wish(1) Tix (4.0) wish(1)
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NAME
tixwish - Windowing shell for interpreting Tix commands.
SYNOPSIS
tixwish ?fileName arg arg ...?
OPTIONS
-display display Display (and screen) on which to display
window.
-geometry geometry Initial geometry to use for window. If
this option is specified, its value is
stored in the geometry global variable
of the application's Tcl interpreter.
-name name Use name as the title to be displayed in
the window, and as the name of the
interpreter for send commands.
-sync Execute all X server commands
synchronously, so that errors are
reported immediately. This will result
in much slower execution, but it is
useful for debugging.
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DESCRIPTION
Tixwish is a simple program consisting of the Tcl command
language, the Tk toolkit, and a main program that reads
commands from standard input or from a file. It creates a
main window and then processes Tcl commands. If tixwish is
invoked with no arguments, or with a first argument that
starts with ``-'', then it reads Tcl commands interactively
from standard input. It will continue processing commands
until all windows have been deleted or until end-of-file is
reached on standard input. If there exists a file
.tixwishrc in the home directory of the user, tixwish
evaluates the file as a Tcl script just before reading the
first command from standard input.
If tixwish is invoked with an initial fileName argument,
then fileName is treated as the name of a script file.
Tixwish will evaluate the script in fileName (which
presumably creates a user interface), then it will respond
to events until all windows have been deleted. Commands
will not be read from standard input. There is no automatic
evaluation of .tixwishrc in this case, but the script file
can always source it if desired.
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OPTIONS
Tixwish automatically processes all of the command-line
options described in the OPTIONS summary above. Any other
command-line arguments besides these are passed through to
the application using the argc and argv variables described
later.
APPLICATION NAME AND CLASS
The name of the application, which is used for purposes such |
as send commands, is taken from the -name option, if it is |
specified; otherwise it is taken from fileName, if it is |
specified, or from the command name by which tixwish was |
invoked. In the last two cases, if the name contains a |
``/'' character, then only the characters after the last |
slash are used as the application name. |
The class of the application, which is used for purposes |
such as specifying options with a RESOURCE_MANAGER property |
or .Xdefaults file, is the same as its name except that the |
first letter is capitalized.
VARIABLES
Tixwish sets the following Tcl variables:
argc Contains a count of the number of arg
arguments (0 if none), not including the
options described above.
argv Contains a Tcl list whose elements are the
arg arguments (not including the options
described above), in order, or an empty
string if there are no arg arguments.
argv0 Contains fileName if it was specified.
Otherwise, contains the name by which tixwish
was invoked.
geometry If the -geometry option is specified, tixwish
copies its value into this variable. If the
variable still exists after fileName has been
evaluated, tixwish uses the value of the
variable in a wm geometry command to set the
main window's geometry.
tcl_interactive
Contains 1 if tixwish is reading commands
interactively (fileName was not specified and
standard input is a terminal-like device), 0
otherwise.
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X RESOURCES
Tixwish makes use of several X Resources to determine the
Toolkit Options for the Tix library. These X resources must
be set using RESOURCE_MANAGER properties or .Xdefaults files
before tixwish starts running. These resources must be
associated with the main window of the tixwish application.
These options include:
Name: tixScheme
Class: TixScheme
Specifies the color scheme to use for the Tix
application. Currently only these schemes are
supported: Blue, Gray, SGIGray, TixGray, and TK.
Name: tixFontSet
Class: TixFontSet
Specifies the FontSet to use for the Tix application. A
FontSet designates the fonts to use for different types
of widgets. Currently only these FontSets are
supported: 12Point, 14Point and TK.
For example, you may put these two lines in your .Xdefaults
file
*tixwish.tixScheme: Gray
*tixwish.tixFontSet: 12Point
SCRIPT FILES
If you create a Tcl script in a file whose first line is
#!/usr/local/bin/tixwish
then you can invoke the script file directly from your shell
if you mark it as executable. This assumes that tixwish has
been installed in the default location in /usr/local/bin; if
it's installed somewhere else then you'll have to modify the
above line to match. Many UNIX systems do not allow the #!
line to exceed about 30 characters in length, so be sure
that the tixwish executable can be accessed with a short
file name.
PROMPTS
When tixwish is invoked interactively it normally prompts
for each command with ``% ''. You can change the prompt by
setting the variables tcl_prompt1 and tcl_prompt2. If
variable tcl_prompt1 exists then it must consist of a Tcl
script to output a prompt; instead of outputting a prompt
tixwish will evaluate the script in tcl_prompt1. The
variable tcl_prompt2 is used in a similar way when a newline
is typed but the current command isn't yet complete; if
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tcl_prompt2 isn't set then no prompt is output for
incomplete commands.
KEYWORDS
shell, wish, Tk, toolkit
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