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tk(2)

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TKCMD(1)

NAME

tkcmd − enter Tk commands interactively

SYNOPSIS

tkcmd [ -iu ] [ tkarg ]

DESCRIPTION

Tkcmd allows interactive entry of Tk commands; it is useful for testing out features of Tk prior to incorporating them in a Limbo program. It accepts two arguments:

-i Force interactive mode. In interactive mode (the default if the standard input is directed at /dev/cons), a prompt is printed before every tk command entered. 

-u Suppress the automatic tk update command after every entered command. 

When tkcmd is started, a new top level window is created; tkcmd creates a titlebar and handles all the normal window window manager interactions.  When the window is closed, tkcmd terminates.  Each line typed to tkcmd is passed directly to the function Tk->cmd (see tk(2)) and executed in the context of the top level window; a Tk “update” command is then issued. Any return value from the command is printed. There is one predefined Tk channel, named “stdout”; anything sent down this channel will be printed to the standard output.

SOURCE

/appl/cmd/tkcmd.b

SEE ALSO

tk(2), intro(9), sh-tk(1)

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