Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition)
Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition)
ISBN: 0130385603
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1999
Pages: 478
Pages: 478
Authors: Brent Welch, Ken Jones
- Practical Programming in Tcl Tk, Third Edition
- Table of Content
- Copyright
- List of Examples
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Why Tcl?
- Tcl and Tk Versions
- Who Should Read This Book
- How to Read This Book
- Other Tcl Books
- On-line Examples
- Ftp Archives
- World Wide Web
- Newsgroups
- Typographic Conventions
- Hot Tips
- Book Organization
- What s New in the Third Edition
- First Edition Thanks
- Second Edition Thanks
- Third Edition Thanks
- Contact the Author
- Part I: Tcl Basics
- Chapter 1. Tcl Fundamentals
- Tcl Commands
- Hello, World
- Variables
- Command Substitution
- Math Expressions
- Backslash Substitution
- Grouping with Braces and Double Quotes
- Procedures
- A Factorial Example
- More about Variables
- More about Math Expressions
- Comments
- Substitution and Grouping Summary
- Fine Points
- Reference
- Chapter 2. Getting Started
- The source Command
- UNIX Tcl Scripts
- Windows 95 Start Menu
- The Macintosh and ResEdit
- The console Command
- Command-Line Arguments
- Predefined Variables
- Chapter 3. The Guestbook CGI Application
- A Quick Introduction to HTML
- CGI for Dynamic Pages
- The guestbook.cgi Script
- Defining Forms and Processing Form Data
- The cgi.tcl Package
- Next Steps
- Chapter 4. String Processing in Tcl
- The string Command
- The append Command
- The format Command
- The scan Command
- The binary Command
- Related Chapters
- Chapter 5. Tcl Lists
- Tcl Lists
- Constructing Lists
- Getting List Elements: llength, lindex, and lrange
- Modifying Lists: linsert and lreplace
- Searching Lists: lsearch
- Sorting Lists: lsort
- The split Command
- The join Command
- Related Chapters
- Chapter 6. Control Structure Commands
- If Then Else
- Switch
- While
- Foreach
- For
- Break and Continue
- Catch
- Error
- Return
- Chapter 7. Procedures and Scope
- The proc Command
- Changing Command Names with rename
- Scope
- The global Command
- Call by Name Using upvar
- Variable Aliases with upvar
- Chapter 8. Tcl Arrays
- Array Syntax
- The array Command
- Building Data Structures with Arrays
- Chapter 9. Working with Files and Programs
- Running Programs with exec
- The file Command
- Cross-Platform File Naming
- Manipulating Files and Directories
- File Attributes
- InputOutput Command Summary
- Opening Files for IO
- Reading and Writing
- The Current Directory ?cd and pwd
- Matching File Names with glob
- The exit and pid Commands
- Environment Variables
- The registry Command
- Part II: Advanced Tcl
- Chapter 10. Quoting Issues and Eval
- Constructing Code with the list Command
- Exploiting the concat inside eval
- The uplevel Command
- The subst Command
- Chapter 11. Regular Expressions
- When to Use Regular Expressions
- Regular Expression Syntax
- Advanced Regular Expressions
- Syntax Summary
- The regexp Command
- The regsub Command
- Transforming Data to Program with regsub
- Other Commands That Use Regular Expressions
- Chapter 12. Script Libraries and Packages
- Locating Packages: The auto_path Variable
- Using Packages
- Summary of Package Loading
- The package Command
- Libraries Based on the tclIndex File
- The unknown Command
- Interactive Conveniences
- Tcl Shell Library Environment
- Coding Style
- Chapter 13. Reflection and Debugging
- The clock Command
- The info Command
- Cross-Platform Support
- Tracing Variable Values
- Interactive Command History
- Debugging
- Scriptics TclPro
- Other Tools
- Performance Tuning
- Chapter 14. Namespaces
- Using Namespaces
- Namespace Variables
- Command Lookup
- Nested Namespaces
- Importing and Exporting Procedures
- Callbacks and Namespaces
- Introspection
- The namespace Command
- Converting Existing Packages to use Namespaces
- incr Tcl Object System
- Notes
- Chapter 15. Internationalization
- Character Sets and Encodings
- Message Catalogs
- Chapter 16. Event-Driven Programming
- The Tcl Event Loop
- The after Command
- The fileevent Command
- The vwait Command
- The fconfigure Command
- Chapter 17. Socket Programming
- Client Sockets
- Server Sockets
- The Echo Service
- Fetching a URL with HTTP
- The http Package
- Basic Authentication
- Chapter 18. TclHttpd Web Server
- Integrating TclHttpd with your Application
- Domain Handlers
- Application Direct URLs
- Document Types
- HTML Tcl Templates
- Form Handlers
- Programming Reference
- Standard Application-Direct URLs
- The TclHttpd Distribution
- Server Configuration
- Chapter 19. Multiple Interpreters and Safe-Tcl
- The interp Command
- Creating Interpreters
- Safe Interpreters
- Command Aliases
- Hidden Commands
- Substitutions
- IO from Safe Interpreters
- The Safe Base
- Security Policies
- Chapter 20. Safe-Tk and the Browser Plugin
- Tk in Child Interpreters
- The Browser Plugin
- Security Policies and Browser Plugin
- Configuring Security Policies
- Part III: Tk Basics
- Chapter 21. Tk Fundamentals
- Hello, World in Tk
- Naming Tk Widgets
- Configuring Tk Widgets
- Tk Widget Attributes and the Resource Database
- Summary of the Tk Commands
- Chapter 22. Tk by Example
- ExecLog
- The Example Browser
- A Tcl Shell
- Chapter 23. The Pack Geometry Manager
- Packing toward a Side
- Horizontal and Vertical Stacking
- The Cavity Model
- Packing Space and Display Space
- Resizing and -expand
- Anchoring
- Packing Order
- Choosing the Parent for Packing
- Unpacking a Widget
- Packer Summary
- Window Stacking Order
- Chapter 24. The Grid Geometry Manager
- A Basic Grid
- Spanning Rows and Columns
- Row and Column Constraints
- The grid Command
- Chapter 25. The Place Geometry Managery
- place Basics
- The Pane Manager
- The place Command
- Chapter 26. Binding Commands to Events
- The bind Command
- The bindtags Command
- Event Syntax
- Modifiers
- Event Sequences
- Virtual Events
- Event Keywords
- Part IV: Tk Widgets
- Chapter 27. Buttons and Menus
- Button Commands and Scope Issues
- Buttons Associated with Tcl Variables
- Button Attributes
- Button Operations
- Menus and Menubuttons
- Keyboard Traversal
- Manipulating Menus and Menu Entries
- Menu Attributes
- A Menu by Name Package
- Chapter 28. The Resource Database
- An Introduction to Resources
- Loading Option Database Files
- Adding Individual Database Entries
- Accessing the Database
- User-Defined Buttons
- User-Defined Menus
- Chapter 29. Simple Tk Widgets
- Frames and Toplevel Windows
- The Label Widget
- The Message Widget
- The Scale Widget
- The bell Command
- Chapter 30. Scrollbars
- Using Scrollbars
- The Scrollbar Protocol
- The Scrollbar Widget
- Chapter 31. The Entry Widget
- Using Entry Widgets
- The Entry Widget
- Chapter 32. The Listbox Widget
- Using Listboxes
- Listbox Bindings
- Listbox Attributes
- Chapter 33. The Text Widget
- Text Indices
- Text Marks
- Text Tags
- The Selection
- Tag Bindings
- Searching Text
- Embedded Widgets
- Embedded Images
- Looking inside the Text Widget
- Text Bindings
- Text Operations
- Text Attributes
- Chapter 34. The Canvas Widget
- Canvas Coordinates
- Hello, World
- The Min Max Scale Example
- Canvas Objects
- Canvas Operations
- Generating Postscript
- Canvas Attributes
- Hints
- Part V: Tk Details
- Chapter 35. Selections and the Clipboard
- The Selection Model
- The selection Command
- The clipboard Command
- Selection Handlers
- Chapter 36. Focus, Grabs, and Dialogs
- Standard Dialogs
- Custom Dialogs
- Animation with the update Command
- Chapter 37. Tk Widget Attributes
- Configuring Attributes
- Size
- Borders and Relief
- The Focus Highlight
- Padding and Anchors
- Chapter 38. Color, Images, and Cursors
- Colors
- Colormaps and Visuals
- Bitmaps and Images
- The Text Insert Cursor
- The Mouse Cursor
- Chapter 39. Fonts and Text Attributes
- Naming a Font
- X Font Names
- Font Metrics
- The font Command
- Text Attributes
- Gridding, Resizing, and Geometry
- A Font Selection Application
- Chapter 40. Send
- The send Command
- The Sender Script
- Communicating Processes
- Remote eval through Sockets
- Chapter 41. Window Managers and Window Information
- The wm Command
- The winfo Command
- The tk Command
- Chapter 42. Managing User Preferences
- App-Defaults Files
- Defining Preferences
- The Preferences User Interface
- Managing the Preferences File
- Tracing Changes to Preference Variables
- Improving the Package
- Chapter 43. A User Interface to Bindings
- A Pair of Listboxes Working Together
- The Editing Interface
- Saving and Loading Bindings
- Part VI: C Programming
- Chapter 44. C Programming and Tcl
- Basic Concepts
- Creating a Loadable Package
- A C Command Procedure
- The blob Command Example
- Strings and Internationalization
- Tcl_Main and Tcl_AppInit
- The Event Loop
- Invoking Scripts from C
- Chapter 45. Compiling Tcl and Extensions
- Standard Directory Structure
- Building Tcl from Source
- Using Stub Libraries
- Using autoconf
- The Sample Extension
- Chapter 46. Writing a Tk Widget in C
- Initializing the Extension
- The Widget Data Structure
- The Widget Class Command
- The Widget Instance Command
- Configuring and Reconfiguring Attributes
- Specifying Widget Attributes
- Displaying the Clock
- The Window Event Procedure
- Final Cleanup
- Chapter 47. C Library Overview
- An Overview of the Tcl C Library
- An Overview of the Tk C Library
- Part VII: Changes
- Chapter 48. Tcl 7.4Tk 4.0
- wish
- Obsolete Features
- The cget Operation
- Input Focus Highlight
- Bindings
- Scrollbar Interface
- pack info
- Focus
- The send Command
- Internal Button Padding
- Radiobutton Value
- Entry Widget
- Menus
- Listboxes
- No geometry Attribute
- Text Widget
- Color Attributes
- Color Allocation and tk colormodel
- Canvas scrollincrement
- The Selection
- The bell Command
- Chapter 49. Tcl 7.5Tk 4.1
- Cross-Platform Scripts
- The clock Command
- The load Command
- The package Command
- Multiple foreach loop variables
- Event Loop Moves from Tk to Tcl
- Network Sockets
- Multiple Interpreters and Safe-Tcl
- The grid Geometry Manager
- The Text Widget
- The Entry Widget
- Chapter 50. Tcl 7.6Tk 4.2
- More file Operations
- Virtual Events
- Standard Dialogs
- New grid Geometry Manager
- Macintosh unsupported1 Command
- Chapter 51. TclTk 8.0
- The Tcl Compiler
- Namespaces
- Safe-Tcl
- New lsort
- tcl_precision Variable
- Year 2000 Convention
- Http Package
- Serial Line IO
- Platform-Independent Fonts
- The tk scaling Command
- Application Embedding
- Native Menus and Menubars
- CDE Border Width
- Native Buttons and Scrollbars
- Images in Text Widgets
- No Errors from destroy
- grid rowconfigure
- The Patch Releases
- Chapter 52. TclTk 8.1
- Unicode and Internationalization
- Thread Safety
- Advanced Regular Expressions
- New String Commands
- The DDE Extension
- Miscellaneous
- Chapter 53. TclTk 8.2
- The Trf Patch
- Faster String Operations
- Empty Array Names
- Brower Plugin Compatiblity
- Chapter 54. TclTk 8.3
- Proposed Tcl Changes
- Proposed Tk Changes
- Chapter 55. About The CD-ROM
- Technical Support
- Index
- SYMBOL
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- Copyright
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- SYMBOL
- L
- M
- N
- A Quick Introduction to HTML
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Index
- X
- Y
Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition)
ISBN: 0130385603
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1999
Pages: 478
Pages: 478
Authors: Brent Welch, Ken Jones