| Torsten Reincke 2007-11-22, 7:13 pm |
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> Then a question ... why are/were there special Mac bitmaps?
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> The names of the special Mac bitmaps sound useful even for non-Mac
> OS'!
True, but there is a difference in the implementation. While the first
bitmaps in the list are for all platforms and ship with Tcl as xbm
files, the Mac bitmaps ship with the Mac OS are thus are not available
on other systems. They are provided to give a native look on the Mac.
Or rather, they did it some years ago, because they actually belong to
Mac OS 9 (and less). Since Mac OS X they should not be used any
longer.
> And another question ... why are there only built-in bitmaps and no
> images?
Good question, but the main reason is perhaps, that the core tries to
be small, so every extras have to undergo a cost-benefit analysis. And
since there are good extensions for this, like the ICONS packge you
mention, there is not really a need to include more.
> them. But those standard bitmaps could be really more "beautiful" as
> standard images, couldn't they?
Sure, they could. Perhaps an issue for Tcl 9.0? (Don't remove the old
bitmaps in a "minor" release. Some people may rely on them.)
Torsten
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