Pascal Georges, środa, 21 maja 2008: >This way of migrating to Tk 8.5 is not feasible. The best thing to do would >be a branch of Scid that >will only handle UI stuff (no features), given that Scid 3.6.23+ continues >to evolve using Tcl/Tk 8.4. Then one day a merge can be done and this >merging is completely trivial : I guess a few hours of work, not more. > >Note that Tcl/Tk 8.5 does not only bring fancier scrollbars but widgets like >notebook or sizegrip that can benefit to Scid. Most critics to Scid are >related to its UI, so certainly one of the most important field to consider. >I recently changed some of the UI of Scid Pocket, taking advantage of Tcl/Tk >8.5 and the changes makes Scid really nicer and even easier to use.
One more idea: can we just provide Scid package for Linux containing Tcl 8.5 for those who cannot install it separately? -- Michal Rudolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
