[ltk-user] LTK isn't extensible

[Peter Herth]

Actually, your problem has been adressed to a big part with the
upcoming Ltk verstion 0.87, as I *did* add all configuration options
as keyword arguments to most widgets (though not to the canvas widgets
yet). I have not quite got around to make that version "final" but
hope to be able to do that soon. In the meanwhile I can attach my
current development version, so if you want to test it, I could
publish the final version with more confidence that I didn't break
things too badly :)

Peter


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:56:30 -0600, Chris Capel <pdf23ds at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've run up against LTK's incompleteness a couple times now. First, I
> wanted to be able to change the default color of shapes drawn on a
> canvas. My quick fix was to create an optional parameter to
> create-oval that passes its argument on at the end of the command to
> wish. Not exactly an ideal fix. The second time was when I wanted to
> change the back color of my canvas to black, which I will probably
> work around by changing the default color of the canvas created by the
> canvas class to black. Again, not a clean fix.
> 
> Now, it would be possible to complete LTK by adding all the possible
> parameters to every command as arguments or slots, depending on how
> that command is abstracted. I assume that, with enough interest, this
> is the eventual goal. It would also be possible to have everything
> accept optional parameters to let users stick parameters onto the ends
> of things (but they still have to know the parameters exist, and to
> know tcl syntax, and probably sometimes to look at the source to
> figure out which command is being issued for a given ltk function).
> For the time being, the latter option seems to be the best choice.
> Would Peter like me to look into adding this to LTK? Perhaps he'd
> rather take on the project?
> 
> Chris Capel
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Dipl.-Phys. Peter Herth
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