Tk_SetAppName(3Tk)Tk_SetAppName(3Tk)NAMETk_SetAppName - Set the name of an application for ``send'' commands
SYNOPSIS
#include <tk.h>
char *
Tk_SetAppName(tkwin, name)
ARGUMENTS
Tk_Window tkwin (in) Token for window in application. Used
only to select a particular application.
char *name (in) Name under which to register the
application.
DESCRIPTIONTk_SetAppName associates a name with a given application and records that
association on the display containing with the application's main window.
After this procedure has been invoked, other applications on the display
will be able to use the send command to invoke operations in the
application. If name is already in use by some other application on the
display, then a new name will be generated by appending `` #2'' to name;
if this name is also in use, the number will be incremented until an
unused name is found. The return value from the procedure is a pointer
to the name actually used.
If the application already has a name when Tk_SetAppName is called, then
the new name replaces the old name.
Tk_SetAppName also adds a send command to the application's interpreter,
which can be used to send commands from this application to others on any
of the displays where the application has windows.
The application's name registration persists until the interpreter is
deleted or the send command is deleted from interp, at which point the
name is automatically unregistered and the application becomes
inaccessible via send. The application can be made accessible again by
calling Tk_SetAppName.
Tk_SetAppName is called automatically by Tk_CreateMainWindow, so
applications don't normally need to call it explicitly.
The command tk appname provides Tcl-level access to the functionality of
Tk_SetAppName.
KEYWORDS
application, name, register, send command
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