Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell

By Paul Raines, Jeff Tranter
First Edition March 1999 
Pages: 455 (More details)
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The Tcl language and Tk graphical toolkit are powerful building blocks for custom applications. This quick reference briefly describes every command and option in the core Tcl/Tk distribution, as well as the most popular extensions. Keep it on your desk as you write scripts, and you'll be able to quickly find the particular option you need.
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The Tcl language and Tk graphical toolkit are simple and powerful building blocks for custom applications. The Tcl/Tk combination is increasingly popular because it lets you produce sophisticated graphical interfaces with a few easy commands, develop and change scripts quickly, and conveniently tie together existing utilities or programming libraries. One of the attractive features of Tcl/Tk is the wide variety of commands, many offering a wealth of options. Most of the things you'd like to do have been anticipated by the language's creator, John Ousterhout, or one of the developers of Tcl/Tk's many powerful extensions. Thus, you'll find that a command or option probably exists to provide just what you need. And that's why it's valuable to have a quick reference that briefly describes every command and option in the core Tcl/Tk distribution as well as the most popular extensions. Keep this book on your desk as you write scripts, and you'll be able to find almost instantly the particular option you need. Most chapters consist of alphabetical listings. Since Tk and mega-widget packages break down commands by widget, the chapters on these topics are organized by widget along with a section of core commands where appropriate. Contents include:
  • Core Tcl and Tk commands and Tk widgets
  • C interface (prototypes)
  • Expect
  • [incr Tcl] and [incr Tk]
  • Tix
  • TclX
  • BLT
  • Oratcl, SybTcl, and Tclodbc
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Title: Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell
First Edition: March 1999
Series: In a Nutshell
ISBN: 1-56592-433-9
Pages: 455
Average Customer Reviews: starstarstarstarstar (Based on 1 Reviews)

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2003-08-27 05:36:37  Larry W. Virden [Reply | View]
This book provides the useful function of gathering into one resource the basic useage information of tcl, tk, expect, incr tcl and tk, tix, tclx, blt, oratcl, sybtcl and tclodbc.

Hopefully O'Reilly will forward and update this edition, which is now four years old.

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"'TCL/TK In An Nutshell' has much information that can't be covered adequately in a book review, which can only show the depth of the resource as well as the strength of the products it covers. For anyone in the field of data management or GUI development, 'TclL/TK in a Nutshell' should become a valuable and familiar friend."
--Tim Perkins, Write.net online

"This is an excellent desktop reference for an extensible scripting and graphics toolkit."
--fatbrain.com

"This book is another of the excellent 'In a Nutshell' series and follows the same style. It is intended to be a reference book that you 'dip into' rather than one you read from cover to cover...Overall, I think this is a very useful reference book for anyone who is writing Tcl/Tk programs."
--Alyn Scott, C Vu , Sep 2000


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