I agree. Tabs should default unless a min version check on the platform fails. The original suggestion for making the option to still host dialogs in windows was mine, I believe, large for this reason, ie. building for OS X 10.6 and Tk 8.4 which doesn’t have the tabs widget.
enohp ym morf tnes ----------- Dan Wilcox danomatika.com robotcowboy.com > On Jun 21, 2023, at 12:07 PM, Christof Ressi <i...@christofressi.com> wrote: > > >> >> basically, because some TclTk versions on macOS would just crash when using >> tabs. > Wow, Tk never ceases to amaze me... > > Does this also happen with the Tcl/Tk version that is included in the > "official" macOS app bundle? > > Could we do a runtime check for specific Tcl/Tk versions that are known to > work? > > I think the tabbed preferences are just so nice and it would be shame to hide > them from the user by default... > > (At the very least, we should use tabbed preference by default on Windows and > Linux :-) > > Christof > >> On 21.06.2023 00:07, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: >>> On 6/20/23 20:35, Christof Ressi wrote: >>> First off: thanks Miller for this historic release :-) >>> >>> I just discovered the new tabbed preferences and I really like them! Thanks >>> IOhannes! >>> >>> Question: why do we have both tabbed and non-tabbed preferences? This feels >>> very weird to me. I don't see any advantages in the non-tabbed >>> preferences... (I find them rather grotesque). >> >> basically, because some TclTk versions on macOS would just crash when using >> tabs. >> so I needed a fallback for this case anyhow (that, albeit grotesque, is >> still somewhat useable) >> >> >> >> gmds >> IOhannes >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
