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| 43 | <H3>Purpose:</H3> |
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| 45 | tkcon is a replacement for the standard console that comes with Tk (on |
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| 46 | Windows/Mac, but also works on Unix). The console itself provides |
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| 47 | <i>many</i> more features than the standard console. tkcon works on all |
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| 48 | platforms where Tcl/Tk is available. It is meant primarily to aid one when |
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| 49 | working with the little details inside tcl and tk, giving Unix users the GUI |
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| 50 | console provided by default in the Mac and Windows Tk. It's also not a bad |
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| 51 | replacement for the default MS-DOS shell (although it needs lots of fine |
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| 52 | tuning). |
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| 53 | <P> |
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| 54 | See <A HREF="limits.html">Limitations</A> for a good idea of what |
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| 55 | tkcon <B>can't</B> do for you. |
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| 57 | <H3>Features:</H3> |
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| 59 | Just in case you don't run across them while playing, here are some of the |
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| 60 | extras in tkcon: |
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| 62 | <LI> Command history |
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| 63 | <LI> Path (Unix style) / Proc / Variable name expansion |
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| 64 | <LI> Multiple consoles, each with its own state (via multiple interpreters) |
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| 65 | <LI> Captures <CODE>stdout</CODE> and <CODE>stderr</CODE> to console window |
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| 66 | <LI> Electric character matching (a la emacs) |
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| 67 | <LI> Electric proc highlighting |
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| 68 | <LI> Enhanced history searching |
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| 69 | <LI> Configurable |
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| 70 | <LI> Cut / Copy / Paste between windows |
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| 71 | <LI> Communication between consoles and other Tk interpreters (including |
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| 72 | non-tcl ones) |
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| 73 | <LI> Hot Errors (click on error result to see stack trace) |
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| 74 | <LI> Works on all Tk platforms |
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| 75 | </UL> |
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| 77 | Read the <A HREF="index.html">documentation</A> for how to take advantage |
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| 78 | of these features. |
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| 83 | <ADDRESS><FONT SIZE=2>© |
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| 84 | <A HREF="mailto:jeff.hobbs@acm.org">Jeffrey Hobbs</A></FONT></ADDRESS> |
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