Tix bug 2643483

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BPO	12690
Nosy	@loewis, @terryjreedy, @ned-deily

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GitHub fields: ```python assignee = None closed_at = created_at = labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid', 'OS-windows'] title = 'Tix bug 2643483' updated_at = user = 'https://bugs.python.org/GaryLevin' ``` bugs.python.org fields: ```python activity = actor = 'terry.reedy' assignee = 'none' closed = True closed_date = closer = 'terry.reedy' components = ['Windows'] creation = creator = 'Gary.Levin' dependencies = [] files = [] hgrepos = [] issue_num = 12690 keywords = [] message_count = 6.0 messages = ['141622', '141623', '141631', '141682', '141685', '191222'] nosy_count = 4.0 nosy_names = ['loewis', 'terry.reedy', 'ned.deily', 'Gary.Levin'] pr_nums = [] priority = 'normal' resolution = 'not a bug' stage = None status = 'closed' superseder = None type = 'behavior' url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue12690' versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3'] ```

[e953caa0-87dc-4f99-9847-4d28490aa9e2]

A bug from Tkinter is present in the current release.

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2643483&group_id=5649&atid=105649

8tixFileEntry:OpenFile dialogtype tk_chooseDirectory only opens once.

There is a bug fix in the code. I tried it in my copy and it does fix the problem. Perhaps it can be propagated in Python 3 releases. Or push for tkinter to update their copy.

[ned-deily]

I think you are confusing the Tix widget set, an independent Tk-based project, with Tkinter, the Python interface to Tk, which is part of Python. The problem you linked to appears to be a Tix issue. That code is not part of Python. It needs to be addressed by the Tix project.

[ned-deily]

Ah, I see now that the question is actually about the python.org Windows installers which, as a service to the user, pull in the external source of Tix during the build. (Tix is not included in the Python source distribution nor with the Mac OS X installers.) Martin, any interest in adding a Tix patch to the installer build?

[terryjreedy]

Gary, did you mean that there is a fix in the Tix bug report? (the addition of '-'?) If so, what has it not been applied to the Tix repository? Is it still active? Once changed there, the change should be propagated to the Python distribution.

[e953caa0-87dc-4f99-9847-4d28490aa9e2]

Terry, I am just a new casual user.

The fix described in the Tix report (adding the '-') fixed the problem for me. But the report (2009-02-26) is after the most recent Tix build (8.4.3 2008-03-17). I don't know if it was ever added to the repository.

Is Tix still being supported? No, the last CVS change was FileEnt.tcl revision 1.7 by hobbs, Sun Mar 28 02:44:57 2004. Looks pretty dead to me.

If not, a good reason for me to skip Tix and use tkinter and ttk. There have been recent commits (last commit on 2011-06-30).

[terryjreedy]

I do not think there is any pydev interest in separately patching tix, any more than we patch tk itself.