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A book/disk tutorial covering Tcl and Tk fundamentals, strings and pattern matching, reflection and debugging, using X resources, widgets, C programming, and Tcl extension packages. The accompanying disk contains Tcl code examples in UNIX tar format. For X Windows programmers, students of user interfaces, and Tcl/Tk users at all levels. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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The Tcl scripting language and Tk X Windows toolkit offer a quick, powerful new way to build Motif-like graphical applications without Motif's complexity. Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk is a comprehensive, hands-on tutorial for both Tcl and Tk.Leading Tcl/Tk expert Brent B. Welch, author of the popular Tcl-based exmh mail interface, presents new strategies for using the Tcl language and Tk toolkit more effectively, and tips for avoiding problems. Welch covers the latest versions, Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0, and includes tips about updating from earlier versions.Welch demonstrates Tk's flexibility, and explains the use of X resources in detail. He also presents a sample graphical preferences package that allows an application to control its implementation in ways that are easy for programs to manage and for users to work with.
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