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Subject: ANNOUNCE: Multi-entry widget package Mentry 4.3.1
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From: csaba.nemethi@t-online.de (nemethi)
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: Multi-entry widget package Mentry 4.3.1
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:18:53 +0100
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I am pleased to announce version 4.3.1 of the multi-entry widget package
Mentry.

What is new in Mentry 4.3.1?
----------------------------

1. Made sure that the Migration Tool for Tcl 9 by Ashok Nadkarni won't
output any warnings or notes (thanks to Andreas Kupries for his
valuable input).

How to get it?
--------------

Mentry is available for free download from the Web page

https://www.nemethi.de

The distribution file is "mentry4.3.1.tar.gz" for UNIX and
"mentry4_3_1.zip" for Windows. These files contain the same
information, except for the additional carriage return character
preceding the linefeed at the end of each line in the text files for
Windows.

Mentry is also included in tklib, which has the address

https://core.tcl.tk/tklib

How to install it?
------------------

Install the package as a subdirectory of one of the directories given
by the "auto_path" variable. For example, you can install it as a
directory at the same level as the Tcl and Tk script libraries. The
locations of these library directories are given by the "tcl_library"
and "tk_library" variables, respectively.

To install Mentry on UNIX, "cd" to the desired directory and unpack the
distribution file "mentry4.3.1.tar.gz":

gunzip -c mentry4.3.1.tar.gz | tar -xf -

On most UNIX systems this can be replaced with

tar -zxf mentry4.3.1.tar.gz

Both commands will create a directory named "mentry4.3.1", with the
subdirectories "demos", "doc", and "scripts".

On Windows, use WinZip or some other program capable of unpacking the
distribution file "mentry4_3_1.zip" into the directory "mentry4.3.1",
with the subdirectories "demos", "doc", and "scripts".

How to use it?
--------------

The Mentry distribution provides two packages, called Mentry and
Mentry_tile. The main difference between the two is that Mentry_tile
enables the tile-based, theme-specific appearance of mentry widgets;
this package requires tile 0.6 or higher. It is not possible to use
both packages in one and the same application, because both are
implemented in the same "mentry" namespace and provide identical
commands.

To be able to use the commands and variables implemented in the package
Mentry, your scripts must contain one of the lines

package require mentry ?version?
package require Mentry ?version?

Likewise, to be able to use the commands and variables implemented in
the package Mentry_tile, your scripts must contain one of the lines

package require mentry_tile ?version?
package require Mentry_tile ?version?

Since the packages Mentry and Mentry_tile are implemented in the
"mentry" namespace, you must either import the procedures you need, or
use qualified names like "mentry::mentry".

For a detailed description of the commands and variables provided by
Mentry and of the examples contained in the "demos" directory, see the
tutorial "mentry.html" and the reference pages, all located in the
"doc" directory.

--
Csaba Nemethi https://www.nemethi.de mailto:csaba.nemethi@t-online.de

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