• ANNOUNCE: Scrolling utilities package Scrollutil 1.17

    From nemethi@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 24 14:10:25 2022
    I am pleased to announce version 1.17 of the scrolling utilities package Scrollutil.

    What is new in Scrollutil 1.17?
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    1. Added the "notebookpath" subcommand to the scrollednotebook widget
    and described how it can be used in connection with setting a tab-
    specific tooltip.

    2. Added the "attrib", "hasattrib", and "unsetattrib" subcommands to the
    scrollarea, scrollsync, scrollableframe, scrollednotebook,
    plainnotebook, and pagesman widgets.

    3. Added the "tabattrib", "hastabattrib", and "unsettabattrib"
    subcommands to the scrollednotebook and plainnotebook widgets.

    4. Added the "pageattrib", "haspageattrib", and "unsetpageattrib"
    subcommands to the pagesman widget.

    5. The demo scripts "ScrolledNotebookDemo.tcl", "PlainNotebookDemo.tcl",
    and "PagesManDemo.tcl" now demonstrate the usage of the new
    "tabattrib", "hastabattrib", and "unsettabattrib" scrollednotebook
    and plainnotebook subcommands.

    6. Renamed the clampatch package to themepatch and extended it by
    support for patching and unpatching the "default" theme.

    7. Made the look and behavior of the ttk::checkbutton and
    ttk::radiobutton widgets of the "clam" theme patched via
    "themepatch::patch clam" more fancy.

    8. Several improvements in the demo scripts and documentation.

    How to get it?
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    Scrollutil is available for free download from the Web page

    https://www.nemethi.de

    The distribution file is "scrollutil1.17.tar.gz" for UNIX and "scrollutil1_17.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.

    Scrollutil is also included in tklib, which has the address

    https://core.tcl.tk/tklib

    How to install it?
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    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 Scrollutil on UNIX, "cd" to the desired directory and unpack
    the distribution file "scrollutil1.17.tar.gz":

    gunzip -c scrollutil1.17.tar.gz | tar -xf -

    On most UNIX systems this can be replaced with

    tar -zxf scrollutil1.17.tar.gz

    Both commands will create a directory named "scrollutil1.17", with the subdirectories "demos", "doc", and "scripts".

    On Windows, use WinZip or some other program capable of unpacking the distribution file "scrollutil1_17.zip" into the directory
    "scrollutil1.17", with the subdirectories "demos", "doc", and "scripts".

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

    The Scrollutil distribution provides two packages, called Scrollutil and Scrollutil_tile. The main difference between the two is that
    Scrollutil_tile enables the tile-based, theme-specific appearance of scrollarea, scrollsync, and scrollableframe widgets, and provides the
    themed scrollednotebook and plainnotebook widgets; this package requires
    Tcl/Tk 8.4 or higher and tile 0.8 or higher. It is not possible to use
    both packages in one and the same application, because both are
    implemented in the same "scrollutil" namespace and provide identical
    commands (except for the commands "scrollutil::scrollednotebook", "scrollutil::plainnotebook", "scrollutil::addclosetab", "scrollutil::removeclosetab", and "scrollutil::closetabstate", which are provided by the Scrollutil_tile package only).

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

    package require scrollutil ?version?
    package require Scrollutil ?version?

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

    package require scrollutil_tile ?version?
    package require Scrollutil_tile ?version?

    Since the packages Scrollutil and Scrollutil_tile are implemented in the "scrollutil" namespace, you must either import the procedures you need,
    or use qualified names like "scrollutil::scrollarea".

    For a detailed description of the commands and variables provided by
    Scrollutil and of the examples contained in the "demos" directory, see
    the tutorial "scrollutil.html" and the reference pages, all located in
    the "doc" directory.

    --
    Csaba Nemethi https://www.nemethi.de mailto:[email protected]

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