On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Stewart Allen wrote:
> > > > Of course, the '-in .top22...' statements fail. I haven't tried changing
> > > > these manually to '-in $base...' but maybe it's that simple.
> >
> > > Yes, I've done this several times. At the moment, I consider
> > > it a small price....
> >
> > So, I assume that once the edit is made, loading it and saving again in
> > vTcl retains the '-in $base...'? If so, I'll probably do it too.
> >
> > Stewart: will code like this be compatable with the next major release?
>
> yes. the "-in" attribute has caused some problems. It's very difficult
> to ignore since it's used in code which people import. On the other hand,
> it's almost impossible to support $base with since it's possible for
> an object to be "-in" something which is "above" the $base in the widget
> tree.
Damn, I've found that now that I've gone and changed the hardwired
.tops... to $base, vTcl changes them back when I load it save it. Plus,
some commands have braces instead of quotes, such as the following,
text $base.fra23.cpd25.03 \
-xscrollcommand {.top22.fra23.cpd25.01 set} \
So the braces have to be changed too.
I couldn't find how/where to fix this in the vTcl code. Has anybody made
such a patch?
Stewart - will there be relief from this in the next maintenance release
or the next major release?
I'm kinda hosed now. I've been working on this app off and on for 8 months
(skunkwork) and soon I won't be able to load it into vTcl anymore. :-(
...RickM...
