https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/activity/Recent activity for tkdiffenThu, 21 May 2026 02:28:26 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/search string gets eval'd, causes error if there's a space or $ in itmichael-mThu, 21 May 2026 02:28:26 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/?limit=50#baa0Fix scheduled for eventual new version; can refer to commit 225 if details desired in the interimmichael-mThu, 21 May 2026 02:28:26 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/?limit=50#baa0https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/225/Restrain over-zealous text search term expansion by EVALmichael-mThu, 21 May 2026 02:21:52 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/225/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/search string gets eval'd, causes error if there's a space or $ in itmichael-mThu, 21 May 2026 01:37:50 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/?limit=50#5635OK - understand what happened - extra reparsing from EVAL caused unprotected search term to look like TCL and it all went south. V5.7 did not use "eval", which was added trying to simplify the command. Will repair.michael-mThu, 21 May 2026 01:37:50 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/?limit=50#5635https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/search string gets eval'd, causes error if there's a space or $ in itmichael-mThu, 21 May 2026 00:59:53 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/?limit=50#c583Ya know, I'd swear this was fixed once before. And its odd if it does really work for V5.7; maybe I'll look to see if anything appears changed between the two releases. In any event, standby...michael-mThu, 21 May 2026 00:59:53 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/?limit=50#c583https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/search string gets eval'd, causes error if there's a space or $ in itDorothyRThu, 21 May 2026 00:19:38 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/105/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=50#2ae2OK - having now LOOKED at Ralph's actual changes, I'd agree that they are tilted toward the Mac platform a bit too much to consider retaining as mainline code. One question I STILL have is what was the point of ADDING the Left/Right arrow keys as ALTERNATE keyboard accelerators? Why not just CHANGE the accelerators directly (something the EXISTING Preferences allows you to do: see the 'Behavior' Tab)? Did you really need TWO accelerators EACH to jump to a Next (or Prev) difference region? While its...michael-mWed, 20 May 2026 02:11:28 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=50#2ae2https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/224/Tag r155 as release 5.1DorothyRSat, 16 May 2026 05:29:20 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/224/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8841After a bunch of downloads, I determined that tkdiff 6.0 was actually r207, which is what Ralph actually had, so he wasn't exploring. That was me - I had r209 checked out. I'm working backward tagging some 5.x releases - the important, non-janky ones, I hope - so we don't have to guess every time. Unless you happen to have a list, Michael? That would save me a few hours of work. Linux has dark modes too. People do like them. I think dark mode should be implemented cross-platform, not just on Mac....DorothyRSat, 16 May 2026 04:52:06 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8841https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=50#9458OK - a bunch of points: I didn't invent the default settings (and there are a TON of them) I just figured that because the ability to concoct foreground/background colors for practically EVERYTHING (via the User Preferences) existed, there wasn't much point in trying to "pre-package" a LOOK -- the old saw about beauty and the eye of the beholder and such. For what its worth, I changed my defaults a LONG TIME ago (its actually easier on the eyes to read white text on dark background - something I...michael-mSat, 16 May 2026 04:34:43 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=50#9458https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/223/Tag r188 as release 5.6DorothyRSat, 16 May 2026 04:32:15 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/223/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/222/Tag r198 as release 5.7DorothyRSat, 16 May 2026 04:05:13 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/222/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/221/Figured out which revision was released as tkdiff-6.0. Tagging accordingly.DorothyRFri, 15 May 2026 18:42:04 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/221/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#784fNow that I think about it, maybe adding a new "dark mode" preference is the way to go. It would probably require a restart, but some things do. Also possibly I'm wrong about exactly which revision 6.0 was. I'll figure it out for sure and then I'll tag. It's funny to hear that tcl/tk is fast at something, because at work I used to hand off to Perl to do any intensive parsing that was needed. I guess it's still good for some things!DorothyRFri, 15 May 2026 15:11:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#784fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78Thanks @dorothyr! Yes, I know the preferences. I've added the colors to the defaults because it took me some time to get it the way I liked it and I wanted to make life easier for first-time users :) As for release 209, it seems like the 209 was released literally an hour after I downloaded 208, bad luck on my side... Maybe we could interrogate the system for dark background rather than hard-coding white. Good idea! After not touching tk for many years, it was a little revelation for me to see how...Ralph SchaunerFri, 15 May 2026 12:04:33 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78Thanks @dorothyr! Yes, I know the preferences. I've added the colors to the defaults because it took me some time to get it the way I wanted and I wanted to make life easier for others :) As for release 209, it seems like the 209 was released literally an hour after I downloaded 208, bad luck on my side... Maybe we could interrogate the system for dark background rather than hard-coding white. Good idea! After not touching tk for many years, it was a little revelation for me to see how terribly slow...Ralph SchaunerFri, 15 May 2026 12:01:13 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78Thanks @dorothyr! Yes, I know the preferences. I've added the colors to the defaults because it took me some time to get it the way I wanted and I wanted to make life easier for others :) As for release 209, it seems like the 209 was released literally an hour after I downloaded 208, bad luck on my side... Maybe we could interrogate the system for dark background rather than hard-coding white. Good idea! After not touching tk for many years, it was a little revelation for me to see how terribly slow...Ralph SchaunerFri, 15 May 2026 12:00:50 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78Thanks @dorothyr! Yes, I know the preferences. I've added the colors to the defaults because it took me some time to get it the way I wanted and I wanted to make life easier for others :) As for release 209, it seems like the 209 was released literally an hour after I downloaded 208, bad luck on my side... After not touching tk for many years, it was a little revelation for me to see how terribly slow SwiftUI can be with large files, compared to the old tcl/tk combo which runs like a race car in...Ralph SchaunerFri, 15 May 2026 11:57:06 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78Thanks @dorothyr! Yes, I know the preferences. I've added the colors to the defaults because it took me some time to get it the way I wanted and I wanted to make life easier for others :) As for release 209, it seems like the 209 was released literally an hour after I downloaded 208, bad luck on my side...Ralph SchaunerFri, 15 May 2026 11:54:39 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#8d78https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#b791Screenshot on the Mac with default settings, so Michael knows what we're talkin' about.DorothyRFri, 15 May 2026 00:59:06 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#b791https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#d075I'm the person with the Mac. Thanks, kewl. Good idea on the cursor left and right. A couple of quick comments. First, this seems to be done on revision 208, whereas 209 was the release version. It makes a pretty short patch against r208. Yes, I know that's what tagging is for, and we absolutely should have tagged r209 as REL-6-0 and so on all the way back to REL-5-0. Especially since we don't use development branches much. There are only about 13 diffs with r208, which I'm attaching as a patch file....DorothyRFri, 15 May 2026 00:24:35 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#d075https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#df79Hi! In case anyone's interested, I've tweaked version 6.0 from 2025-07-07 as follows: Dark background on text panes and scrollbars (this seemed a little tricky with tcl/tk on MacOS) Changed default highlight colors to my personal taste and for better readability in dark mode Added Cursor Left and Right keys to [p]revious and [n]ext for quick navigation between diff spots. This now supports key repeat which didn't seem to work with [p] and [n] on MacOS. tkdiff is running great here on MacOS 26 with...Ralph SchaunerThu, 14 May 2026 18:26:24 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#df79https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#df79Hi! In case anyone's interested, I've tweaked version 6.0 from 2025-07-07 as follows: Dark background on text panes and scrollbars (this seemed a little tricky with tcl/tk on MacOS) Changed default highlight colors to my personal taste and for better readability in dark mode Added Cursor Left and Right keys to [p]revious and [n]ext for quick navigation between diff spots. tkdiff is running great here on MacOS 26 with the homebrew version of tcl-tk. As of 2026, I still consider tkdiff to be one of...Ralph SchaunerThu, 14 May 2026 18:06:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/discussion/219791/thread/2b186b7edb/?limit=25#df79https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/220/temporarily rollback an earlier premature changemichael-mWed, 13 May 2026 14:59:11 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/220/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/219/very old typo (V4.3) caused 'left-then-right' merge option to operate incorrectlymichael-mWed, 15 Apr 2026 03:00:48 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/219/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/218/realign procedural comment with code it refers tomichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 13:25:35 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/218/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/217/Prevent 'Unknown Var' popup when reporting improper UserPref settingsmichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 13:17:09 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/217/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/216/'Delete' changebar marker assigned to wrong text windowmichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 13:10:10 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/216/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/215/simplify logic of 3way merge pre-assignmentmichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 13:07:12 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/215/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/214/fix 'unknow Var' fault in Prefs dialog when different Engine cmds exist (circular-ref issue)michael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 12:41:14 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/214/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/213/incomplete prior edit caused occasionally missed text window repaintsmichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 12:32:23 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/213/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/212/repair cmdline parsing to restore ancestor .vs. arbitrary arg pass-thru syntax recognitionmichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 12:25:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/212/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/211/clarify commentary, minor code simplificationsmichael-mMon, 06 Apr 2026 12:13:42 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/211/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/210/reorg inline-hilite SCHEDULING + SAFER anti-skew tag (vL*) positioning and insertion strategymichael-mWed, 21 Jan 2026 17:28:39 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/210/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=25#e7a6First, go to Homebrew's site https://brew.sh/ and install their package manager "brew". Use that to install tk, by typing "brew install tcl-tk". Either tcl-tk@8 or tcl-tk@9 should work. It will put wish and tclsh in /opt/homebrew/bin. Then, make sure the wish from Homebrew is in your path before the one in /usr/bin/ That way, tkdiff will have a working tcl-tk to run on. Or do I mis-understand your question?DorothyRMon, 19 Jan 2026 02:09:31 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=25#e7a6https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=25#e7a6First, go to Homebrew's site https://brew.sh/ and install their package manager, then use that to install their tcl-tk package. Either tcl-tk@8 or tcl-tk@9 should work. Then, make sure the wish from Homebrew is in your path before the one in /usr/bin/ That way, tkdiff will have a working tcl-tk to run on. Or do I mis-understand your question?DorothyRSun, 18 Jan 2026 22:38:37 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=25#e7a6https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=25#d54dI just downloaded and installed this on Tahoe. Can you please explain the steps to fix this?Brent BeebeSun, 18 Jan 2026 06:06:15 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=25#d54dhttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/209/grammar (of all things)michael-mWed, 09 Jul 2025 02:17:13 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/209/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/Please update copyright info in README.txtmichael-mTue, 08 Jul 2025 19:42:25 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#b361Revised License information has been incorporated As promised, the update to remove the incorrect Mailing address for FSF, in favor of their URL has been committed, staged to take effect on whatever next operation (fix/release) will occur.michael-mTue, 08 Jul 2025 19:42:25 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#b361https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/tkdiff 5.7 does not work with macos tcl-tk (8.5)michael-mTue, 08 Jul 2025 19:36:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=50#e61cApologies for the delay in finalizing the disposition of this Ticket As it turns out, not 24 hours earlier, V5.7 had been released with just such a README disclaimer for the Mac platform; but perhaps not as strongly worded as it should have been. As of V6.0 (strangely enough, again released just yesterday), a far more declarative statement to NOT USE that platforms "included" Tcl/Tk 8.5 offering was provided, with instructions on where to obtain a working replacement. We can only hope that Apple...michael-mTue, 08 Jul 2025 19:36:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/98/?limit=50#e61chttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/208/update of GNU license infomichael-mTue, 08 Jul 2025 19:15:35 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/208/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#7a68/3bffNo worries, this is a beautification fix. ;-) According to https://www.fsf.org/about/contact/ the FSF indeed is no longer located at Temple Place.Andreas MetzlerTue, 08 Jul 2025 16:25:48 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#7a68/3bffhttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/news/2025/07/official-tkdiff-version-60-is-released/Official TkDiff Version 6.0 is releasedmichael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:47:30 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/news/2025/07/official-tkdiff-version-60-is-released/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#7a68Original issue has been addressed via new Release (Version 6.0) Unfortunately the recently appended request arrived too late to be included, and will be addressed shortly, but staged for the NEXT release (whenever that may occur). Small question however - is the former Snail-Mail address INCORRECT or simply no longer en' vogue?michael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:34:35 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#7a68https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/Invalid multibyte or wide char in test file causes crash with tk9.0michael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:26:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/?limit=50#29c5Issue has been addressed via new release (Version 6.0)michael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:26:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/?limit=50#29c5https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/99/Not compatible with tk 9.0michael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:24:12 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/99/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/99/?limit=50#1068Issue has been addressed via new release (Version 6.0)michael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:24:12 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/99/?limit=50#1068https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/news/2025/07/official-tkdiff-version-60-is-released/Official TkDiff Version 6.0 is releasedmichael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:13:41 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/news/2025/07/official-tkdiff-version-60-is-released/https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/tkdiff-6-0.zip/downloadtkdiffMon, 07 Jul 2025 14:11:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/tkdiff-6-0.zip/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/SFreadme.md/downloadtkdiffMon, 07 Jul 2025 14:10:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/SFreadme.md/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/207/reorganized hID scheduling logic for Ratcliff inliningmichael-mMon, 07 Jul 2025 14:00:11 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/207/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#0220Could you please update the FSF address (URL instead of outdated postal one) as per adjusted patch? (LICENSE.txt refreshed from https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt )Andreas MetzlerMon, 07 Jul 2025 12:28:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/?limit=50#0220https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/tkdiff-6-0.zip/downloadtkdiffFri, 04 Jul 2025 20:18:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/tkdiff-6-0.zip/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/206/... misspecifed packing option (+ unrelate tweaks)michael-mFri, 04 Jul 2025 20:15:41 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/206/https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/SFreadme.md/downloadtkdiffFri, 04 Jul 2025 17:40:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/SFreadme.md/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/SFreadme.md/downloadtkdiffFri, 04 Jul 2025 17:28:02 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/SFreadme.md/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/tkdiff-6-0.zip/downloadtkdiffFri, 04 Jul 2025 17:27:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/files/tkdiff/6.0/tkdiff-6-0.zip/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/205/access to topical Help directly from the newDiff Dialogmichael-mFri, 04 Jul 2025 01:16:54 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/205/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/204/prevent L/R mis-alignments of OCCASIONAL Chg hunksmichael-mWed, 02 Jul 2025 00:08:45 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/204/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/203/Primarily to support TclTk 9.0 (and compensate for lost V8.x.x deprecations)michael-mMon, 30 Jun 2025 22:00:41 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/code/203/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/Invalid multibyte or wide char in test file causes crash with tk9.0michael-mSun, 29 Jun 2025 19:22:52 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/?limit=50#3496Sadly, that document fails to describe how things GOT that way, only what one should do once it does. After a great deal of hunting, it was discovered that something called an encoding "profile" was what is NEW in V9.0.x and can now be seen from the 'encoding' and 'fconfigure OR chan configure' commands - yet oddly MISSING from 'open'!! There are 3 provided "profiles": 1. tcl8 2. replace 3. strict for which V9.x chose #3 as the DEFAULT - thus the complaints when a "mixed" encoding occurs. The #2...michael-mSun, 29 Jun 2025 19:22:52 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/101/?limit=50#3496https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/Please update copyright info in README.txtmichael-mSat, 28 Jun 2025 14:54:21 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/tkdiff/bugs/100/