Subject: Problem with arrow keys, page up/down in Xmaxima
From: Jaime E. Villate
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:46:09 +0100
On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 08:45 -0600, Robert Dodier wrote:
> since the problem is caused by an old version of Tk,
> it is OK by me to leave it unfixed; we cannot maintain compatibility
> with every version which has ever existed.
>
> Maybe we should simply indicate the Tk version requirement
> in the rpm spec.
The first issue, to make the special keys work, was easy to
solve and the solution makes the code more robust, so I've
just committed it.
The second issue, to make the text appear green, involves
finding a subtle diference of behavior between Tk8.3 and Tk8.4,
which I've fail to find after an hour of work.
Therefore, I agree with your suggestion: recommend Tk8.4
in the RPM archive.
With Tk8.3 xmaxima will still work, except that the input
lines are not colored in green.
I also took the opportunity to replace Ctrl-b by Alt-b
in the menu option for batching files, since Ctrl-b is
used as a substitute for the left arrow.
As long as I'm concerned, you can go on with RC4 after
you update the two changes I've just commited
(Bindings.tcl and Menu.tcl).
Regards,
Jaime