At 11:31 AM 10/1/97 -0400, Sam Tregar wrote:
>On Wednesday, October 01, 1997 4:08 AM, Larry W. Virden, x2487
>[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>> Perhaps the best approach would be to freeze the current vtcl and then
>> start a new version, using only tcl 8 features. That way, folk who have
>> frozen themselves at a no longer supported Tcl have a no longer supported
>> version of vtcl they can download, but others who are moving along with
>> Tcl have a contemporary version of vtcl that takes full advantage of
>> the features.
>
>Actually, I find 7.6/4.2 to still be very well "supported" by the TCL
>community. In fact, if anything, I find a lack of support for the
>peculilarities of 8.0. This is simply due to it being a fairly new system
--
>it's not like I'm not grateful it's out. Still, for many of us
programming in
>TCL/Tk, 8.0 just doesn't look ready yet.
>
>Does this need an example? Ok. I switched to 8.0 and realized that if I
>wanted to preserve the menu behavior of an important application I would
have
>to rewrite all the menu interfaces to use the new style. That just isn't an
>option right now.
>
>So, hey, why not provide a config. option like "Use 8.0" that turns on 8.0
>functionality?
>
>Living in a dream world of the past,
>Sam
Due to the fact that I would have to rewite all my pluggins, I'm in the
same boat.
Plus I feel that 7.6 is more stable at present
Chris
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