NAME

       tkcon - Controlling TkCon console

SYNOPSIS

       tkcon attach interpreter

       tkcon buffer ?size?

       tkcon bgerror ?msg errorInfo?

       tkcon close or tkcon destroy

       tkcon congets

       tkcon console args

       tkcon error

       tkcon find string ?-case TCL_BOOLEAN -regexp TCL_BOOLEAN?

       tkcon font ?fontname?

       tkcon gets

       tkcon getcommand

       tkcon hide

       tkcon history ?-newline?

       tkcon iconify

       tkcon linelength ?value?

       tkcon load filename

       tkcon main ?arg arg ...?

       tkcon master args

       tkcon new

       tkcon resultfilter ?command?

       tkcon save ?filename ?type??

       tkcon set var ?value?

       tkcon append var ?value?

       tkcon lappend var ?value?

       tkcon show or tkcon deiconify

       tkcon slave ?slavename ?arg arg ...??

       tkcon title ?title?

       tkcon version

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DESCRIPTION

       This provides lots of useful control over a console:

       tkcon attach interpreter
              Attaches  tkcon  to  the  named  interpreter.  The name must be that returned by [tk appname] or a
              valid path to a slave interpreter.  It's best to use this via the Console->Attach Console menu.

       tkcon buffer ?size?
              Sets or queries the allowed size of the console text  widget  in  lines.   The  text  widget  will
              automatically  delete  leading  lines once this number has been exceeded (read: this is the scroll
              buffer size).

       tkcon bgerror ?msg errorInfo?
              Does bgerror stuff in the tkcon master interpreter.

       tkcon close or tkcon destroy
              Destroys this tkcon widget.

       tkcon congets
              Behaves like the traditional Tcl gets, but instead of using  stdin,  it  uses  the  tkcon  console
              window.   By  default,  tkcon  replaces the standard gets with this command.  This behavior can be
              controlled by altering the ::tkcon::OPT(gets) parameter at startup.  This  should  not  be  called
              directly  -  instead  rely  on  the  overloaded  gets,  which has support for the optional varName
              parameter.

       tkcon console args
              Passes the args to the tkcon text widget (the console).

       tkcon error
              Pops up a dialog that gives the user a full trace of the last error received in the tkcon console.

       tkcon find string ?-case TCL_BOOLEAN -regexp TCL_BOOLEAN?
              Highlights all instances of string in the console.  If the string is empty, it clears any previous
              highlighting.

       tkcon font ?fontname?
              Sets or returns the font used by tkcon text widgets.

       tkcon gets
              Behaves like the traditional Tcl gets, but instead of needing stdin, it pops a dialog box  up  for
              the user.  The overloaded gets has support for the optional varName parameter.

       tkcon getcommand
              A variation of the congets method that requires a full command to be input before returning.

       tkcon hide
              Withdraw the tkcon display from the screen (make sure you have a way to get it back).

       tkcon history ?-newline?
              Displays  the  tkcon  history  in  sourceable  form.   If -newline is specified, it separates each
              command by an extra newline.

       tkcon iconify
              Iconifies the tkcon display.

       tkcon linelength ?value?
              Sets or displays the number that specifies the limit of long result lines.  True result  is  still
              captured in $_ (and 'puts $_' works).

       tkcon load filename
              Sources  named  file into the slave interpreter.  If no filename is given, it will attempt to call
              tk_getOpenFile to pop up the file select box.

       tkcon main ?arg arg ...?
              Passes the args to the main tkcon interpreter to be evaluated and returns the result.

       tkcon master args
              Passes the args to the master interpreter to be evaluated and returns the result.

       tkcon new
              Creates a new tkcon widget.

       tkcon resultfilter ?command?
              Specify a command to process the results before outputting it to the console window.  The  command
              receives one argument (the result string) and the string returned is placed in the console.

       tkcon save ?filename ?type??
              Saves  the console buffer to the given filename.  If no filename is given, it will attempt to call
              tk_getSaveFile to pop up the file select box.  If no type is given,  a  dialog  will  ask  you  to
              specify what portion of the text you want to save.

       tkcon set var ?value?
              Queries or sets a master interpreter variable.

       tkcon append var ?value?
              Like set, but uses append on the variable.

       tkcon lappend var ?value?
              Like set, but uses lappend on the variable.

       tkcon show or tkcon deiconify
              Redisplays tkcon on the screen.

       tkcon slave ?slavename ?arg arg ...??
              If  called  with  no  args, it returns the name of all the tkcon interpreters.  Otherwise given an
              interp name it passes the args to the named interpreter to be evaluated and  returns  the  result.
              If no args are passed, then it returns the [tk appname] of that interpreter.

       tkcon title ?title?
              Sets or returns the title for tkcon.

       tkcon version
              Returns of version of tkcon.

SEE ALSO

       dump(3tk), observe(3tk), tkcon(1), tkcon(3tk), tkconrc(5)

KEYWORDS

       Tk, console, debug

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) Jeffrey Hobbs <jeff at hobbs.org>

TkCon                                                  2.5                                            tkcon(3tk)