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Graphical toolkit for TCL (8.6 branch)
Branch: CURRENT,
Version: 8.6.18,
Package name: tk-8.6.18,
Maintainer: pkgsrc-usersThis package contains the binary release of Tk, a GUI toolkit for Tcl.
The best way to get started with Tcl is to read ``Practical Programming in
TCL and Tk, 4th Edition'' by Brent Welch and Ken Jones, Prentice Hall PTR,
ISBN 0-13-038560-3. There's also the collectible ``Tcl and the Tk
Toolkit'' by John K. Ousterhout, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-20-163337-X.
This package contains the 8.6 branch.
Required to run:[
fonts/Xft2] [
lang/tcl] [
x11/libXScrnSaver]
Required to build:[
pkgtools/x11-links] [
pkgtools/cwrappers] [
x11/xorgproto]
Package options: threads, xft2
Master sites:
Filesize: 4492.469 KB
Version history: (Expand)
- (2026-06-04) Updated to version: tk-8.6.18
- (2025-10-24) Package has been reborn
- (2025-10-24) Package deleted from pkgsrc
- (2025-08-27) Updated to version: tk-8.6.17
- (2025-07-15) Package has been reborn
- (2025-07-15) Package deleted from pkgsrc
CVS history: (Expand)
2026-06-04 11:54:32 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (2) |  |
Log message:
tk: updated to 8.6.18
8.6.18
Aqua: Non-menubar menu invisible if toplevel is on another display (chavez).
(bug) [a91b24] Correct macOSVersion on future macOS for older SDK builds (chavez)
(bug) [d93d96] Pointer arithmetic with NULL in ImgGetPhoto() (chavez)
(bug) [6c4795] leak in XCreateBitmapFromData() in ImgGetPhoto() (chavez)
(new) [04e173] Add support for Copy/Cut/Paste keys in X11 (nijtmans)
(bug) [95da0f] tkpWinRopModes[GXnoop] is R2_NOT, should be R2_NOP (chavez)
(bug) [2c240b] Install pkg-config file (oscarfv)
(bug) [816739] Install man pages (oscarfv)
(bug) [8b725d] Missing border pixels in alt theme on Windows (nemethi)
(bug) [265ff2] Artifacts in a few themed widgets on x11 and aqua (nemethi)
(bug) [a80e5f] Core dump Tk_GetFontFromObj (werner)
(bug) [6051a9] MS-Win canvas arcs with to small extend are drawn as 360 degrees \
(chavez,vogel)
(bug) [c23f79] Xft text is unusable for 32-bit visual when default visual is \
24-bit (werner)
(bug) [6da885] Aqua: avoid use-after-free during RefocusGrabWindow() (chavez)
(bug) [44b34c] Fix crash on exit due to faulty asm code in DllMain (fuentes)
(patch) [4d2baa] Improve the look of the ttk::spinbox widgets in the built-in \
themes (nemethi)
(bug) [edd1a6] Lack of bounds checking in argument parsing for some widgets
(bug) [fe5549] Error in ::tk::spinbox::ButtonUp on MacOS (SVIDevelopment)
(bug) [8e4fb0] crash in text sync subcommand (emiliano)
(bug) [c77b42] X11: crash by wm forget on menu (emiliano)
(bug) [5d2061] fails to build with glibc 2.43 (emiliano)
(bug) [e2418c] Pointer warp relative to the screen's root window fails if the Tk \
root window
is withdrawn (leunissen)
(bug) [d8f964] Segfault under Windows when executing test file menu.test with
"-singleproc 0" (nadkarni)
(bug) [7f67bb] Check recursive menu usage to avoid crash (werner, emiliano)
(patch) [aca995] Get rid of the ugly Motif-style cascade arrows on X11 (nemethi)
(bug) [556606] Block cursor in text widget may hide the character underneath (werner)
(bug) [011533] Flip ttk::notebook tab states "first" and \
"last" for "-tabplacement e*|s*" (werner)
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| 2026-01-12 23:25:04 by Roland Illig | Files touched by this commit (1) |
Log message:
x11/tk: remove unknown configure option
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2025-08-27 17:08:22 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (25) |  |
Log message:
tcl tk: updated to 8.6.17
8.6.17
Bug fixes
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2025-07-27 11:25:55 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (2) |  |
Log message:
tk: update DESCR and COMMENT
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| 2025-03-30 23:10:49 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (100) |
Log message:
*: remove MirBSD support
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2025-01-25 22:32:12 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (4) |  |
Log message:
tk: updated to 8.6.16
8.6.16
* Assignment of invalid symbolic constant
NotifyNormal (vogel)
* Segmentation fault with bogus resource value
(X11) (emiliano)
* Improved the appearance of the Treeitem.indicator element
* macOS Sequoia: warning: 'setShowsResizeIndicator:'
is deprecated (vogel)
* with half-dead argument can cause
hangup or even crash (vogel)
* SIGABRT from Tk_DeleteErrorHandler() (vogel)
* Workaround for X11 build with
XQuartz: crash in XLoadQueryFont (vogel)
* Tk intialization overwrites thread specific data
8.6.15
* Invoke binding scripts for events with detail field
NotifyInferior (leunissen, vogel)
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* with xvfb (vogel)
* clearingdata
* Fix appearence of arrows in ttk widgets
* Add keycodes ISO_Group_Shift and dead_hamza (nijtmans)
* Improve look of the classic theme (gavilan)
* Improved focus ring for ttk (nemethi)
* now point aware (vogel)
* Fix default font detection for high DPI (vogel,nemethi)
* covering down arrow (vogel,gavilan)
* Fix performance of image copy (vogel)
* Fix image read with -from option for gif/png
* Throw error message on corrupt gif file
* fix segfault on menubutton destroy (MS-Win only)
* Improve focus ring for ttk widgets
* painting/clipping/scrolling of last
item (bron,nemethi,werner)
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2024-04-06 07:37:48 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (26) |  |
Log message:
tcl, tk: updated to 8.6.14
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.6.13:
--------------------------------------
This is a patch release, so it primarily includes bug fixes and corrections
to erratic behavior. Highlighted changes are noted below. The changes file
at the root of the source tree contains a more complete list. The Timelines
of all changes are online.
http://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl/timeline
http://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/timeline
* [TIP 402] revise path normalization for x-platform UNC path support
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Harmonize Tk's parse of numbers (screen distance, etc) with Tcl
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Iconlist ignores options db for fg text color; affects dialogs
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Aqua: XPutImage() swaps red and blue channels
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* [encoding convertfrom] handling of incomplete code sequences
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Harmonize handling of ~ in paths across platforms.
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Fix menu clone binding misbehavior, menu-20.1[2-6].
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
* Improved performance of [exec] and [open |$cmd] on unix-lke
systems, especially with large memory footprints.
* Improve performance of large treeview destruction.
* Improve performance of large image insertions into text.
* Improve widget creation performance due to poor font caching.
* Fix notebook tab appearances when placed on edge other than top.
* Enable treeview display of partial final line.
* Win: restore [exec %var%] that was dropped in 8.6.13.
* Allow [chan create {} $cmd]. Enables simulation of server channels.
* Allow return from [tk scaling] in safe interps.
* Prevent navigation by word exposing clues to masked entry contents.
* Fix crashes or hangs in...
- [chan pop] with pending input
- thread finalization of reflected channels
- [label .l -bitmap floppy]
- [set tcl_precision 15; expr 6.4623485355705287e-27]
- [tk busy forget] and [tk busy hold]
- channel read into "string" Tcl_Obj can BO, and perform poorly
- KVO crash after destroying Aqua's first root toplevel
- Test treeview-6ee162c3f9
- Test tailcall-bug-784befb0ba
- Tests menu-40.[12]
* Repair memory leaks and errors
- Eliminate undefined realloc() calls
- Silence many warnings from -fsanitize=function
- Flawed interfacing with XIM
- Tcl_UtfToExternal writing to one-byte buffer
- Tcl_UtfToUniChar() handling of 0xC1.
- Tk_ConfigureValue could call wrong free() routine.
- tests getuncichar-1.* in utf.test
- ...and many more
* No more support for 32-bit Cygwin
* ::tcl_platform(osVersion) updated to report Windows 11
* Accommodate macOS deprecation of sprintf()
* Silence macOS 14 warnings about secure restorable state.
* Code changes to support ASan use-after-return detection
* Revise Tcl_MakeFileChannel() to better partner with pledge()
* Prevent false [clock format] error reports on FreeBSD
* Region clip & copy make better use of OS facilities.
* Update handling of Apple FourCC creator codes.
* Text selection omits first character, text-38.1
* Windows: improved support of non-BMP pathnames
* Fixed some Y2038 limitations
* Fix photo color drawing on X11 32-bit visuals.
* Fix <<MenuSelect>> regression on menus with -tearoff
* Correct rounding of [nsFont pointSize].
* zlib comment/filename error handling (zlib-8.19, zlib-8.2[012])
* Prevent theme change attempts after Tk finalize.
* Make dialogs robust against parent destruction.
* Make [tk_chooseColor] robust against failed grab.
* Fix menu parsing of @x,y indices. menu-22.[6-9]
* Fix inconsistent results from [font measure].
* Fixed [clock scan|add] handling of abbreviated options
* Avoid endless loops replacing [unknown] or [history].
* Fix polluted error messages from [send -option].
* PNG photo image decoder missed a 0xFF entry.
* Fix failing winTime-2.1 on Windows
* test string-2.20.1 failed on big endian platforms
* Updated bundled packages, libraries, standards, data
- Itcl 4.2.4
- sqlite3 3.44.2
- Thread 2.8.9
- TDBC* 1.1.7
- tcltest 2.5.7
- libtommath 1.2.1
- zlib 1.3.1
- Unicode 15.1
- tzdata 2024a
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| 2023-11-12 14:24:43 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (2569) |
Log message:
*: revebump for new brotli option for freetype2
Addresses PR 57693
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