[Tkinter-discuss] Crash when changing fonts

[Ned Deily]

In article <rowen-AB26B7.11170030102013 at news.gmane.org>,
 "Russell E. Owen" <rowen at uw.edu> wrote:

> In article <rowen-75A55C.12420224102013 at news.gmane.org>,
>  "Russell E. Owen" <rowen at uw.edu> wrote:
> 
> > (approximate copy of message posted to tcl-mac)
> > 
> > I distribute a Mac application based on Tkinter that crashes when a user 
> > updates certain preferences that use the option database, including font 
> > size and some colors. It works OK with Tcl/Tk 8.5.11, but crashes using 
> > 8.5.12, 8.5.12.1, 8.5.13 and 8.1.14.
> > 
> > I was finally able to come up with a simple test case in tcl (appended). 
> > I opened a ticket at the Tk bug reporter, but I figured I'd also post 
> > here, just to spread the word.
> 
> (...see previous posting for code).
> 
> I just wanted to say that ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5.15 still has this bug. 
> (Does anyone know if 8.5.15 contains the fix for Mavericks?).

AFAIK, the current A/S 8.5.15.0 does not contain the fix.  I believe an update 
is on its way.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org