[Tile-dev] ANNOUNCE: Tile Widget Set, version 0.5

[Joe E. <jen...@fl...>]

[31 Oct 2004]

ANNOUNCE: Tile Widget Set, version 0.5.

~ What is it?

The Tile widget set is an experimental reimplementation
of some of the standard Tk widgets.  The main features are:

    + Native look and feel under Windows XP, NT, 2K, 98 and 95
    + "Revitalized" look and feel under X11
    + Native look and feel under Mac OSX
    + Appearance controlled by a theme engine, providing
      greater flexibility for custom widgets
    + New widgets, including notebook, progressbar, combobox,
      and separator

~ Availability

The tile widget set is hosted under the tktable project
at SourceForge:

    <URL: http://tktable.sourceforge.net/tile/ >
    <URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tktable/ >

Sources are available under the 'tile' module in CVS.

A prebundled tarball is available in the file release area:

    <URL: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11464 >

Precompiled libraries for Windows may also be present;
check for availability.

The ActiveTcl and TclTkAquaBI distributions both include CVS snapshots
of the Tile project.  Tile 0.4 corresponds to the version included
in the 8.4.7 release of those packages.

~ What's new in 0.5:

    New namespace: Use "ttk::button" instead of "tbutton" or "tile::button".
    This is the recommended way to access the Tile widgets from now on.

    "pixmap" element constructor replaced by "image"; see image.n.
    User-defined pixmap themes will need to be updated.

    [package require tile] automatically selects the appropriate theme
    depending on platform.

    Default theme on X11 is now a simple, streamlined look.
    Motif look moved to the "classic" theme.

    New ttk::separator widget, for use in dialog boxes and toolbars.

    New treeview widget (alpha-quality).

    Changed fallback rules so custom styles are easier to define.

    Combobox has a -postcommand option.

    Labelframe has an -underline option and supports mnemonic activation.

    Labels now support -justify and -wraplength.

    More improvements to look and feel (esp. notebook and combobox widgets).
    Look and feel on Windows (XP and classic) is now almost completely
    indistinguishable from native widgets.