[PD] tk version weirdness with 0.43test2

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Fri Aug 20 19:18:20 CEST 2010


Hi,

sorry for a quick self-reply: I "hacked" it by setthing the default wish
to wish8.4 with "update-alternatives --config wish"

I still wonder, why 0.42 would automatically select 8.5 instead of 8.4.
It could be nice for other users if 0.43 would try the latest
and greatest as well. 

Ciao
-- 
Frank

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 07:09:16PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> and another one: I have both tk8.4 (the default on Squeeze) and tk8.5
> installed, -deve packages come from 8.5 only: 
> 
> robbi:~# dlocate -l tk8
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> ||/ Name             Version          Description
> +++-================-================-==================================================
> ii  tk8.4            8.4.19-4         Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 -
> ii  tk8.5            8.5.8-1          Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 -
> ii  tk8.5-dev        8.5.8-1          Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 -
> 
> configure seems to find 8.5 just fine: 
> # config.log:
> ac_cv_lib_tcl85_main=no
> ac_cv_lib_tcl8_5_main=yes
> ac_cv_lib_tk85_main=no
> ac_cv_lib_tk8_5_main=yes
> ...
> LIBS='-ltk8.5 -ltcl8.5  -lrt -ljack -ljack'
> 
> However running pd from the "bin" directory, the applications shows me its
> ugly, non-aliased 8.4 face.
> 
> If I remove the tk8.4 package with aptitude, Pd starts with its nice and shiny
> 8.5-face, but that's not an option in the long run, as other packages need 8.4.
> 
> Pd 0.42 would happily use 8.5 even with 8.4 installed. Can I hack 0.43 somehow to get
> the nice GUI I've grown to like a bit by now?
> 
> (I tried something like "package require Tk 8.5"  in pd-gui.tcl already, but
> that won't start at all.)
> 
> Ciao
> -- 
> Frank
> 
> 
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