Tix 4.0 b5

Released on Sep 28, 1995

Subject: [Announce] Tix version 4.0b5 is available

   I am pleased to announce the availability of Tix version 4.0b5.

REQUIREMENT

   TK 4.0 + TCL 7.4. Tix 4.0b5 does not work with previous versions of
   TK and TCL. Versions of Tix that work with previous versions of
   TK and TCL can be found in the FTP directories listed below.

WHAT'S NEW

   For those who are familiar to Tix and eager to find out the new
   additions, here it goes:

   (1) New widget: DirTree. To see a demo of this, start the demo in
       Tix4.0b5/demos/widget and click on the "Run Sample Programs" tab;
       then click on "DirTree" in the listbox.

   (2) New documentation for HList and Display Items. Check out
       HList.n and DItem.n if you are wondering how to use the HList
       in multi-column multi-color mode.

   (3) Tix now works with ET (Embedded TK). Go to the et/ directory and
       do ./configure.

   (4) New graphical set-up program for Tix. This gives a graphical
       front-end for src/configure.

   (5) Tons of bugs fixed. Should be more stable than 4.0b4 (esp HList)

   (6) new command "tix resetoptions" for easy switching back to the
       default TK color schemes. Read the manual page tix.n for more
       details.

WHAT IS TIX

   In case you don't know yet, the Tix library is an extension to the
   Tk toolkit that contains over 20 new widgets for Tk. Features
   include:

   (1) A LOT of new widgets:

      ComboBox, Motif style FileSelectBox, MS Windows style
      FileSelectBox, PanedWindow, NoteBook, Hierarchical Listbox,
      Directory List/Tree View, Spin Control widget .... and many
      more. With these new widgets, your Tcl/Tk applications can
      acquire a great professional look and you can interact with your
      users in interesting new ways.

  (2) XPM image support:

      This allows you to display color icons in XPM format. Supports
      transparent background, a feature not found in the standard GIF
      photo image type.

  (3) Compound images:

      A new image type called "compound" allows you to glue together a
      bunch of bitmaps, images and text strings together to form a
      bigger image. Then you can use this image with widgets that
      support the -image option. For example, you can display a text
      string string together with a bitmap, at the same time, inside a
      TK button widget.

  (4) Form geometry manager

      Works similar to the Motif Form widget. You can specify geometry
      constraints using attachment rules.

  (5) Mwm window manager support:

      With the tixMwm command, you can communicate with the Motif
      window manager "mwm"; you can add new items to the Motif system
      menu and change the window manager decorations.

  (6) Display Items and Display Styles

      Display items and display styles make it possible to display
      visual information in many formats. Currently only the HList
      widget supports display items, but this will become the standard
      way of displaying informations in all the Tix widgets in the
      next version (Tix 4.1).


GETTING THE TIX PACKAGE

   You can obtain Tix from my ftp site:

	ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/ioi/Tix4.0b5.tar.gz

   I have also uploaded the file to the official Tcl site, so in a few
   days it will also be available at;

	ftp://ftp.aud.alcatel.com/tcl/extensions/Tix4.0b5.tar.gz
	ftp://ftp.aud.alcatel.com/tcl/extensions/Tix4.0b5.README

   More information about Tix can be found at the Tix Home Page at

	http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ioi/tix/tix.html

   There is a mailing list for the discussion of the development of
   the Tix library and Tix applications. To subscribe, please send a
   message to

	ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu

   I will not be able to answer mails until late August. If you have a
   pressing problem about Tix you may be able to find help from the
   Tix mailing list. Send you questions to:

	tix-info@graphics.cis.upenn.edu


DOCUMENTATION

   All Tix documentation are now in HTML format. After you download
   Tix, please read the file Tix4.0b5/README.html. It contains links
   to all other important documentation in the Tix package, including
   the copyright statement.


IS TIX FREE?

   Tix 4.0 is released under very liberal license terms, similar to
   the Tcl/TK license terms. Please read the file docs/LEGAL.html in
   the distribution for more details.

Enjoy!

Ioi

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