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31Oct2007

• new tks binary release 0.9.8.32 (Win32, includes all plugins)
• new tks source release 0.9.8.32 (GNU/Linux and possibly other unices)
  • added: Envelope.timeToIndex(), valueAtTimeRaster(), valueAtTimeSH, indexToTime()
  • added: Envelope.removeShiftEvent()
  • added: generic array assign for classarrays
  • added: makefile.gp2x (here's a sample binary: tks.gpe)
  • added: <ScriptClass>.static_var =, +=, -= .. assignments
  • fixed: psystem() now sets string length correctly in read mode
  • fixed: tcobject(<ScriptClass>) (clone object)
  • fixed: base class static method call in derived class
  • fixed: class C1 { C2 c2; } class C2:C1 { }
  • fixed: return in default switchcase did not really return if the break keyword was also used
  • changed/fixed: max class methods increased to 256, fixed crash if maximum number of methods is exceeded
  • fixed: Envelope YAC_OP_ASSIGN (copy env. properties not just time/value array)
  • fixed: ObjectArray/ClassArray: realloc() now fixes "holes" left over by preceeding delete() calls
  • fixed: class parent module was updated after class was declared potentially causing wrong access restriction errors
  • fixed: an error is now only shown if a YAC set method has a non-atom return type (previously: only void was allowed)
  • fixed: PTN_ClassMemberIndexedVarExpr: corrected exception message if a non-object type member was indexed (previously: "invalid <this> object"..)
  • fixed: ClassMethodNotFound exception is now properly thrown for script classes in PTN_IMethodECall (may have caused a crash previously)
• updated tkui plugin
  • added: TableView (work in progress)
  • added: ComboBox
  • added: PopupMenu (is also being used for pulldown menus)
  • added: tab-cycling
  • added: mixed-state mode for CheckBoxes
  • added: AcceleratorKey, AcceleratorList
  • added: dialogs! + InfoDialog, ChoiceDialog, TextInputDialog
  • added: RadioButton, RadioButtonGroup
  • added: ToolTip
  • added: LookAndFeel (dynamic color schemes)
  • + numerous other improvements/fixes
  • Note: If you only get a black/uninitialized window (e.g. seen on certain Intel graphics accelerators), search the file ui.tks for "intel"; I noticed that on Intel graphics chipsets, Viewport.doubleBuffer=false; and glDrawBuffer(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK); is needed while on Nvidia and ATI chipsets it should be Viewport.doubleBuffer=true; and glDrawBuffer(GL_BACK);. I guess this has something to do with the way the drivers handle buffer swapping.. I know I should better use a pbuffer surface instead..
  • See the testui-31Oct2007.tkx demo
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  p.s.: Long time no update but this project is not dead at all. I am currently working on a larger application (written in tks+tkui, ofcourse:). I have frozen the current TKS feature set. In the near term future I will infrequently post updates to tks (mainly when some bugs have been phased out) and to tkui. There are plans to further enhance tks (e.g. namespaces, a new JIT backend (I made some promising experiments with libjit although the project seems to be kind of dead now :/), ..) but I think right now it is more important to get it as stable as possible and last but not least to write some real applications with it (that's why I created TKS in the first place ;). So..happy halloween everyone, see you next time.