| 1 | WHAT: Enhanced Tk Console for all Tk platforms |
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| 3 | WHERE: http://tkcon.sourceforge.net/ |
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| 4 | http://www.purl.org/net/hobbs/tcl/script/ |
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| 6 | REQUIREMENTS: Tcl/Tk 8.0+ |
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| 7 | Tested through Tcl/Tk 8.4. |
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| 8 | tkcon is all Tcl/Tk code, no compiling required |
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| 10 | tkcon is a replacement for the standard console that comes with Tk (on |
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| 11 | Windows/Mac, but also works on Unix). tkcon provides many more features |
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| 12 | than the standard console and works on all platforms where Tcl/Tk is |
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| 13 | available. It is meant primarily to aid one when working with the little |
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| 14 | details inside tcl and tk and to give Unix users the GUI console provided |
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| 15 | by default in the Mac and Windows Tk. |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | FEATURES: |
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| 18 | Command history |
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| 19 | Path (Unix style) / Proc / Variable name expansion |
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| 20 | Multiple consoles, each with its own state (via multiple interpreters) |
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| 21 | Captures stdout and stderr to console window (puts overridden) |
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| 22 | Hot errors (click on error result to see stack trace) |
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| 23 | Electric character matching (a la emacs) |
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| 24 | Electric proc highlighting |
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| 25 | Enhanced history searching |
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| 26 | Configurable |
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| 27 | Cut / Copy / Paste between windows (interoperates with native platform) |
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| 28 | Communication between consoles and other Tk interpreters |
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| 29 | (including non-tcl ones) |
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| 30 | Works on all Tk platforms |
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| 32 | CONTACT: Jeffrey Hobbs, jeff.hobbs at acm.org or jeff at hobbs.org |
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| 34 | GETTING STARTED: |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | tkcon is a single drop-in file. On Windows, I place this on the desktop |
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| 37 | and double-click on it instead of wish/tclsh. On Unix, I place it in a |
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| 38 | directory on my path and run this instead of wish. I don't have a Mac... |
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| 40 | Documentation can be reading by starting with index.html in the docs/ |
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| 41 | subdirectory. Happying Tcl'ing! |
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