Re: ttk error when starting git gui

> On 3/30/17 1:01 PM, David Shrader wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I get the following error when trying to start git gui:
>>
>> Error in startup script: wrong # args: should be "ttk::style theme use
>> theme"
>>      while executing
>> "ttk::style theme use"
>>      (procedure "ttext" line 4)
>>      invoked from within
>> "ttext $ui_workdir -background white -foreground black \
>>          -borderwidth 0 \
>>          -width 20 -height 10 \
>>          -wrap none \
>>          -takefocus 1 -highlightthickness 1\
>>          ..."
>>      (file
>> "/home/dshrader/opt/toss2/common/git/2.12.2/libexec/git-core/git-gui"
>> line 3190)
>>
>> I get this error with the latest released version 2.12.2. Two older git
>> versions are also available on this system, and neither has this issue.
>> Those older versions are 1.7.1 and 2.3.3. I don't see a call to ttext in
>> those corresponding git-gui executables, so that is probably why they work.
>>
>> Here are the steps to reproduce:
>>
>> 1) cd to existing git repository
>> 2) run 'git gui' (no gui comes up, and the error is printed in the
>> terminal)
>>
>> I'm running on a RHEL6 based system. Do I have an insufficient version
>> of whatever git gui uses for graphics in the later versions of git? When
>> I try 2.12.2 on my personal workstation running Fedora 25, I don't see
>> the same issue.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your time,
>> David
>>
>
> It looks like the git gui needs TCL/TK 8.6.0 or higher. Since that
> version the command 'ttk::style theme use' has been changed, which
> allows the command to be run without an argument and then returning the
> current theme used.
> I believe RHEL6 use Tk-8.5.7 but I can't be 100% sure.
>