 	   Announcing TIX 3.6c - A Set Of Compound Widgets

WHAT IS TIX:

	TIX is a set of compound widgets based on TK. It is written
    completely in TCL. You can use the TIX widgets directly in your TCL
    scripts without having to recompile wish. This version includes a
    Combobox, a Motif-style FileSelectionbox and a few other compound
    widgets.

    	Tix 3.6c is considered to be an "official release". The
    widgets should be resonably stable to be used in many
    applications.

	The following widgets are included in TIX 3.6.

	class name	description
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	TixCombobox	Combobox, similar to the MS Windows Combo box.

	TixControl	Value selector.
			It is basically a entry with a "+" and a "-" 
			button for you to enter and manipulate a
			value.

	TixDlgBtns	Buttonss for dialog boxes

	TixFileSelectbox
			Extended Motif-style file selection box.

	TixLabelFrame	LabelFrame
			A frame with a label. Can be used to group
			related items together.

	TixScrolledListbox
			Listbox with scrollbars. You can select which
			scrollbar(s) you need.

	TixSelect	A group of buttons for radiobox or checkbox
			style selection.

	TixStdDlgBtns	Standard Motif-style dialog buttons.

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	TIX 3.6c also include a set of modified TK bindings that makes
    TK more Motif-like. The new bindings also support automatic scrolling
    of entries, listboxes and texts (i.e., if you hold down the mouse
    inside a text widget and drag below the bottom edge of the text, the
    text will automatically scroll up.) TIX 3.6c also defines a set of
    alternative color schemes for your TK applications. If your are tired
    of the wierd color scheme in TK, try mine.

WHERE TO GET IT

    1) ftp://harbor.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/tcl/extensions/Tix3.6c.tar.Z

       If it is not there yet it is probably in

       ftp://harbor.ecn.purdue.edu/incoming/Tix3.6c.tar.Z

       You can't read the incoming directory but you can still get
       files from there.
        
    2) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ioi/gui/tix.html

    3) If you don't have ftp or http access, please e-mail me 
       ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu. I will mail you an uuencoded copy
       of Tix.

Enjoy!

