Changes in Tcl/Tk 8.5

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New Command Line Options

binary format tnmrRqQ arg ... [43]
binary scan value tnmrRqQu [44] [45]
catch script ?resultVar? ?optionsArray? [46]
clock scan string ?-format format? ?-locale name? ?-timezone timeZone? [47]
clock format integer ?-locale name? ?-timezone timeZone? ?-format format? [48]
- New format sequences for format: %Ec %EC %EE %Ex %EX %Ey %EY %J %N %Od %Oe %OH %OI %Ok %Ol %Om %OM %OS %Ou %Ow %Oy %P %Q %z %+
exec ?-ignorestderr? executable ?2>@1? [49] [50]
New expr operators: **, in, ni [51] [52] [53]
New expr functions: bool(), entier(), isqrt(), min(), max() [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]
file attributes -readonly -creator -type -hidden -rsrclength [59]
format %lld%lli%llo%llx%llX [60]
interp invokehidden interp -namespace namespace [61]
lsearch -index -nocase -subindices [62] [63]
lsort -indices -nocase [64] [65]
open filename BINARY [66]
open filename [rwa]b
open {| executable 2>@1} [67]
package present package ?requirement ...? [68]
package require package ?requirement ...? [69]
package vsatisfies requirement ...? [70]
return -level level -errorline line [71]
scan %lld%lli%llo%llx%llX [72]
source -encoding encoding [73] [74]
switch -nocase -matchvar varName -indexvar varName [75] [76]

clock clicks returns microseconds since the epoch [79]
expr: script level definition of functions [80]
expr, incr, [string is double]: Unlimited range of integer values supported; integer calculations no longer overflow [81]
incr: auto-initializes unset variable [82]
global varName ( elemName ) raises error [83]
lindex,linsert,lrange,lreplace,lset,string index: indices support integer[+-]integer and end[+-]integer syntax [84]
list: properly quotes the # character [85]
namespace import returns imported commands [86]
package unknown callback takes {packageName args} arguments where args is list of requirements. [87]
upvar level varName ( elemName ) varName ( elemName ) raises error [88]
Default value of tcl_precision is 0, meaning as many digits as needed for no loss of precision [89]
Default package unknown supports Tcl Modules [90]
The following commands are script-modifiable ensembles: chan, clock, dict, info, string

canvas create line -smooth raw [103]
canvas create line -smooth true
canvas create polygon -smooth raw
canvas create polygon -smooth true
canvas create text -underline index [104]
checkbutton -tristatevalue value -tristateimage image [105]
event generate window event -data string [106]
font actual font char [107]
panedwindow paneconfigure window -hide boolean -stretch value [108] [109]
radiobutton -tristatevalue value -tristateimage image [110]
text search -all -nolinestop [111]
tk_messageBox -detail detail [112]
wm attributes -alpha fraction -fullscreen -topmost -zoomed [113] [114] [115] and -notify (on MacOS X)
-typevariable added to tk_getOpenFile and tk_getSaveFile [116]
grid: adds the grid anchor command and the default anchor is nw (while 8.4 behavior was center)

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