[GRASS-dev] [bug #5161] v.digit: no toolbox if Grass 6.3 built with tcl/tk 8.3

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> > I believe that other things will break if you try to run gism with
> > TclTk 8.3. I know that the georectifier uses a labelframe, and I'm
> > pretty sure that there are other items scattered here and there. Like
> > I noted before, 8.4 has been out for many years, is widely available,
> > and is near to being replaced by 8.5. So I only have lukewarm concern
> > for things that don't run in 8.3. Life is too short and the GRASS team
> > salaries aren't all that great ;-). If you want to track them down and
> > find an old way to achieve this, I guess that's OK. But I'm not sure
> > it's worth it.
> 
> For the sake of 1 lousy function call in v.digit, we should figure out a
> way to keep GRASS compatible with TclTk 8.3. If a solution doesn't avail
> itself soon I will revert the latest v.digit changes in the 6.2 branch
> to make it so, even though I think your updates are really nice.
> 
> I didn't get an answer: will sourcing lib/external/bwidget/labelframe.tcl
> solve the problem?
> 
> WRT gis.m, that's your baby & I'm not going to tell you what to do with
> it (there's still d.m), but I will point out that many people are still
> using 8.3 (as seen from recent bug reports) and we should go to some
> active length to stay compatible with it. Not just when convenient, but
> at some reasonable trouble.

Does Tcl/Tk 8.4 work with NVIZ on all platforms yet?

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>