TCL(Tool Command Language) Scripting :: tk8.5a: namespace import ::ttk::* no longer works


	tk8.5a: namespace import ::ttk::* no longer works Hello, since 8.5a5 ttk (aka tile) is part of the tk core. But the widget constructors are no longer exported from the ttk namespace. Is this by intention? Uwe Koloska koloska wrote: > since 8.5a5 ttk (aka tile) is part of the tk core. But the widget > constructors are no longer exported from the ttk namespace. Is this by > intention? Suggested workaround: use [namespace path] to make ::ttk be one of the namespaces that Tcl searches for commands. Donal. On 26 Mai, 00:43, "Donal K. Fellows" <donal.k.fell@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > Suggested workaround: use [namespace path] to make ::ttk be one of the > namespaces that Tcl searches for commands. Wow -- just another nice thing about 8.5 I've had to learn ;-) My current workaround is to explicitly export the needed contructors -- cause [namespace path] will reveal all commands from the ttk- namespace and not only the contructors. So my question stands, wether this is intentionally or an error that has to be reported. Uwe > So my question stands, wether this is intentionally or an error that > has to be reported. My understanding is that it's intentional. See http://tktable.sourceforge.net/tile/doc/converting.txt, which states in part: IMPORTANT NOTE: Previous versions of this document suggested using 'namespace import -force ttk::' at global scope, for the really adventurous. This is now considered a Really Bad Idea: it will cause many things to break, and will cause more things to break in the future. So don't do that anymore. On 26 Mai, 08:55, Aric Bills <aric.bi@gmail.com> wrote: > My understanding is that it's intentional. Seehttp://tktable.sourceforge.net/tile/doc/converting.txt, which states > in part: > IMPORTANT NOTE: Previous versions of this document suggested > using 'namespace import -force ttk::' at global scope, for the > really adventurous. This is now considered a Really Bad Idea: > it will cause many things to break, and will cause more things > to break in the future. So don't do that anymore. No, this says what has been suggested before was a bad idea, cause it overwrites at global level all widget constructors -- and thus breaks most of or all of the standard dialogs. But the suggested way (even in the quoted document) is (was?) If you're feeling adventurous, you can try: namespace import ttk::* in your application's namespace(s) to locally override all the widget construction commands (button, scrollbar, etc). And this is what I tried. But the 'namespace export' for all widget constructors is gone. It was in 'tile.tcl' but is not present in 'ttk.tcl'. Uwe