Tcl/Tk 9.0

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 11:58:36AM +0100, Bruno Voisin via tex-live wrote:
> A Tcl/Tk 9.0 Beta 1 was released just two days ago, replacing 8.7 Alpha 5. Compiling it on macOS Sonoma, tlshell seems to have problems with it:
> 
> % sudo tlshell
> Password:
> Error in startup script: bad screen distance "5pt"
>     while executing
> ".bg configure -padding 5pt"
>     (procedure "populate_main" line 138)
>     invoked from within
> "populate_main"
>     (procedure "initialize" line 55)
>     invoked from within
> "initialize"
>     (file "/Library/TeX/texbin/tlshell" line 3128)
> 
> The problem is most likely with the beta, it's very early, there are important listed incompatibilities. I was just wondering whether somebody was looking at Tcl's evolution.
> 
> tlshell (or install-tl in gui mode) doesn't work with the macOS built-in Tcl/Tk 8.5, but it does with a locally compiled 8.6. Apple is still telling they will remove the built-in Tcl/Tk at some point, but not when.
> 
> Bruno Voisin

Thanks for the report. I shall look into it. but not right now.

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Siep Kroonenberg