Re: Are multiple mainwindows possible?

On Sep 2, 2009, at 17:00 , Michael Carman wrote:

> Konovalov, Vadim (Vadim)** CTR ** wrote:
>> From: Michael Carman [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Tkx doesn't expose the interpreter directly but you can use it via
>>> Tkx::eval().
>>
>> I do not see "eval" in "perldoc Tkx" - is it also going to be away?
>
> Technically, I think it's covered here:
>
>  Tkx::foo( @args )
>      Any other function will invoke the foo Tcl function with
>      the given arguments.
>
> So Tkx::eval() is really calling Tcl's eval. That said, I think the  
> Tkx
> documentation should mention it directly. I didn't know about it  
> until I
> submitted an enhancement request to Tkx's RT queue to make the
> interpreter visible and Gisle rejected it with a recommendation to use
> Tkx::eval() instead.

I'm not sure what makes 'eval' special enough to list it explicitly in  
the docs.  There are so many of those[1] commands that might be useful  
from Perl.  I use stuff like Tkx::list(), Tkx::open(),  
Tkx::fileevent(), Tkx::gets(), Tkx::set(), Tkx::after(),  
Tkx::package_require() a lot in my Tkx programs.  They are all very  
useful and powerful.

There might be a place in the Tkx tutorial to talk about these in  
detail.

--Gisle


[1] http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/contents.htm