1                         * Changes to Extended Tcl *
2===============================================================================
313 Nov 91: Extended Tcl 6.1a released
4===============================================================================
520 Nov 91: 
6  o Fixed use of invalid variable when reporting an error in 
7    test/unixcmds.test.
8  o Changed temporary files names so they are 14 characters or less in 
9    test/chmod.test.
10  o Changed TCL_MAN_SECTION for SCO Unix to be "TCL" instead of "tcl".
11  o Modified src/main.c to be independent of the internal Tcl include files.
12  o Changed ar to not use the 'u' option in makes.
13  o For ucbsrc, delete the objects explicitly from libtcl.a, since sometimes
14    the modified version tclBasic.o was not replacing the standard version.
15-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1629 Nov 91:
17  o Added configuration section for older versions of SunOS.
18  o Added an strtoul replacement for HP/UX, since their version accepts
19    negative numbers.
20  o Converted the global tclxPatchlevel from a string to an int.
21  o Modified test for chmod +t, since this will actually change the file mode
22    if run as root.  Changed chown tests to compare file group id against the 
23    effective group id, in case tests are run with the effective group id
24    changed.
25  o Fixed bad error message from id command when user or group name does not
26    exist.
27  o Made tclSignalReceived a external flag that can be checked by C code to
28    determine if signal a signal is pending.
29  o Corrected the spelling of the variable 'signalReceived' that is set when
30    trap code is by a signal (signal command). (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
31  o Changed code in src/createExtd.c that is supposed to force math error to
32    be included so that an optimizer doesn't decide to throw away the external
33    reference.
34  o Modified commandloop to reset command buffer when a signal is received,
35    enabling interrupting the input of multi-line commands.
36  o Fixed problem with math error tests were pow did not return an error on
37    some systems.
38-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3929 Nov 91: tests/all, tests/fmath.test, tests/math.test, tests/loop.test,
40           tests/filescan.test
41  o Converted to current test support routines: fmath.test, math.test and
42    loop.test.
43  o Removed tests/testutil.test, as its no longer needed.
44-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4530 Nov 91:
46  o Made detection of _tolower and _toupper automatic, instead of a 
47    configuration option.
48-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 2 Dec 91:
50  o Updated showproc.tcl with Lance Ellinghouse's improved version that dumps
51    default argument info.  
52-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 5 Dec 91:
54  o Fixed bug with doing a keylget on an empty string.
55-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 4 Jan 92:
57  o Fixed BinSearch so it doesn't overwrite the error returned by
58    TclGetOpenFile with another error message.
59-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
60 5 Jan 92:
61  o Fixed link and unlink commands to do tilde substitution.
62-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
63 9 Jan 92:
64  o Fixed problem with Boyer-Moore optimization causing scanfile to fail
65    matches when the regular expression contains ORs (|).
66-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
67 10 Jan 92:
68  o Convert execvp to execl to support passing arguments as a list, rather than
69    a series of parameters.  Added a execvp to the Tcl procedure library to
70    provide backwards compatibility.
71-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
72 11 Jan 92: man/TclX.man
73  o Changes to make some manual sections more readable.
74-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
75 13 Feb 92:
76  o Added `procs' option to cmdtrace that traces procedure calls only.
77  o Added `-nocomplain' flag to unlink command.
78  o Changed package index structure so the file name is not included in the
79    index file.
80  o Added support for optional #@packend, to mark end of packages.
81  o Merged in changes to support A/UX 2.01 (supplied by Parag Patel)
82-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
83 15 Feb 92:
84  o Modified keylget to return a list of keyes in a keyed list if no field
85    name is spefieied.  Added Tcl_GetKeyedListKeys to support this operation.
86  o Added keyed list sub field support (i.e. FOO.BAZ).
87  o Added type attribute to the values returned by the fstat command to give
88    it the same functionality as the Tcl6.2 file command.
89  o Update help files based on the ucb manual pages and added help for
90    standard built-in variables.
91-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
92 16 Feb 92:
93  o Modified install script to unlink manual pages before it links to new ones.
94-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
95 23 Feb 92:
96  o Moved the external declaration of variables set by the startup code
97    to tclExtended.h.
98  o Made startup more modular to support applications like Tk.  Made setting
99    of globals variables for infox in the main optional.  If not set, start up
100    sets them to a default.  (All backwards compatible).
101-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
102  2 Mar 92:
103  o Added -sym option to link command to support symbolic links.
104-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
105  3 Mar 92:
106  o Modified keylset to take multiple keyword/value pairs.
107  o Moved all tcl++.h vararg routines into tcl++.C, since inlined varargs
108    don't work right with some compilers.
109-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
110  4 Mar 92:
111  o Added catopen, catgets and catclose commands.
112-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
113 11 Mar 92:
114  o Combined TclShell.man and tcl.tlib.man with TclX.man to put all
115    documentation for Tcl language programing in one manual page.
116-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
117 13 Mar 92:
118  o Moved configuration from the toplevel Makefile to Config.mk, which is now
119    included by all Makefiles and parsed by the install script.
120  o Changed all calls to cc use the $(CC) macro.
121-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
122 19 Mar 92:
123  o Fixed bug in command loop were certain set commands were valid commands,
124    but invalid lists.
125-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
126 24 Mar 92:
127  o Added support for numBytes or nonewline to `read_file' procedure.
128  o Added lgets command to read lists from a file, included embedded newlines.
129===============================================================================
130 4 Mar 92: Extended Tcl 6.2b released
131===============================================================================
132 7 Apr 92: 
133   o Fixed bug were no error message was returned with the TCLDEFAULT file
134     could not be found.
135-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13613 Arp 92: 
137   o Moved definition of CLK_TCK if its undefined until after the place were
138     time.h might be included in tclExtdInt.h.
139-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14015 Apr 92:
141   o Added TCL_TIMEZONE_VAR option for systems that don't return the timezone
142     offset in `struct tm'.
143   o Deleted test from tests/clock.test that returned a different result in
144     a different timezone.
145-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14627 Apr 92:
147   o Fixed bug in fstat that caused the keyed list get of all status data
148     to return invalid data.
149-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
150 1 May 92:
151   o Moved setting of prompt hooks before source ~/.tclrc so that prompts can
152     be modified in the .~/tclrc.
153-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
154 3 May 92:
155   o Changed src/Makefile to use CCPLUSINCL.
156   o Fixed cast problems in src/clock.c and src/tcl++.c
157   o Added SGI and IBM RS6000 to Config.mk based on billa@msi.com (Bill
158     Alexander) porting.
159-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
160 4 May 92:
161   o Added tcl 6.3 fixes to ucbsrc/tclBasic.c
162-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16311 May 92:
164   o Delete closing of pipes from Tcl_System.
165-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16614 May 92:
167   o Changed floating point math command to take expressions.
168-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16918 May 92:
170   o Fixed bug in lvarpop were it core dumps if passed variable containing an
171     invalid list.
172-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17328 May 92:
174   o Fixed search path so it does not return an error when a path contains
175     an invalid ~user.  
176   o Fixed keyedlists from occasionally returning incorrect error with no
177     error message when adding a field to an empty list.
178-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17910 Jun 92:
180   o Update chmod tests to not make assumptions about what group id a file
181     as created with.
182   o Added support for implementations that indicate floating point errors from
183     math functions by returning not-a-number, rather than calling matherr.
184   o Changed cindex, crange, csubstr and replicate to take integer
185     expresssions.
186   o Improved documentation of Tcl_ShellEnvInit.
187-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
18814 Jun 92:
189   o Changed tclEdtdInt.h to use declare command executors as ANSI prototypes
190     instead of being of type Tcl_CmdProc, since this broke a DEC compiler.
191   o Fixed loop command so that the control variable is left at its
192     terminating value, not the previous value.
193   o Fixed Tcl_Startup so if used the defaultFile passed in, rather than
194     assuming the compiled default value.
195-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19628 Jun 92:
197   o Fixed bug where a SIGINTR will sometimes cause the command loop to panic.
198   o To speed up package library index loading, changed the .tndx file to only
199     contain data, not commands to be sourced.  Added Tcl procedure to convert
200     Ousterhout-style tclIndex files into package libraries.
201   o Fixed problem with cmdtrace of procedures that have empty bodies.  Also
202     simplified and optimized the code for tracing procedures.
203-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20430 Jun 92:
205   o Fixed ShellEnvInit member function in tcl++.h.
206-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20712 Jul 92:
208   o Added profile command and profrep procedure.
209   o Changed alarm command to take floating point seconds and use setitimer
210     when available.
211   o Moved the system dependent parts of Config.mk to seperate files in a
212     directory called config.  A #define in Config.mk now indicates which file
213     to use.
214   o Droped the -i flag from the chmod command for compatibility with Tcl open
215     command changes.  Octal numbers must be prefixed with a "0".
216     *** Potential compatibility problem ***
217-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21831 Jul 92:
219   o Fix max command so it works for negative numbers.
220-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2219 Aug 92:
222   o Changed build of ucbsrc and tkSupport so that the modified files are
223     built from the original files using sed.
224   o Imporved autoloading, including not searching path if file name contains
225     directories.  Demand_load searchs "auto_path" if it can't find the proc
226     anywhere else, this should help Tk programs that dynamicly add directories
227     to the variable.  This code moved to C to speed it up.
228-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22912 Aug 92:
230   o Made message catalog table process global, so a message catalog handle
231     is valid in all interpreters in a process.
232-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23321 Aug 92:
234   o Added support for building a wish with signals.
235   o Fix bug where errorCode on a signal was not in the documented format.
236-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23723 Aug 92:
238   o Added lvarpush command.
239-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2403 Sept 92:
241   o Converted loading of Tcl library indexes from Tcl to C to speed up these
242     operations.
243   o Changed fcntl attributes to be named line the Posix standards:  NDELAY is
244     changed to NONBLOCK and CLEXEC to CLOEXEC. Fcntl nolonger returns a list
245     of current values on query, instead individule values may be queried.
246     This makes it easier to use in the normal case and better allows for
247     future expansion.  (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
248-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2496 Sept 92:
250   o Changed the signal command to return a keyed list for signal state query.
251     Include the command associated with signals that are "trap".  This makes
252     it easier to restore the state of signals that you change.
253     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
254-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2557 Sept 92:
256   o Automatically build a Tk .tlib.
257   o Added installation of Extended Tk to the install script.
258-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
25911 Sept 92:
260   o Changed select to check read stdio buffers for pending data.  This way
261     the files do not have to be unbuffered.
262   o Added ability  to get a list of keys for a subfield to function
263     Tcl_GetKeyedListKeys.  This necessitated adding a parameter.
264     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
265   o Added kelykeys command to return lists of keys from a keyed list.
266-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26714 Sept 92:
268   o Changed the fstat command to make it easier to use and more consistent
269     with the file command.  This forced a syntax chang for fstat commands
270     were the data is returned in an array variable.
271     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
272   o Added tty option to fstat (interface to isatty).
273-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
27420 Sept 92:
275   o Changed package library loading so that duplicate package names found in
276     a path are loaded.
277   o Added the -location options to the packages command.
278   o Changed write_file to take multiple strings.
279   o Added lvarcat command.
280   o Reorganized Makefiles to simplify and fix some make problems.
281-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
282 1 Oct 92:
283   o Wait command was changed to take only one pid.  This is in preparation
284     for supporting full waitpid functionality once the support has been
285     added to UCB Tcl.  (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
286-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
287 2 Oct 92:
288  o Reorganized help categories.
289  o Changed floating point commands to always return floating point numbers
290    without lose of precision or demotion to integer.
291  o Patch the UCB tclExpr.c file to return doubles without lose of precision.
292    This is temporary until a fix is povided in the UCB code.
293-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
294 4 Oct 92:
295  o Fixed behavior of Posix signals and SIGCHLD.
296  o Added block and unblock options.
297  o Added return of block state in the get option.
298  o Fixed potential bug in lrmdup.
299  o Process signals when encountered in the command loop rather than just clear
300    them.
301  o Stored the "wrong # args: " string in a single global  variable to save
302    memory rather than repeating in each command.
303-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
304 5 Oct 92:
305  o Fixed bug in for_recursive_glob with continue and break not working as
306    expected.
307  o Delete chamge bar macros when installing manual pages.
308  o Changed startup so if no longer looks for a local TCLDEFAULT file.  Initial
309    tests are now run by setting the environment variable.
310  o Fixed bug in chmod were set permissions for two difference classes (u,g,o)
311    with = in the same command did not work.
312  o Changed help and buildhelp.tcl so that multiple brief files are allowed
313    (extension .brf).
314-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
315 7 Oct 92:
316  o Signal handling changed so that if multiple signals are received before
317    before they are handle and if trap code is associated with that signal,
318    then the trap code will be run once for every signal received.
319-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
320 8 Oct 92:
321  o Recoded assign_fields to use upvar.
322-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32311 Oct 92:
324  o Modified install script to purge the target help tree before installing.
325-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32612 Oct 92:
327  o Added a options argument to Tcl_Startup.  It is not currrently used.
328   (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
329===============================================================================
33015 Oct 92: Extended Tcl 6.4c released
331===============================================================================
33224 Oct 92:
333  o Fixed problem in tclXprocess were it will not compile if wait status
334    is union wait.
335  o Fixed minor manual page problems.
336  o Corrected problems in RS/6000 config file.
337  o Fixed problem with buildhelp.tcl always truncating filenames.
338-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
33927 Oct 92:
340  o Added configure file for new version of Ultrix (4.2+).
341-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
342 7 Nov 92:
343  o Fixed problems with convertclock timezones on some machines.
344  o Added config file for ultrix4.2
345  o Deleted strtoul from osSupport directory and config files.  This is now
346    compiled with UCB Tcl if needed.
347-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
348 8 Nov 92:
349  o Use our own strftime for SGI since their's is broken.
350  o Added changes to fix problems with systems using IEEE floating point math
351    error reporting.
352===============================================================================
353 9 Nov 92: Extended Tcl 6.4c patch1 released
354===============================================================================
35514 Nov 92:
356  o Added a -n option to the command line that prevents the dumping of the
357    procedure call stack on an error.  This is also added as an option to
358    the C startup routines.
359-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
36016 Nov 92:
361  o Only set SIGINT to cause an error if the Tcl shell or wish is reading
362    commands from stdin.  (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
363-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
36418 Nov 92:
365  o Fixed bug were packages from libraries and other auto-loads were not
366    evaluate in the global environment.
367-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
36819 Nov 92:
369  o Made yyerror a static in tclXgetdate.y, as it conflicted with yyerror in
370    libraries on some systems.
371  o Modified Makefile so that main.o is not included in the library.
372-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
37325 Nov 92:
374  o Changed fcntl to handle stdio flags when both the BSD and System-V flags
375    are defined.
376-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
377 1 Dec 92:
378  o Fix bug where table expansion copied more that the old size of the table.
379-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38014 Dec 92:
381  o Fixed problem installing if target directory for Tcl code is not an 
382    absolute path.
383-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38418 Dec 92:
385  o Added TCL_POSIX_SIG to Ultrix4.2 configure file.  Fixed problems in signal
386    tests.
387  o Recompile UCB file tclCmdIL.c to so that "info library" returns the library
388    directory specified in Config.mk.
389  o Renamed the Extended Tcl wish shell to "wishx", so both extended and
390    standard versions can be installed on the system.
391    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
392  o Changed install program to handle new Tk manual page names.
393  o Added a library proc "tkdemo" to run the Tk demo program once wishx is
394    installed.
395  o Made compatibility with Tcl 6.5 & Tk 3.0.
396===============================================================================
39719 Dec 92: Extended Tcl 6.5c patch 2 released. Makes TclX6.4c-P1 compatible
398           with Tcl 6.5 and Tk 3.0.  Plus adds above fixes and features.
399===============================================================================
40029 Dec 92:
401  o Fixed bug in convertclock command were a date string without an explict
402    timezone returns invalid results.
403===============================================================================
40429 Dec 92: Extended Tcl 6.4c/6.5c patch3 released.
405===============================================================================
406 4 Jan 93: 
407  o Fixed typo in src/Makefile of C++ include path macro.
408-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
40925 Jan 93:
410  o Removed use of non-ansi strftime form specs (%D %r) from the tests.
411  o Fixed incorrect check for strftime error.
412  o Added config file for Convex C-series, ConvexOS V10.0 or greater.
413  o Merged Convex diffs suppliex by Larry Streepy <streepy@pixel.convex.com>
414-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
41507 Feb 93:
416  o Incorporated newer version of getdate.y, reorganized the convertclock
417    command code and improved the tests.
418-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
41910 Feb 93:
420  o Convert name1 & name2 to part1 & part2 in tcl++.h because of conflict with
421    generic.h macro.
422-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
42313 Feb 93:
424  o Change the tcl++.h cmd parameter of from const char * to char *, since
425    Tcl_Eval requires the string to be writable.
426    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for C++ code*)
427  o Removed cmdtrace flush option, output lines are now always flushed.
428   (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
429-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
43016 Feb 93:
431  o Fix install script to handle new macro .so file in Tcl & Tk.  Will fold it
432    into the man page, as some man commands don't do well with .so.
433  o Added lassign command, a C implementation of the assign_fields proc.  This
434    proc was moved to the compatibility package and modified to call lassign.
435  o Do ranlib after copying UCB libraries.
436-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
43721 Feb 93:
438  o Added posix_signals options to the infox command.
439  o Eliminated the use of SIG_ERR with Posix signals (its not part of the
440    standard).
441-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
442 6 Mar 93:
443  o Converted error messages containing optional arguments from the form [xxx]
444    to ?xxx? for consistency with Tcl.
445-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
44610 Mar 93:
447  o Added the program and make target to build Tk help files from the command
448    manual pages.
449-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
45014 Mar 93:
451  o Deleted merge tree option of buildhelp.tcl.  This was for internal use and
452    is no longer needed.
453  o Made read_file argument compatible with the read command.
454  o Close file in read_file & write_file if an I/O error occurs.
455  o Eliminated the Tcl default file.  The file TclInit.tcl is now sourced
456    directly and it sets the Tcl path.  The directory Tcl is installed in
457    now contains the TclX version number.
458-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
45922 Mar 93:
460  o In SGI config file, Added -lsun to get NIS getpwnam.
461-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4625 Apr 93:
463  o Handle conversions of dates correctly when in daylight savings time.
464  o Added support for linux from Jamie Honan <jhonan@kralizec.zeta.org.au>.
465-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
46615 Apr 93:
467  o Updated RS600 config file thanks to R Lindsay Todd <toddr@rpi.edu>.
468  o Fixed problems with convertclock converting GMT times while in DST.
469-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
470 2 May 93:
471  o Fixed keylget to handle internal quoting correctly.  Thanks to 
472    Spencer W. Thomas <spencer@med.umich.edu> for the fix.
473-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
474 3 May 93:
475  o Allow for backslash continuation of #@package: lines.
476  o Deleted Tcl_System, per UCB wait changes.  Added osSupport/system.c for
477    anyone who's "system" function uses wait (i.e. is broken).
478   (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for C code.*)
479  o Removed outdate execvp proc (use execl). (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
480-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
481 9 May 93:
482  o Changed loadlibindex so it overrides existing package definitions.
483-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
48412 May 93:
485  o Run ranlib on lib files after installing.
486  o Improved readability of profrep output.
487  o Build index will ignore errors changing ownership.
488  o Allow profiling to work on systems where times does not return real time.
489-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
49026 May 93:
491  o Added solaris make file supplied by Judy Grass.
492  o Fixed filescan so that if will keep matchInfo(offset) valid even if the
493    callbacks read from the file.
494-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
49528 May 93:
496  o Added fix for flock on Solaris supplied by Judy Grass.
497  o Call tzset on systems that use the timezone variable.
498  o buildpackageindex now deletes the index if the build fails.
499-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
500 8 Jun 93:
501  o Fixed unknown trap handler so it works on systems were
502    "file executable {}" returns 1.
503-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
50417 Jun 93:
505  o Extended wait command to support all waitpid options.
506  o Can not dup to any specified file id, instead of just the standard ones.
507  o The history command can nolonger be compiled out.
508-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
50920 Jun 93:
510  o Changed package library code to be a functional super-set of the standard
511    Tcl 7.0 libraries.  auto_path is now used instead of TCLPATH.  Several
512    commands have been elimiated.  (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
513  o Deleted the floating-point math functions that are now part of the "expr'
514    command.  Supplied procs in tcl.tlib to replace the old commands.
515  o Many changes for compabibility with Tcl 7.0.
516  o Changed the help facility so that multiple help directories are searched
517    to find help files.  This forms a virtual help tree root.
518-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
51927 Jun 93:
520  o Incorporated fix to the profile command that caused it to count upleveled
521    CPU time twice.  Patch supplied by Bob Mazanec <mazanec@hci.cirr.com>.
522  o Changed for_recursive_glob and recursive_glob to not follow symbolic links.
523  o Merged the "showprocs" functionality into "showproc", they were almost the
524    same.  (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
525  o Changed shell initialization so it doesn't change the prompt hooks if they
526    have already be set during startup.
527-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
52811 Jul 93:
529  o Changed random command to use random instead or rand.  Supplied the BSD
530    random function in osSupport.
531  o Changed "programName" variable to "argv0" for compatibility with Tcl 7.0.
532    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
533  o Simplified shell startup code, including support for separate master
534    directories for TclX and Tk.  Tcl_CommandLoop function is now internal.
535    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for C code*)
536  o Changed cindex, crange and csubstr to take expressions starting with a
537    magic token "end" or "len" that will be substituted before the expression
538    is evaluated.
539  o Add kludge to get machines with only the timezone variable to handle
540    formating time as GMT correctly.
541  o Added our own version of wish main, with programmable prompts, etc.
542-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
54318 Jul 93:
544  o Changed "signal trap" to edit the command, replacing %S with the signal
545    name rather than storing in the global variable. "signalReceived".  This
546    fixes bugs with signals received in a signal handler.
547   (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
548-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
54920 Jul 93:
550  o Fixed bug with lgets not handling backslashes correctly.
551===============================================================================
55220 Jul 93: Released TclX7.0a Beta 1.
553===============================================================================
55422 Jul 93:
555  o Changed filescan (Boyer-Moore) code to prevent code generation bug under
556    HPUX.
557  o Fixed bug in tclXlib string handling.
558-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
55924 Jul 93:
560  o Added ctoken string parsing command.
561-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
56227 Jul 93:
563  o Fixed signal handling in wishx.
564  o Fixed problems with owner/group not being validated if large number.
565-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
56629 Jul 93:
567  o Fixed bug in select that caused it to return an empty list when data is
568    pending in the stdio buffer.
569  o Added TclX autoconf configuration.
570-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
57139 Jul 93:
572  o Provided the functions Tcl_AddExtendedCmds and Tcl_AddExtendedLibCmds
573    that can add the Extended Tcl commands to an existing interpreter.
574  o Don't print shell prompts if not a tty.
575===============================================================================
576 2 Aug 93: Released TclX7.0a Beta 2.
577===============================================================================
578 3 Aug 93:
579  o Fixed core dump in chmod command.
580  o Loop command now takes expressions.
581-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
582 4 Aug 93:
583  o Change the "yy" prefix in the code generated from tclXgetdate.y to be
584    "TclXyy".  This is to allow apllications to include yacc code.
585  o Call isascii before isspace to handle non-ASCII character sets.
586===============================================================================
587 5 Aug 93: Released TclX7.0a Beta 3.
588===============================================================================
58917 Aug 93:
590  o Add -bytes and -maxbytes options to copyfile.
591  o Fixed configuration problems with including values.h and sys/time.h.
592  o Added "make partclean", that does not remove the manual pages that were
593    copied to the master directory.  Useful the for the debugging process.
594-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
59519 Aug 93:
596  o Fixed bug with convetclock not working in BST.
597-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
59824 Aug 93:
599  o Added configure check for MCS and time_t.
600  o Changed makefiles so that Config.mk can have absolute or relative paths
601    to files.
602-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
60330 Aug 93:
604  o Integrated with new Tcl Async functions for signal handling.  Signal
605    handling should now work with multiple interpreters.
606  o Change "interactiveSession" variable to "tcl_interactive" and moved
607    prompts from "TCLENV" array to "tcl_prompt1" and "tcl_prompt2".  These
608    changes were done for compatibility with UCB Tcl.
609    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
610===============================================================================
611 1 Sep 93: Released TclX7.0a Beta 4.
612===============================================================================
613 4 Sep 93:
614  o Fixed problem with TCL_LIBRARY and TK_LIBRARY being set to the standard
615    paths rather than the TclX paths.
616-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
617 7 Sep 93:
618  o Added lmatch command.
619  o Changed libtclx.a and libtk.a to be supplements to libtcl.a and libtk.a
620    rather than super-sets.
621  o Its now ok for files that are the target of a dup to be close.
622-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
623 8 Sep 93:
624  o Added notes about Tk applications and the fork & execl commands.
625  o Added full set of signal names that can be used on signal and kill.
626  o Added -pgroup to kill.
627-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
62815 Sep 93:
629  o Initialization now uses a TclX_AppInit mechanism similar to that used by
630    Tcl/Tk.   (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY for C code*)
631  o Make sure to use real waitpid, rather than the wrapper internal to Tcl
632    that hides signals.
633-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
63419 Sep 93:
635  o Added -copyfile option to scanfile.
636  o Updated tcl++.h with all new Tcl & TclX functions. 
637  o Changed the tcl & wishx *main.c files so they will compiler with both C
638    and C++.
639-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
64022 Sep 93:
641  o Added support for the configure --srcdir option.
642-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
64324 Sep 93:
644  o Clear errors/EOF before doing a file read so old state does not get
645    returned.
646  o Redesigned recursive_glob and for_recursive_glob to fix  broken semantics.
647    The arguments have changed. (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
648  o Added option to "ctype" to return the index of character that failed the
649    specified classification.  Based on code developed by John Robert LoVerso
650    <loverso@osf.org>
651-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
65227 Sep 93:
653  o Added support for old format tclIndex files.
654-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
65530 Sep 93:
656  o Integrated with Tcl 7.0 and Tk 3.3.
657-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
658 6 Oct 93:
659  o Add ability to specify "end" as the index for lvarpop and lvarpush. Thanks
660    to Tom Tromey <tromey@busco.lanl.gov>.
661  o Fixed many long != int protability problems. Thanks to Steve Clift
662    <clift@ml.csiro.au>.
663-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
66421 Oct 93:
665  o Recompile the needed Tcl & Tk files to set the Tcl & Tk library paths
666    rather than attempting to override it by setting environment variables,
667    as this can have side affects with exec-ed programs.
668-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
66924 Oct 93:
670  o Added "frename" command.
671-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
67230 Oct 93:
673  o Added --arch flag to configure program.
674  o Added -argv0 option to execl command. Thanks to R Lindsay Todd
675    <toddr@rpi.edu>.
676-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
677 3 Nov 93:
678  o Change help marker for nroff manual pages from '@ to '\"@, since this
679    is a true comment. (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*) 
680-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
681 4 Nov 93:
682   o Added "infox apppatchlvel" and tclAppPatchlevel C global.
683-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
684 7 Nov 93: 
685   o Changed lassign to return a list of unassigned elements.  Thanks to
686     Wolf-D. Ihlenfeldt <wolf@molout.tutkie.tut.ac.jp>.
687   o Modified Extended Tcl to find ~/.tclrc (or other rc file) via the
688     global tcl_RcFileName set in TclX_AppInit.
689   o Changed "infox posix_signals" to "infox have_posix_signals".
690     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*) 
691   o Added "infox have_sockets" and "infox have_msgcats".
692   o chartype ord will not return an error on multi-char strings.
693   o Added "chroot", "nice", and "sync" commands, "infox have_fsync" option.
694-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
69510 Nov 93:
696   o Added epoch keyword in convertclock.  This is to support the postgres
697     database time date format.  Thanks to "Wolf-D. Ihlenfeldt"
698     <wolf@molout.tutkie.tut.ac.jp>
699   o Exported Tcl_GetTimeZone.
700===============================================================================
70110 Nov 93: Released TclX7.1a Beta 5.
702===============================================================================
70313 Nov 93:
704   o Renamed TclX_AppInit function to Tcl_AppInit.  This caused major problem
705     building shared libraries on Suns.  Also added a reference to "matherr"
706     to get the Tcl matherr function brought in on Suns.  Thanks to
707     Dr. Joseph E. Sacco <jsacco@ssl.com>.
708-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
70917 Nov 93:
710   o Added #ifndef checks around internal math function declarations to 
711     prevent conflicts with GNU libc header files. (Should really check in
712     autoconf).
713   o Added "cexpand" and "cequal" commands.
714   o Added various changes to support Linux.
715===============================================================================
71618 Nov 93: Released TclX7.2a.
717===============================================================================
71820 Nov 93:
719   o Improved tclhelp program:  can resize text windows,  added apropos
720     functionality.
721-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
72222 Nov 93:
723   o Fixed problems with building with a seperate build directory.
724===============================================================================
72522 Nov 93: Released TclX7.3a and TclX7.2a to TclX7.3a patch.
726===============================================================================
727 1 Dec 93:
728   o Modify to allow initializing TclX without an Tcl_AppInit function.
729   o Added a C variable to force the interpreter to be delete before an exit.
730     Useful for applications trying to find memory leaks.
731-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
732 9 Dec 93:
733   o Support correct HZ conversion on cray (thanks to Joanne Pelkey
734     <pelkey@craycos.com>.
735-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
73615 Dec 93:
737   o Fixed problem with tclIndex libraries latter in the search path overriding
738     earlier ones.
739   o Fixed auto_reset, which left TclX autoloading in an invalid state.
740-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
74117 Dec 93:
742   o Changed make process to work around Ultrix non-standardisms.
743   o Fixed alignment problems in scanfile and handle table that broke
744     DEC Alphas.
745-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
74621 Dec 93:
747   o Fixed system command to return exit status rather than wait status.
748     This is what the command was documented to do.
749     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)     
750-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
751 4 Jan 94:
752   o Fixed potential memory corruption when loadlibindex can't read a file.
753   o Don't let keylset set an empty key name since keylget can't access it.
754-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
75510 Jan 94:
756   o Added check for GNU libc to work around the GNU getopt non-standard
757     behavior.  This should make things happy for Linux.
758   o Improved tclhelp error handling.
759   o Code in tcl_prompt variables must now output the prompt rather than 
760     return it.  This is for compatibility with tclsh.
761     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
762   o Added "readdir" command.
763===============================================================================
76423 Jan 94: Released TclX7.3a-p1 (patch and full release).
765===============================================================================
766 5 Feb 94:
767   o Fixed SVR4 portability problems.
768   o Fixed problem with convertclock on DEC Alpha.
769-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
770 8 Feb 94:
771   o Used setvbuf if its available instead of setlinebuf, as setlinebuf appears
772     broken on Ultrix.
773===============================================================================
77424 Jan 94: Released TclX7.3a-p2 (patch and full release).
775===============================================================================
776 16 Mar 94:
777   o Fixed problem with configure detecting the "timezone" variable on some
778     systems,
779   o Integrate changes to support SGI IRIX.
780-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
781 5 May 94:
782   o Fixed bug in union function not handling the first element of each
783     list being the same.
784   o Change select command to support new linux stdio library.
785-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
78616 May 94:
787   o Added signal command wildcard (*) to specify all modifiable signals.
788   o Added "signal set" to restore state of signals saved with "signal get".
789   o Added "infox have_flock" option.
790-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
79128 Jun 94:
792   o Modified server_open to try other addresses for a hostname when connect
793     fails.
794   o Added the server_info command.
795   o Always go through Tcl file table for commands like echo and commandloop.
796     This make sure redirected stdin, stdout and stderr are picked up.
797-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
798 1 Jul 94:
799   o Changes to support DEC Alpha.
800   o When using master install model, lib and include files are now symbolicly
801     link to the external directories.
802===============================================================================
803 2 Jul 94: Released TclX7.3b-beta1.
804===============================================================================
805 4 Jul 94:
806   o Fixed warnings on machines that have `free (char *)'.
807-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
808 8 Jul 94:
809   o Fixed problem with truncating long lines that are typed interactively.
810   o Moved striping of binaries to install step.
811   o Configure script will remove files that must be rebuilt if the install
812     location is changed.  This allows for quicker rebuild if the prefix
813     or arch was not set correctly.
814-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
81511 Jul 94:
816   o Always install tclXmain++.C and tkXmain++.C, even if tcl++.h support is
817     not built in.
818   o Due to a difficult to fix bug, the profrep stack depth summary option
819     has been removed.  This changes the calling sequence of profrep.
820     (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
821===============================================================================
82216 Jul 94: Released TclX7.3b.
823===============================================================================
82425 Jul 94:
825   o Set errorInfo if initialization fails.
826-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
827 4 Aug 94:
828   o Changed configure so it doesn't use -lbsd on AIX.  This library contains
829     a broken "pow".
830-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
83110 Aug 94:
832   o Added ccollate command.
833-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
834 1 Oct 94:
835   o Don't lose errorCode when server_open fails.
836-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
837 3 Oct 94:
838   o Fixed core dump when an error occurs loading a package from a library.
839-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
84021 Oct 94:
841   o Fixed invalid handling of empty keyed lists that contain white spaces.
842-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
84315 Nov 94:
844   o Changed egrep pattern used to strip comments from tcl.tlib, since the
845     DEC OSF version is broken and mangles the file.
846   o Changed for_file, for_array_keys and for_recursive_glob to handle
847     "return" in command correctly.
848-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
84925 Nov 94:
850   o Scanfile now handles returning submatches after missing optional matches.
851   o Improved performance of scanfile.
852   o Added the matchInfo(context) to scanfile.
853   o Added "scancontext copyfile" subcommand.
854-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
855 5 Dec 94:
856  o Modified unknown command handler to produce a more readable errorInfo on
857    an unknown command or other error.
858-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
859 27 Dec 94:
860  o Use clock_t, off_t instead of assuming long.
861  o A main is no longer part of the library, its should be part of the
862    tclAppInit.c file.  This follows new conventions for Tcl & Tk.
863    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
864  o Port to Tcl 7.4/Tk 4.0 beta 1.
865  o Worked abound HPUX compiler pointer arithmetic bug in handle table code.
866  o Manual page installation now uses the same default locations as Tcl/Tk.
867===============================================================================
868 28 Dec 94: Released TclX7.4a-beta1.
869===============================================================================
870 31 Dec 94:
871  o Modified tests to include the special test commands use in the Tcl and Tk
872    tests.
873-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
874 15 Jan 95:
875  o Increased flexibility in including TclX in applications without using
876    the Tcl runtime.
877  o Added the tclx_library Tcl variable.
878  o Added the C variables tclX_library, tclX_libraryEnv and tclX_initFile to
879    give custom applications more control over the TclX runtime.
880-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
881  o Added check for catclose having a return type of void, as found in NetBSD
882    1.0.
883===============================================================================
884 22 Jan 95: Released TclX7.4a-beta2.
885===============================================================================
886 23 Jan 95: 
887  o Added min and max expr math functions.
888-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
889 26 Jan 95:
890  o Fixed bug in configure script checking for catgets.
891  o Fixed bug in tclhelp apropos.
892-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
893 7 Feb 95:
894  o Changed the tclhelp program so that dismiss buttons will not disappear if
895    the window is resized by the user to a smaller size.
896-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
89720 Feb 95:
898  o Fixed bug using "return" with in a scanmatch command and with errors in
899    the default scanmatch.
900-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
90124 Feb 95:
902  o Make sure all files, except help files, will work on systems limited to
903    14 character names.
904-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
90528 Feb 95:
906  o Fixed failure of Boyer-Moore pattern matching (use by scanfile) when
907    the matched string has 8 bit characters.
908-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
90922 Mar 95:
910  o Added automatic configure check for a C++ compiler.
911  o Use of CC and CFLAGS macros is now follows autoconf guidelines.
912-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
91328 Mar 95:
914  o Added the subcommands "groups", "groupids" and "host" to the id command.
915  o Added server_create,  server_accept, and server_send commands.
916  o Changed server_info to take IP addresses as well as host names.
917  o Added fstat localhost option.  Also return the port number in the
918    fstat remote host list.  (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)
919  o Deprecated server_open, added server_connect.  The new command
920    can return a single file id for buffered files.  The server_open command
921    is now a compatibility proc in tcl.tlib.
922===============================================================================
923 1 Apr 95: Released TclX7.4a-beta3.
924===============================================================================
925 7 Apr 95:
926  o Fixed use of now ambigious options in tclhelp.
927  o Use -L for internal library references to make it easier to hack in
928    shared libraries.
929-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93012 Apr 95:
931  o Use socket send function when sendmsg is not available (like Linux).
932-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93315 Apr 95:
934  o Modified check for sockets being available.  If was failing on systems
935    that require both -lsocket and -lnsl.
936  o Added tclx_errorHandler variable used to specify a procedure to call
937    when an uncaught error occurs.
938-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93929 Apr 95:
940  o Reorganized makefiles to avoid unnecessary copying of files during build.
941  o Removed restrictions of size of string returned by fmtclock.
942  o The copyfile command now handles non-blocking I/O in the same manner as
943    the gets command.
944  o Fixed portability problems with server_* command -nobuf option.
945  o Support duping of sockets returned by server_* commands.
946-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
94714 May 95:
948  o Added -fileid option to the chmod, chown and chgrp commands, allowing
949    for operations on open files.
950-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
95124 May 95:
952  o Added ftruncate command to truncate file lengths.
953-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
95413 Jun 95:
955  o Changed convertclock to handle the string "DST" in the timezone (since
956    Solaris has decided to include this as part of the output of strftime).
957    Change provided by Marco Nijdam <marco@west.nl>.
958-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
95925 Jun 95:
960  o Changes for Tcl 7.4b4 and Tk 4.0b4.
961  o Changed "pushd" so that it doesn't change the stack if the directory
962    doesn't exist and "dirs" to return rather than echo the stack.  Changes
963    based on code submitted by Dave Mielke <davem@bnr.ca>.
964  o Added support in the dup command to bind an open file number to a Tcl file
965    handle.
966-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
96730 Jun 95:
968  o Changed auto_load to not reload all library indexes when new directories
969    are appended to auto_path.  Suggested by Dave Mielke <davem@bnr.ca>.
970===============================================================================
971 1 Jul 95: Released TclX 7.4a-beta4.
972===============================================================================
973 2 Jul 95:
974  o Fixed fcntl RDWR not returning the correct value.
975  o Modified dup test of binding to a file number to work around the fact that
976    Solaris has pipes open RDWR.
977  o Fix problems with convertclock on Solaris.
978===============================================================================
979 2 Jul 95: Released TclX 7.4a-beta5.
980===============================================================================
981 3 Jul 95:
982  o Added -reuseaddr option to server_create command.
983  o Added server_cntl command.
984  o Added cmdtrace command option.  This is a callback that is called on
985    every traced command executed.
986  o Added ability to call TclX_Init after Tcl_Init has been called and TkX_Init
987    after Tk_Init.  This gives the option of using the TclX runtime in
988    conjunction with the standard Tcl/Tk runtime.  It is still recommended
989    to only use the TclX runtime, but this change adds flexibility.
990  o Renamed the SYSLIBS files to be tclxlibs.mk and tkxlibs.mk.  These are
991    now install in the lib directories, as they are architecturally
992    dependent.
993-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
99416 Jul 95:
995  o Fixed several protability issues.
996  o Updated document on building shared libraries.
997  o Added INSTALL_ROOT to support installation on AFS systems.
998===============================================================================
99916 Jul 95: Released TclX 7.4a-beta5.
1000===============================================================================
100117 Jul 95:
1002  o Changed ftruncate command to work with chsize.
1003  o Deprecated the cexpand command, as the functionality is available from
1004    the new Tcl subst command.  A proc is provided for compatibility.
1005===============================================================================
100624 Jul 95: Released TclX 7.4a.
1007===============================================================================
1008  o The auto-path variable was not being correctly set for Tk.  This
1009    caused tclhelp to not find the Tk help files and the standard Tk
1010    runtime to be used.
1011===============================================================================
101226 Jul 95: Released TclX 7.4a patch1.
1013===============================================================================
1014 3 Aug 95:
1015  o Portability chages for Encore Multimax UMAX (and probably other older SVR3
1016    systems).
1017-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
101810 Aug 95:
1019  o Fixed server connect so -myport will work without -myip.
1020-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
102129 Aug 95:
1022  o Don't use -L to find libraries (except for the shlink target).  This
1023    was causing old libtcl.a files to be picked up from their installed
1024    location.
1025-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1026 8 Sep 95:
1027  o Changed Makefiles to pass MAKEFLAGS via the environment, since GNU make
1028    can't handle passing them on the command line (unlike most other makes).
1029===============================================================================
103030 Sep 95: Released TclX 7.5a Alpha 1
1031-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
103210 Oct 95:
1033  o Added interfaces to TclX_Init and TkX_Init that follow the new calling 
1034    convention for dynamic loading.
1035  o Allow min/max commands to take only one argument.
1036===============================================================================
103720 Oct 95: Released TclX 7.5a Alpha 2
1038===============================================================================
103930 Dec 95:
1040  o Added an interface to TclXCmd_Init that follows the new calling 
1041    convention for dynamic loading.
1042  o Source tree restructing to allow for multi-platform development.
1043-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
104410 Jan 96:
1045  o Added help page searching code provided by Jan Nijtmans
1046    <nijtmans@worldaccess.nl>.
1047-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
104809 Feb 96:
1049  o Integrated with Tcl 7.5 beta 1, which includes the new Tcl I/O system.
1050  o Replaced the fmtclock, convertclock and getclock commands with
1051    compatibility procedures that interface to the new Tcl clock command.
1052===============================================================================
105312 Feb 96: Released TclX 7.5a Beta 1
1054===============================================================================
105514 Feb 96:
1056  o Changed TclX so that it now requires the standard Tcl and Tk runtimes
1057    be available.  This simplifies the code and tracking changes to Tcl
1058    at the expense of slightly slower runtime initialization.  This also
1059    make TclX fully dynamic loadable, including the TclX tlib package
1060    library.
1061  o TclX_Init and TkX_Init have been renamed to Tclx_Init and Tkx_Init to
1062    conform to the dynamic loading conventions.  These routines are no longer
1063    independent, the Tcl and Tk init routines must be called first.
1064  o Added initialization of preliminary set of safe commands.
1065-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
106617 Feb 96:
1067  o Dropped support for the C++ interfaces in tcl++.h.   This file
1068    was outdated, not documented and of limited usefulness.  It was often
1069    a source of portability problems.
1070  o Cleaned-up the installation.  More parameterization is through macros.
1071    The master installation model is now specified though the configure script,
1072    but symbolic links must be built by hand.
1073  o Modified intersect3 to improve its performance, as suggested by
1074    Ken Copeland <ken@pdsrc.hilco.com>.
1075  o Changed lgets to return an error if the last line of a file doesn't have
1076    a new line.  This is an error as in may indicate an incomplete list.
1077  o Changed min and max commands to support hex and octal numbers.
1078  o Deleted the -twoids option from server_connect and server_accept.  These
1079    options were supplied for implementing procs that were compatibile with the
1080    old TclX server_* commands.
1081  o Removed the server_send command and made it a compatibility procedure.
1082    Now that the Tcl I/O system uses send and recv, this function is
1083    unnecessary.  Note: the comparibility procedure doesn't support the
1084    -dontroute and -outofband options (which had never been tested anyway).
1085    (* potential incompatibility *)
1086  o Use a function to set appname values returned by infox instead of global
1087    variables. (* potential incompatibility *)
1088  o Changed configure to use tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh for most
1089    configuration information.
1090-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1091 2 Mar 96:
1092  o Added support for building shared libraries on systems where shared
1093    library support is implemented by Tcl.
1094===============================================================================
1095 2 Mar 96: Released TclX 7.5a Beta 2
1096===============================================================================
1097 4 Mar 96:
1098  o Cleaned up the runtime initialization.  Renamed TclInit.tcl to be tclx.tcl
1099    and created tkx.tcl.
1100-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
110110 Mar 96:
1102  o Removed socket functionality that duplicated Tcl's. Deprecated the
1103    server_connect, server_create, server_accept and  server_cntl commands.
1104    Renamed server_info to be host_info and moved the server_cntl
1105    functionality info the fcntl command.   Compatbility with these commands
1106    is still supported for old scripts.
1107  o Since sockets are now required to build base Tcl, they are no longer
1108    optional with TclX.
1109  o Added event loop support for the TclX shell.  If any event sources are
1110    created the shell will enter an event loop at the end of the top level
1111    script instead of exiting.  Suggested by Jan Nijtmans
1112    <nijtmans@worldaccess.nl>.
1113  o Changed TclX version numbering scheme to append a decimal and a number
1114    to the base Tcl version instead of a letter.  This makes it compatible
1115    with the Tcl package versioning mechanism.
1116-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
111713 Mar 96:
1118  o The copyfile command now disables newline translation by default, copying
1119    data in binary mode.  A new option has been added to allow translation.
1120===============================================================================
112113 Mar 96: Released TclX 7.5.0 Beta 3
1122===============================================================================
112314 Mar 96:
1124  o Added support for ITcl 2.0 from earlier TclX 7.4 based patch.
1125  o Modified the commandloop command to support event based command input.
1126   (* potential incompatibility *)
1127  o Removed the implicit event loop feature of the TclX added in the previous
1128    beta.  It could lead to some hard to find problems.
1129  o Added mainloop procedure to implement top level evant loops in the TclX
1130    shell that are similar to wish's.
1131  o Changed the tclx_errorHandler functionality to be consistent with bgerror.
1132    Uncaught synchronous errors now look for a procedure named
1133    tclx_errorHandler, rather than a variable which contains a procedure name.
1134    For backwards compatibility, a check is still made for a variable
1135    named tclx_errorHandler.  This functionality is deprecated and scripts
1136    should be change to use the new form.
1137-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1138 6 Apr 96:
1139  o Added guidelines for creating a pkgIndex.tcl file for use with TclX.  Build
1140    a prototype file, pkgIndex.proto, that can be merged with other
1141    pkgIndex.tcl files.
1142-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
114324 Apr 96:
1144  o Chanced 'mkdir -path' to not return an error if the full path already
1145    exists.
1146===============================================================================
114725 Apr 96: Released TclX 7.5.0
1148===============================================================================
114929 Apr 96:
1150  o Fixed build problems with shared libraries on Solaris and HP-UX.
1151  o Added *LIB_SPEC variables to tclx/tkxConfig.sh. 
1152  o Removed explicit support for master installation model.  The same affect
1153    can be achieved with --prefix.
1154  o Its no longer a requirement to use --enabled-shared with Tcl & Tk to use it
1155    with TclX.
1156===============================================================================
1157 2 May 96: Released TclX 7.5.0 patch 1
1158===============================================================================
1159 4 May 96:
1160  o Fix bug where manual pages were not installed.
1161-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1162 6 May 96:
1163  o Fixed lindex and lrange indexing out of bounds memory when negative indexes
1164    are used.
1165-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1166 8 May 96:
1167  o Even more changes to deal with the runtime library search path correctly
1168    on Solaris and others.
1169  o Fixed problems when Tcl/Tk is built with --srcdir.
1170===============================================================================
117110 May 96: Released TclX 7.5.1
1172===============================================================================
117318 May 96:
1174  o Fixed problem in initialization code that caused Tk send.test to hang.
1175-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
117623 May 96:
1177  o Fixed bug that caused panic when doing a copyfile to/from a file that is 
1178    open read/write.
1179===============================================================================
118015 Jun 96: Released TclX 7.5.2
1181===============================================================================
1182 6 Jul 96:
1183  o Fixed bug in loading ITcl tclIndex files.
1184-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
118527 Jul 96:
1186  o Major work on the Win32 port has been included.
1187===============================================================================
118827 Jul 96: Released TclX 7.5.3 - alpha 1 (Win32 alpha release)
1189===============================================================================
1190 8 Aug 96:
1191  o The runtime now installs under /usr/local/lib/{tclX,tkX} by default.
1192    (Hi Don).
1193-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
119416 Aug 96:
1195  o Added support for ITcl namespaces to the profile command.  Change supplied
1196    by Christopher Hylands <cxh@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>.
1197-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
119820 Aug 96:
1199  o Search for the TclX init files and library directories in the same manner
1200    as Tcl/Tk.  This removes the tclx/tkx_library_env, tclx/tkx_init libraries
1201    Tcl variables.  This removes some of the flexability, but makes it
1202    consistent with Tcl/Tk and simplifies Win32 port.
1203   (* potential incompatibility *)
1204===============================================================================
120517 Sep 96: Released TclX 7.6.0 Beta 1
1206===============================================================================
120717 Sep 96:
1208  o Added the cconcat and lcontain commands.
1209-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
121017 Sep 96:
1211  o New profiler alogrithm that correctly handles certain uplevel cases.
1212  o Added -eval option to the profile command, allowing capturing eval stacks
1213    instead of scope stacks.
1214-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1215 3 Oct 96:
1216  o Integrated support for building both shared and static libraries at the
1217    same time from Jan Nijtmans' <nijtmans@worldaccess.nl> TclX plus patch.
1218  o Deprecated the mkdir, rmdir, unlink and frename commands in favor of the
1219    new file subcommands. Compatability with these commands is still supported
1220    for old scripts via procedures in the TclX library.
1221-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
122219 Oct 96:
1223  o Modified to build pkgIndex.tcl files and install them so that Tcl
1224    auto_loading will find them.
1225  o Removed --arch configure option.  With new pkgIndex.tcl changes, its not
1226    much good unless Tcl and Tk supported it.
1227===============================================================================
122820 Oct 96: Released TclX 7.6.0 Beta 2
1229===============================================================================
123015 Nov 96:
1231  o Major clean up of shared library build, including fixes from Jan Nijtmans'
1232    <nijtmans@worldaccess.nl> TclX plus patch.
1233  o More work on Windows port, including make from a single makefile and
1234    install rules.
1235-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
123617 Nov 96:
1237  o pkgIndex.tcl files now works relative to $dir, so they can be moved.
1238  o libtclx and libtkx now use the same alogrithm for naming that includes the
1239    version number as Tcl and Tk.
1240===============================================================================
124120 Nov 96: Released TclX 7.6.0, including Win 95/NT binary distribution.
1242===============================================================================
124330 Nov 96:
1244  o Fixed crash with profile when run with ITcl.  Patch supplied by Christopher
1245    Hylands <cxh@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>.
1246-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
124717 Dec 96:
1248  o Fixed bug that caused some scanmatch regular expression to fail to match
1249    due to problems with the BoyerMoore pre-parse.
1250-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125127 Dec 96:
1252  o Converted keyed lists to be stored as Tcl_Obj.  A new C interface to keyed
1253    lists is supplied. (* POTENTIAL C INCOMPATIBILITY *)
1254-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125520 Dec 96:
1256  o Fixed bug that caused intersect3 to return bogus results if a list item
1257    was duplicated in the second list.
1258-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125922 Dec 96:
1260  o Fixed unlink compat function failing to unlink a symbolic link.
1261-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
126202 Jan 97:
1263  o Changed to compile shared libraries with -fpic and +z.
1264  o Added Win32 support for ftruncate, close-on-exec and partial support for
1265    dup-ing and open file.  Supplied by Alan Dewar <alan@calgary.hp.com>.
1266-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
126701 May 97:
1268  o More than 50% of the commands provided by Extended Tcl have been rewritten
1269    to use the new object system.
1270-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
127111 May 97:
1272  o TclX_ErrorExit now has a description field that says why the exit path
1273    was taken, making startup failures easier to debug.
1274-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
127506 Jun 97:
1276  o Fixed frename compat function to overwrite existing files.
1277-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
127813 Jun 97:
1279  o Converted more commands to object system.
1280===============================================================================
128116 Jun 97: Released TclX 8.0.0 Beta 1
128217 Jun 97: Re-releases TclX 8.0.0 Beta 1 due to mangled patch.
1283===============================================================================
128404 Jul 97:
1285  o Converted all commands that can be converted to work with binary data;
1286    documented those that don't support binary data.
1287  o Modified signals to be better behaved with multiple interpreters.
1288    Thanks to Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@esm.com> for the patch.
1289  o Fix trap signal handler overwriting interp result.
1290  o Modified the system command to take multiple arguments and concat them
1291    into a single command string.
1292  o Deprecated the copyfile command in favor of the fcopy command. 
1293    Compatability with copyfile is still supported for old scripts via a
1294    procedure in the TclX library.
1295  o All commands now use the Tcl_Obj API.
1296===============================================================================
129708 Jul 97: Released TclX 8.0.0 Beta 2
1298===============================================================================
129908 Jul 97:
1300  o Fixed core dump when signal occurs during event idle.
1301  o The safe Tk package init function is now registered.
1302-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
130309 Jul 97:
1304  o Added try_eval command.
1305-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
130610 Jul 97:
1307  o Modified the profile command to correctly support namespaces.
1308  o Modified TclX auto load libraries to work with namespaces.
1309-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
131017 Jul 97:
1311  o Modified cmdtrace so that errors in callbacks are saved and returned as
1312    command errors rather than printing them to stderr.
1313-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
131425 Jul 97:
1315  o Fixed invalid keyed list key comparisons when two keys started with the
1316    same string.
1317-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
131830 Jul 97:
1319  o Removed check for last being before first in crange and csubstr.  Now
1320    returns an empty string.
1321-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1322 7 Aug 97:
1323  o Merged in port of 8.0.0 code to Win32.  Contributed by Viktor Dukhovni
1324    <viktor@esm.com>.  Thanks Viktor!
1325-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
132610 Aug 97:
1327  o Removed C global tclDeleteInterpAtEnd, as it caused problems with windows
1328    ports.  Instead, a Tcl global TCLXENV(deleteInterpAtShellExit) enables
1329    deleting the interp when the shell exits.
1330-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133116 Aug 97:
1332  o Integrated several build fixes from Jan Nijtmans' <nijtmans@worldaccess.nl>
1333    TclX plus patch.
1334-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133517 Aug 97:
1336  o Added patch to tcl8.0/generic/tclCmdAH.c to fix memory corruption caused
1337    by the format command.
1338-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133924 Aug 97:
1340  o Added support for generating standalone executables, with Tcl runtime in
1341    the executable as strings.  Requires Jan Nijtmans'
1342    <nijtmans@worldaccess.nl> Tcl/Tk Plus patch.
1343===============================================================================
134401 Sep 97: Released TclX 8.0.0 Beta 3
1345===============================================================================
134624 Sep 97:
1347  o Fixed bug with backslash parsing in lgets.
1348===============================================================================
1349 6 Oct 97: Released TclX 8.0.0
1350===============================================================================
135118 Oct 97:
1352  o Fixed several minor bugs.
1353  o Added change to help proc to search for command if full path is not
1354    found.  Contributed by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>.
1355-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
135622 Oct 97:
1357  o Fixed failure to run variable traces in lvarpush, lvarpop and loop
1358    commands.
1359-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
136010 Nov 97:
1361  o Changed TclX auto_loading to use a modified version of the Tcl proc
1362    rather than defining its own command.  Done to track changes in the 8.0p1
1363    release.  The loadlibindex commands can no longer handle tclIndex files.
1364    (*POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*)     
1365  o Removed restriction on keyedlist key containing white spaces.  Keys really
1366    shouldn't,  but this check broke compatibility.
1367===============================================================================
136811 Nov 97: Released TclX 8.0.1
1369===============================================================================
137028 Nov 97:
1371  o Merge in new auto_load from Tcl 8.0p2.
1372  o Several minor fixes.
1373===============================================================================
137429 Nov 97: Released TclX 8.0.2
1375===============================================================================
137622 Jan 98: 
1377  o Added fixes for handling some corner cases in saving and restoring
1378    interp state on signals. Debugged and submitted by the ever-helpful
1379    <Viktor-Dukhovni@deshaw.com>.
1380-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
138129 Jan 98:
1382  o Converted scanfile to use new regular expression facility.
1383-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13842 Feb 98:
1385  o Added --with-tcl dir and --with-tk configure options.  Contributed by
1386    <Viktor-Dukhovni@deshaw.com>.
1387-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
138822 Jan 98: 
1389  o Added fixes for handling some corner cases in saving and restoring
1390    interp state on signals. Debugged and submitted by the ever-helpful
1391    <Viktor-Dukhovni@deshaw.com>.
1392-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
139325 Apr 98:
1394  o Fixed bug with .tndx libraries and references to commands in namespaces.
1395-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13967 Aug 98:
1397  o Added -restart option to the signal command.
1398===============================================================================
13998 Aug 98: Released TclX 8.0.3
1400===============================================================================
140119 Sept 98:
1402  o Fixed TclX copy of Tcl auto_load proc out of sync; this broken ITcl.
1403-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
140420 Sept 98:
1405  o Include several Windows build fixes from Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@nyc.deshaw.com>.
1406  o Renamed --with-tk configure option to --enable-tk.
1407    Supplied by Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@nyc.deshaw.com>.
1408-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
140928 Sept 98:
1410  o Handle systems that don't implement restart of system calls on signal.
1411    Added infox have_signal_restart.
1412-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14135 May 99:
1414  o Ported most commands work with 8.1 Unicode.
1415  o Completed port to 8.1.
1416===============================================================================
14175 May 99: Released TclX 8.1.0
1418===============================================================================
141910 May 99:
1420  o Fixed tests to build when threads are enabled.
1421  o Pickup TK_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS in configure.
1422-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
142322 June 99:
1424  o Moved TclX_AppendObjResult to be an external API for testing
1425  o Upgraded the patch levels to be "8.1.2"
1426  o Defined TclX_MainEx to take an interp as an argument.  TclX_Main is
1427    now a macro that calls TclX_MainEx.  When passing the interp argument,
1428    Tcl_CreateInterp() is called.  This is done so TclX can use stubs.
1429-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
143025 Jun 99:
1431  o TclX version numbering and library naming change.  The third number is
1432    now the patch level.
1433===============================================================================
143425 Jun 99: Released TclX 8.1.1
1435===============================================================================
14364 Jul 99:
1437  o Cleaned up configuration to work better with new Tcl autoconf macros.
1438    Deleted Config.mk, all configration variables are set in Common.mk.
1439  o --with-tcl and --with-tk now work.
1440===============================================================================
144125 Jun 99: Released TclX 8.1.1
1442===============================================================================
1443===============================================================================
14446 Feb 2000: Released TclX 8.2.0
1445===============================================================================
1446