• ANNOUNCE: Multi-column listbox and tree widget package Tablelist7.4.1

    From nemethi@csaba.nemethi@t-online.de to comp.lang.tcl on Tue Dec 3 17:04:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    This is to announce the bugfix version 7.4.1 of the multi-column listbox
    and tree widget package Tablelist.

    What is new in Tablelist 7.4.1?
    -------------------------------

    1. Optimization: The "-window" cell configuration option no longer
    performs a window update if the new option value equals the old one
    (thanks to Nicolas Bats for his proposal).

    2. Eliminated a negative side effect of the optimization of
    "cellconfigure -image|text" introduced in Tablelist 7.4, related to
    interactive cell editing (thanks to Nicolas Bats and Alexandru
    Dadalau for their bug reports).

    How to get it?
    --------------

    Tablelist is available for free download from the URL

    https://www.nemethi.de

    The distribution file is "tablelist7.4.1.tar.gz" for UNIX and "tablelist7_4_1.zip" for Windows. These files contain the same
    information, except for the additional carriage return character
    preceding the linefeed at the end of each line in the text files for
    Windows.

    Tablelist is also included in tklib, which has the address

    https://core.tcl.tk/tklib

    How to install it?
    ------------------

    Install the package as a subdirectory of one of the directories given
    by the "auto_path" variable. For example, you can install it as a
    directory at the same level as the Tcl and Tk script libraries. The
    locations of these library directories are given by the "tcl_library"
    and "tk_library" variables, respectively.

    To install Tablelist on UNIX, "cd" to the desired directory and unpack
    the distribution file "tablelist7.4.1.tar.gz":

    gunzip -c tablelist7.4.1.tar.gz | tar -xf -

    On most UNIX systems this can be replaced with

    tar -zxf tablelist7.4.1.tar.gz

    Both commands will create a directory named "tablelist7.4.1 with the subdirectories "demos", "doc", and "scripts".

    On Windows, use WinZip or some other program capable of unpacking the distribution file "tablelist7_4_1.zip" into the directory
    "tablelist7.4.1", with the subdirectories "demos", "doc", and "scripts".

    How to use it?
    --------------

    The Tablelist distribution provides two packages, called Tablelist and Tablelist_tile. The main difference between the two is that
    Tablelist_tile enables the tile-based, theme-specific appearance of
    tablelist widgets; this package requires tile 0.6 or higher. It is not possible to use both packages in one and the same application, because
    both are implemented in the same "tablelist" namespace and provide
    identical commands.

    To be able to use the commands and variables implemented in the package Tablelist, your scripts must contain one of the lines

    package require tablelist ?version?
    package require Tablelist ?version?

    Likewise, to be able to use the commands and variables implemented in
    the package Tablelist_tile, your scripts must contain one of the lines

    package require tablelist_tile ?version?
    package require Tablelist_tile ?version?

    Since the packages Tablelist and Tablelist_tile are implemented in the "tablelist" namespace, you must either import the procedures you need,
    or use qualified names like "tablelist::tablelist".

    For a detailed description of the commands and variables provided by
    Tablelist and of the examples contained in the "demos" directory, see
    the tutorial "tablelist.html" and the reference pages, all located in
    the "doc" directory.
    --
    Csaba Nemethi https://www.nemethi.de mailto:csaba.nemethi@t-online.de

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  • From Alan Grunwald@nospam.nurdglaw@gmail.com to comp.lang.tcl on Wed Dec 4 17:10:16 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    On 03/12/2024 16:04, nemethi wrote:
    This is to announce the bugfix version 7.4.1 of the multi-column listbox
    and tree widget package Tablelist.

    What is new in Tablelist 7.4.1?
    <snip>

    Hi Csaba,

    Many thanks for your great work with Tablelist, Wcb, Mentry, Scrollutil
    and much else.

    May I ask for one tiny, near-trivial change?

    Please will you change the subject of these announcements to specify the
    name and version of the package before the description? (So, for
    instance, "ANNOUNCE: Tabelist version 7.4.1 Multi-column listbox and
    tree widget package".)

    This would make it easier for people, like me, whose newsreader elides
    the title. At present, I need to open the message or scroll the
    newsreader index to see how many versions behind I am, and therefore how
    hard to think about updating. You're right, I am VERY lazy :-).

    Thanks again

    Alan

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  • From nemethi@csaba.nemethi@t-online.de to comp.lang.tcl on Thu Dec 5 10:32:26 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

    Am 04.12.24 um 18:10 schrieb Alan Grunwald:
    On 03/12/2024 16:04, nemethi wrote:
    This is to announce the bugfix version 7.4.1 of the multi-column
    listbox and tree widget package Tablelist.

    What is new in Tablelist 7.4.1?
    <snip>

    Hi Csaba,

    Many thanks for your great work with Tablelist, Wcb, Mentry, Scrollutil
    and much else.

    May I ask for one tiny, near-trivial change?

    Please will you change the subject of these announcements to specify the name and version of the package before the description? (So, for
    instance, "ANNOUNCE: Tabelist version 7.4.1 Multi-column listbox and
    tree widget package".)

    This would make it easier for people, like me, whose newsreader elides
    the title. At present, I need to open the message or scroll the
    newsreader index to see how many versions behind I am, and therefore how hard to think about updating. You're right, I am VERY lazy :-).

    Thanks again

    Alan


    I haven't been aware of this newsreader issue (I am using Thunderbird).
    But no problem, I will follow your suggestion in future announcements.
    --
    Csaba Nemethi https://www.nemethi.de mailto:csaba.nemethi@t-online.de
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