Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference

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ISBN: 9781565924338

ISBN-10: 1565924339

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Edition: 1999

Authors: Paul Raines, Jeff Tranter, Andy Oram

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The Tcl language and Tk graphical toolkit are simple and powerful building blocks for custom applications. The Tcl/Tk combination is increasingly popular because it lets you produce sophisticated graphical interfaces with a few easy commands, develop and change scripts quickly, and conveniently tie together existing utilities or programming libraries. One of the attractive features of Tcl/Tk is the wide variety of commands, many offering a wealth of options. Most of the things you'd like to do have been anticipated by the language's creator, John Ousterhout, or one of the developers of Tcl/Tk's many powerful extensions. Thus, you'll find that a command or option probably exists to provide…

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 462
Size: 6.54" wide x 8.94" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.386

Paul Raines is a physicist and scientific programmer at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center at Stanford University where he is part of a large collaboration studying CP violation (why charge and parity are not conserved in some particle decays). He is a huge advocate of scripting languages and has been using Tcl on various projects since 1992. He is also the coauthor of O'Reilly & Associates' Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell. When he can get away from the lab, Paul enjoys hiking, bridge, and soccer.



Preface



Introduction


What Is Tcl?


Structure of This Book



Tcl Core Commands


Overview


Basic Language Features


Command-Line Options


Environment Variables


Special Variables


Backslash Substitutions


Operators and Math Functions


Regular Expressions


Pattern Globbing


Predefined I/O Channel Identifiers


Group Listing of Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



Tk Core Commands


Example


Command-Line Options


Environment Variable


Special Variables


Group Listing of Tk Commands


Widget Overview


Widget Commands


Utility Commands



The Tcl C Interface


Constants


Data Types


Group Listing of Functions


Alphabetical Summary of Functions



The Tk C Interface


Constants


Data Types


Group Listing of Functions


Alphabetical Summary of Functions



Expect


Overview


Example


Command-Line Options


Environment Variables


Special Variables


Grouped Summary of Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



[incr Tcl]


Basic Class Definition


Special Variables


Group Listing of Commands


Example


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



[incr Tk]


Basic Structure of a Mega-widget


Special Variable


Methods and Variables


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



Tix


Tix Overview


Special Variables


Group Listing of Tix Commands


Tix Mega-widget Overview


Tix Mega-widgets


Tix Standard Widgets Overview


Tix Standard Widgets


Tix Core Commands


Tix Extensions to Tk image Command



TclX


Special Variables


Group Listing of Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



BLT


Environment Variable


Special Variables


Group Listing of Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



Oratcl


Overview


Example


Environment Variables


Special Variables


Group Listing of Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



Sybtcl


Overview


Example


Environment Variables


Special Variables


Group Listing of Commands


Alphabetical Summary of Commands



Tclodbc


Overview


Group Listing of Commands


Summary of Commands



Hints and Tips for the Tcl Programmer


Think Commands, Not Statements


Comments Are Treated as Commands


A Symbolic Gesture


Lists Are Strings, but Not All Strings Are Lists


Indirect References


Executing Other Programs


When Is a Number Not a Number?


Quoting and More Quoting


Write Once, Run Where?


Common Tk Errors


Use the Source, Luke!



Tcl Resources


Index