[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Christian Heimes added the comment: Can you start a discussion on python-dev please? Tcl/Tk support should be added to Python trunk (2.6) and ported to 3.0. Is it possible to keep compatibility with Tcl/Tk 8.4, too? -- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Tal Einat added the comment: I say close it, but start a discussion on switching to Tcl/Tk8.5 on the appropriate list(s). __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ _

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Kurt B. Kaiser added the comment: This patch doesn't seem like the right way to fix the 8.5 issue...Close it? __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Pyth

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Kurt B. Kaiser added the comment: Good to hear; thanks for the info! __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: h

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Christian Heimes added the comment: Kurt B. Kaiser wrote: > I do have an XP on multiboot. I'm not very enthusiatic about learning > MS tools; the last time I built Python on W. was with VC5 in the days > when IDLE had a small C extension, later incorporated into Python. If > the Tk 8.5/Tkink

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Kurt B. Kaiser added the comment: I do have an XP on multiboot. I'm not very enthusiatic about learning MS tools; the last time I built Python on W. was with VC5 in the days when IDLE had a small C extension, later incorporated into Python. If the Tk 8.5/Tkinkter problem doesn't get fixed I

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Christian Heimes added the comment: "Plans" is exaggerated. I was merely testing Tcl 8.5. The Python 3.0a2 release has some major problems with Tcl. The Win32 version doesn't work well and I wasn't able to create a 64bit version. Do you have a Windows box to test IDLE on Windows? You can use the

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Changes by Tal Einat: -- nosy: +taleinat __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.o

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

Kurt B. Kaiser added the comment: But indices are supposed to be strings according to the Tk documentation, and with 8.4 the Tkinter indices are strings. Since most of the Tkinter 'documentation' is actually the Tcl/Tk man pages, it would be quite confusing to users if Tkinter diverged from T

[issue1607] Patch for TCL 8.5 support

New submission from Christian Heimes: I've tested Tcl 8.5b3, Tk 8.5b3 and Tix 8.4.2 on Windows. IDLE complained at multiple places that it could not add a Tcl_Obj to a string (index + "...") or convert it to a float int(float(index)). Therefor I added an __add__ and __float__ number slot to the C