Tix Documentation Master Index
About This File
This file serves as the master index of all the off-line
documentation included in this package. It also points you to the
on-line documentation of Tix served in the World Wide
Web.
The file README.html is in HTML format and should be read using a
HTML browser. If you do not have an HTML browser, each HTML
document included in this package has a plain text version. For
example, the plain text version of README.html is README.txt.
Table of Contents
- IMPORTANT:
Certain restrictions are placed on the use of Tix.
These restrictions may affect how you may use Tix in your
software. These restrictions may be different than the
restrictions imposed on previous releases of Tix. Please read
carefully the legal statements about this version of Tix in the
file docs/LEGAL.html before using
this version of Tix.
- A brief descriptions of what Tix can be found below.
- The version number of this Tix release is in the file
Version.
-
Release Notes on this particular release version of Tix are in
the file docs/Release.html.
-
The Installation Notes in the file
docs/Install.html helps you get started with the Tix
software. It also tells you what are the requirements for
this version of Tix.
- The Frequent Asked Questions about Tix are in the file
docs/FAQ.html.
- Changes made to Tix are recorded in the file
docs/Changes.html.
- The Tix package include some useful tools. They are described
in the file tools/README.html.
- Tix manual pages in HTML format can be found
in the file docs/ManPages.html.
- The Tix GL widgets runs only on Silicon Graphics machines.
They are described in the file
tools/SGI.html.
- Some notes about porting Tix to various platforms
from various contributors are in
docs/Porting.html.
- Files Relevant to the Development of Tix
the Tix library is an extension to the Tk toolkit that contains
over 20 new widgets for Tk. Features include:
- A LOT of new widgets:
-
ComboBox, Motif style FileSelectBox, MS Windows style
FileSelectBox, PanedWindow, NoteBook, Hierarchical Listbox,
Directory List/Tree View, Spin Control widget .... and many
more. With these new widgets, your Tcl/Tk applications can
acquire a great professional look and you can interact with your
users in interesting new ways.
- XPM image suport:
-
- Compound images:
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A new image type called "compound" allows youto glue together a
bunch of bitmaps, images and text strings together to form a
bigger image. Then you can use this image with widgets that
support the -image option. For example, you can display a text
string string together with a bitmap, at the same time, inside a
TK button widget.
- Form geometry manager:
-
Works similar to the Motif Form widget. You can specify geometry
constraints using attachment rules.
- Mwm window mamager support:
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With the tixMwm command, you can communicate with the Motif
window manager "mwm"; you can add new items to the Motif system
menu and change the window manager decorations.
Subscribing to the Tix Mailing List
There is a mailing list for Tix. To subscribe, send me a mail to
ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu and I'll add you to the list
manually. Currently there are about 120 people on the list.
To send a message to the Tix mailing list, use the address
tix-info@graphics.cis.upenn.edu
Tix Home Page
The Tix Home Page at
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ioi/tix/tix.html provides more
detailed information about Tix.
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