Ok -- what I need is basically the full functionality of the text widget, including tag, mark and (later) image support. For the moment the most important thing is the range of tag commands:
pathName tag option ?arg arg ...?
pathName tag add tagName index1 ?index2 index1 index2 ...? pathName tag bind tagName ?sequence? ?script? pathName tag cget tagName option pathName tag configure tagName ?option? ?value? ?option value ...? pathName tag delete tagName ?tagName ...? pathName tag lower tagName ?belowThis? pathName tag names ?index? pathName tag nextrange tagName index1 ?index2? pathName tag prevrange tagName index1 ?index2? pathName tag raise tagName ?aboveThis? pathName tag ranges tagName pathName tag remove tagName index1 ?index2 index1 index2 ...
Ok, I put them on my list.
I think only bind and configure are implemented at this time.
Later on, I'll need most of the other text widget commands as listed at http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TkCmd/text.htm
I do not plan to add specific 8.5 features until it seems to be finalized and unfortunately that seems to be still a bit away, however...
Encouragement helps -- I double checked and the errors I was getting were the result of trying to use ltk-tile with tk8.5a4. After I removed tile, things seem to work fine!
... if there area errors, please report them and I might try to fix them. Tile is probably the most obvious missing feature of current 8.5 releases, but I get the impression there are plans to have tile in the final release.
Peter