame.entry
    # (not clear why).
    #
    Assert {[focus -lastfor $t] == [$w subwidget entry]}
    
    destroy $t
    
Error message:
   

general/dirbox.tcl
Bus Error - core dumped
make: *** [oldtest] Error 138
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[Tix-developers] Re: [tix] Re: Developer's release - USE_OLD_IMAGE

[Mike C. <su...@in...>]

At 04:43 PM 10/19/00 -0000, you wrote:
>It is my opinion that 8.1.0 still needs work, as I do not believe 
>that I can see the needed code to handle the Tk version dependancy of 
>the image interface, but perhaps I missed that. You can check it out 
>with the demo suite by trying the ExFileSelect demo. If it works with 
>all versions of Tk (8.1 + ) then you are OK.

It seems to work, but the code should be modified to use USE_OLD_IMAGE
I put the following in tix-8.1.0/generic/tixImgCmp.c that ensures
USE_OLD_IMAGE is at least defined:

/* Should use USE_OLD_IMAGE ImgCmpCreate */
#if (TCL_MAJOR_VERSION <= 7)
#  define USE_OLD_IMAGE
#else
#  if ((TCL_MAJOR_VERSION == 8) && (TCL_MINOR_VERSION <= 2))
#  define USE_OLD_IMAGE
#  endif
   /* Otherwise use tk.h's definition */
#endif

Someone is working on this, but if anyone else has a patch for this
that works for 8.0 8.1 and 8.2, I'd love to know about it.

Mike.


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[Tix-developers] Re: [tix] tixFileEntry customization question

[Mike C. <su...@in...>]

At 10:31 AM 10/19/00 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to customize a tixFileEntry widget. I create a tixFileEntry
>
>        tixFileEntry $fb.fb -label "Save as: " -variable SAVE_FILE ...
>
>and I would like to set the default directory that the file browser starts
with.

It's easier than I thought. Do this before the popup:

 $fb.fb filedialog subwidget fsbox configure -directory c:\\tmp

Mike.



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[Tix-developers] Re: [tix] Re: Developer's release - tix-8.1.0f.tgz

[Mike C. <su...@in...>]

At 04:43 PM 10/19/00 -0000, you wrote:
>There is also a problem with Tix under Windows associated with the 
>enhanced file selection box demo. If the line:
>
>wm withdraw .
>
>is NOT deleted from the widget script, then the file selection box is 
>created, but it remains hidden. This relates to a change in the 
>Tcl/Tk library under Windows that occured after 8.0 and before 8.2.

Are you sure? What window manager are you running?

The "wm withdraw ." is harmless and is in all of the widget demos;
all the demos run in their own toplevel .demo:

    wm withdraw .
    set w .demo
    toplevel $w
    RunSample $w


Mike


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[Tix-developers] Re: [tix] tixFileEntry customization question

[Mike C. <su...@in...>]

At 10:56 PM 10/18/00 -0700, Mike Lansdaal wrote:
>Greg - There are three ways that I can think of, and they are all
>workarounds since there is no -directory option that I could find for
>tixFileEntry. 
 ...
>Here are the workarounds
>
>1) You can set the current working directory before you display the file
>entry dialog.  Tix will then use whatever that is set to.  Setting the
>working directory isn't easy, but can be done this way (you'll need the
>callDLL extension from Scriptics/TclDev).
Never thought of that one!

>2) You can redefine the built-in proc tixFileEntry:filedialog with your own
>version.  Just include it inline and your version will override the
>definition in Tix (ain't scripting great!).  Here's the code I used in my
>test script.  I did have to get it to be called once before it overrode the
>built-in definition.

Easier is to: "catch tixFileEntry"

>3) Much less portable - you could go into the Library file and modify the
>megawidget description and implementation and add a new option switch to set
>the initial directory being used.  Seems like it could be a desirable
>change.

Yes, but I don't see an easy way of doing it. I'll look further.

>I think this brings up a question of what is the mechanism that is being
>used/should be used to decide that a new feature is to be added or an
>existing feature be changed in Tix.  All these bug fixes are good to keep in
>sync with Tcl/Tk, but right now Tix seems kind of a dead end as far as
>feature growth.

Tix now has a home where these kinds of things can be discussed:

	http://tix.sourceforge.net

All of the code is now under CVS which was a crucial step.
The documentation has been brought up to date, all the patches have been
collected and applied, and we're almost finished bringing the code up to
8.[0123] compatability.

There's a survey for what features people want to drop from Tix:
https://sourceforge.net/survey/?group_id=5649

Maybe we can use the Forums as a place to post requests for enhancements:
https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=5649

If you have patches to provide new features, you can submit context diffs:
https://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5649

This was Tix can be kept alive as far as feature growth.

Mike.



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[Tix-developers] Re: [tix] Re: Developer's release - tix-8.1.0f.tgz

[Mike C. <su...@in...>]

At 06:15 AM 10/19/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Bad news 2: didn't help.  The link step creating the .so STILL isn't
>right:
>/usr/ccs/bin/ld -G -z text -o libtix8.1.8.3.so tixClass.o tixCmds.o
tixCompat.o tixError.o tixGeometry.o tixInit.o tixItcl.o tixList.o
tixMethod.o tixOption.o tixScroll.o tixSmpLs.o tixUtils.o tixWidget.o
tixDItem.o tixDiITxt.o tixDiImg.o tixDiStyle.o tixDiText.o tixDiWin.o
tixForm.o tixFormMisc.o tixImgCmp.o tixImgXpm.o tixMwm.o tixGrid.o
tixGrData.o tixGrFmt.o tixGrRC.o tixGrSel.o tixGrSort.o tixGrUtl.o
tixHList.o tixHLCol.o tixHLInd.o tixHLHdr.o tixInputO.o tixNBFrame.o
tixTList.o tixUnixDraw.o tixUnixXpm.o tixUnixWm.o
-L/vol/tclsrcsol/tcl83/tk8.3.2/unix -ltk8.3g
-L/vol/tclsrcsol/tcl83/tcl8.3.2/unix -ltcl8.3 -L/usr/openwin/lib -lX11 -ldl
 -lsocket -lnsl -lm
>
>In the above link, the -L flags mentioned are the compile time locations
>for the tcl and tk libraries. For people who don't keep tons of .o files
>lying about, this is a lose situation - they would prefer for Tix to be
>compiled against $exec_prefix/lib .  
No it's correct for the -L. They are only used at link time, so after
this link is carried out, the .o files are no longer relevant.

It's the -R which is the pain in the but, and I don't see it in your link
command. If you look at the code is tk8.3.2/unix/aclocal.m4 there's
a whole bunch of code to figure out TK_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS. I'm trying
to use configure.in to recover this value from tkConfig.sh. BTW, there
was a typo in what I posted - it should be edit
tix-8.1.0/unix/tk8.3/configure and change

TIX_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=$TCL_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS
 to
TIX_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=$TK_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS

May sure that is in TK_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS is in tk8.3.2/unix/tkConfig.sh,
and that TIX_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS gets set to this value in your
unix/tk8.3.2/unix/Makefile after you rm config.* and rerun configure.
(Maybe you could email me these two files as attachments so I can look at it).

One other possible (temporary solution): set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to add
the installed library directory.

Thanks for your help in nailing this one down.

Mike.


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[Tix-developers] Released 8.0.1

[Michael C. <idi...@us...>]

tix-8.0.1: Documentation changes to reflect change of home to
http://tix.sourceforge.net.

This release is for Tcl 8.0, and can be compiled under Unix, or Windows using
MS VC++ 4.2/5.0 and Borland 4.5/5.0. It should work
with 8.1 and 8.2 if you manually make the Makefile changes.

tix-8.1.0 will have Makefiles for tcl8.[0123]

tix-8.1.1 will have switch version numbering from
tix4.1 to tix8.1, plus have the distillation of contributed patches.

Mike.

[Tix-developers] Released 8.0.1

[Michael C. <idi...@us...>]

tix-8.0.1: Documentation changes to reflect change of home to
http://tix.sourceforge.net. 

This release is for Tcl 8.0, and can be compiled under Unix, or Windows using 
MS VC++ 4.2/5.0 and Borland 4.5/5.0. It should work
with 8.1 and 8.2 if you manually make the Makefile changes. 
			 
tix-8.1.0 will have Makefiles for tcl8.[0123] 

tix-8.1.1 will have switch version numbering from
tix4.1 to tix8.1, plus have the distillation of contributed patches.

Mike.

[Tix-developers] cvs.tix.sourceforge.net

[Michael C. <idi...@us...>]

I have put tix under CVS at sourceforge.net. This is the Tix4.1.0.007 version
with a change to the readme file, and CVS headers on each file. We can make
changes relative to this base.


The tix project's SourceForge CVS repository can be checked out through
anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction set. 
When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key.

	cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/tix login
	cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/tix co tix


Updates from within the module's directory do not need the -d parameter.


Module History


Browsing the CVS tree gives you a great view into the current status
of this project's code. You may also view the complete histories of any
file in the repository.

Look at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi?cvsroot=tix

Write CVS Access via SSH

Only project maintainers can access the CVS tree via this method. To become
a maintainer, you must create a login on www.sourceforge.net, and mail
me the login handle that you chose.

SSH1 must be installed on your client machine. Substitute developername
with the login handle you chose. Enter your site password when prompted.

	export CVS_RSH=ssh
	cvs -z3 -dd...@cv...:/cvsroot/tix co tix

Or if you have any patches to contribute, check out this distribution
(or download the tar file form the http://tix.sourceforge.net/download.html)
and use context diffs against this release

	diff -wbc oldfile newfile > oldfile.diff
	
and then contribute them to the patches mechanism on tix.sourceforge.net.

Let me know how the CVS works, and could you all gather your patches
together so I can get a release ready for the public.

Many thanks,

Mike.

[Tix-developers] http://tix.sourceforge.net

[Michael C. <idi...@us...>]

I've gone ahead and registered tix as a project on sourceforge.net.

I've also taken the liberty of subscribing you to the Tix-developers mailing
list at sourceforge.net. If you do not wish to be on this list, send me
email to me ti...@in... and I'll remove you immediately (with
my apologies), or follow the mailing list instructions that came with the
mailing list welcome message.

I've put a rudimentary copy of the tix.mne.com site up as the web pages: try
http://tix.sourceforge.net and see what you think. I'm in the process of
updating the web pages to reflect the new site, so if you see references to
xpi.com or mne.com, post a message to the discussion forums, or one of the
mailing lists

Sourceforge has good support for users, including
 Public Forums
 Bug Tracking
 Mailing Lists
 Public Surveys

and good support for developers, including
 Support Manager
 Patch Manager
 CVS Repository
 Anonymous FTP Space

I have an 8.0.0 release tarred up (see the download.html page), which is just
Tix4.1.0.007 with a change to the README and CVS identifiers in each file.
It should be available by CVS shortly.

If you want read and write CVS access, create a login on www.sourceforge.net,
and send me your login handle, and I'll add you to the maintainer's list.


Mike Clarkson.
ti...@in...
IDi...@us...