Tcl/Tk

Chapter 1: Tcl/Tk Features

• • 1.1 Tcl Overview
• • 1.2 Tcl As a Glue Language
• • 1.3 Tcl As a General-Purpose Interpreter
• • 1.4 Tcl As an Extensible Interpreter
• • 1.5 Tcl As an Embeddable Interpreter
• • 1.6 Tcl As a Rapid Development Tool
• • 1.7 GUI-Based Programming
• • 1.8 Shipping Products
• • 1.9 Bottom Line
• • 1.10 Problems

Chapter 2: The Mechanics of Using the Tcl and Tk Interpreters

• • 2.1 The tclsh and wish Interpreters
• • 2.2 Using tclsh/wish Interactively
• • 2.3 Evaluating Tcl Script Files
• • 2.4 Bottom Line
• • 2.5 Problems

Chapter 3: Introduction to the Tcl Language

• • 3.1 Overview of the Basics
• • 3.2 Command Evaluation and Substitutions
• • 3.3 Data Types
• • 3.4 Arithmetic and Boolean Operations
• • 3.5 Modularization
• • 3.6 Bottom Line
• • 3.7 Problems

Chapter 4: Navigating the File System, Basic I/O and Sockets

• • 4.1 Navigating the File System
• • 4.2 Properties of File System Items
• • 4.3 Removing Files
• • 4.4 Input/Output in TCL
• • 4.5 Sockets
• • 4.6 Bottom Line
• • 4.7 Problems

Chapter 5: Using Strings and Lists

• • 5.1 Converting a String into a List
• • 5.2 Examining the List with a for Loop
• • 5.3 Using the foreach Command
• • 5.4 Using string match Instead of string first
• • 5.5 Using lsearch
• • 5.6 The regexp Command
• • 5.7 Creating a Procedure
• • 5.8 Making a Script
• • 5.9 Speed
• • 5.10 Bottom Line
• • 5.11 Problems

Chapter 6: Complex Data Structures with Lists, Arrays and Dicts

• • 6.1 Using the Tcl List
• • 6.2 Using the Dict
• • 6.3 Using the Associative Array
• • 6.4 Trees in Tcl
• • 6.5 Tcl and SQL
• • 6.6 Performance
• • 6.7 Bottom Line
• • 6.8 Problems

Chapter 7: Procedure Techniques

• • 7.1 Arguments to Procedures
• • 7.2 Renaming or Deleting Commands
• • 7.3 Getting Information About Procedures
• • 7.4 Substitution and Evaluation of Strings
• • 7.5 Working with Global and Local Scopes
• • 7.6 Making a Tcl Object
• • 7.7 Bottom Line
• • 7.8 Problems

Chapter 8: Namespaces, Packages and Modules

• • 8.1 Namespaces and Scoping Rules
• • 8.2 Packages
• • 8.3 TCL Modules
• • 8.4 Namespaces and Packages
• • 8.5 Hanoi with a Stack Namespace and Package
• • 8.6 Conventions and Caveats
• • 8.7 Bottom Line
• • 8.8 Problems

Chapter 9: Basic Object-Oriented Programming in Tcl

• • 9.1 Creating a TclOO Class and Object
• • 9.2 Bottom Line
• • 9.3 Problems

Chapter 10: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in Tcl

• • 10.1 Modifying Classes and Objects
• • 10.2 Modifying Objects
• • 10.3 Examining Classes and Objects
• • 10.4 Examining Objects
• • 10.5 Using TclOO with Callbacks
• • 10.6 Adding New Functionality to TCLOO
• • 10.7 Bottom Line
• • 10.8 Problems

Chapter 11: Introduction to Tk Graphics

• • 11.1 Creating a Widget
• • 11.2 Conventions
• • 11.3 Common Options
• • 11.4 Determining and Setting Options
• • 11.5 The Basic Widgets
• • 11.6 Introducing Widgets: label, button, and entry
• • 11.7 Application Layout: Geometry Managers and Container Widgets
• • 11.8 Selection Widgets: radiobutton, checkbutton, menu, and listbox
• • 11.9 Scrollbar
• • 11.10 The scale Widget
• • 11.11 New Windows
• • 11.12 Interacting with the Event Loop
• • 11.13 Scheduling the Future: after
• • 11.14 Bottom Line
• • 11.15 Problems

Chapter 12: Using the Canvas Widget

• • 12.1 Overview of the canvas Widget
• • 12.2 Creating a canvas Widget
• • 12.3 Creating Displayable canvas Items
• • 12.4 More canvas Widget Subcommands
• • 12.5 The bind and focus Commands
• • 12.6 Creating a Widget
• • 12.7 A Help Balloon: Interacting with the Window Manager
• • 12.8 The image Object
• • 12.9 Bottom Line
• • 12.10 Problems

Chapter 13: The text Widget and htmllib

• • 13.1 Overview of the text Widget
• • 13.2 Creating a text Widget
• • 13.3 Text Widget Subcommands
• • 13.4 HTML Display Package
• • 13.5 Bottom Line
• • 13.6 Problems

Chapter 14: Tk Megawidgets

• • 14.1 Standard Dialog Widgets
• • 14.2 Megawidget Building Philosophy
• • 14.3 Functionality That Makes Megawidgets Possible
• • 14.4 Building a Megawidget
• • 14.5 A Scrolling Listbox Megawidget
• • 14.6 Namespaces and TK Widgets
• • 14.7 Incorporating a Megawidget into a Larger Megawidget
• • 14.8 Making a Modal Megawidget: The grab and tkwait Commands
• • 14.9 Automating Megawidget Construction
• • 14.10 Building Megawidgets with TclOO
• • 14.11 Bottom Line
• • 14.12 Problems

Chapter 15: Extending Tcl

• • 15.1 Functional View of a TCL Extension
• • 15.2 Building an Extension
• • 15.3 An Example
• • 15.4 Complex Data
• • 15.5 Embedding the Tcl Interpreter
• • 15.6 Building Tcl and Tk from Sources
• • 15.7 Bottom Line
• • 15.8 Problems

Chapter 16: Applications with Multiple Environments

• • 16.1 Event Loop
• • 16.2 Threads
• • 16.3 Embedded Tcl Interp and Threading
• • 16.4 Bottom Line
• • 16.5 Problems

Chapter 17: Extensions and Packages

• • 17.1 [incr Tcl]
• • 17.2 Expect
• • 17.3 TclX
• • 17.4 TDBC
• • 17.5 Rivet
• • 17.6 BWidgets
• • 17.7 Graphics Extensions: Img
• • 17.8 Bottom Line

Chapter 18: Programming Tools

• • 18.1 Code Formatter
• • 18.2 Code Checkers
• • 18.3 Debuggers
• • 18.4 Exercising and Regression Testing
• • 18.5 Packaging Tools
• • 18.6 Tcl Extension Generators
• • 18.7 Integrated Development Environments
• • 18.8 Bottom Line

Chapter 19: Tips and Techniques

• • 19.1 Debugging Techniques
• • 19.2 TCL as a Glue Language: The exec Command
• • 19.3 Common Mistakes
• • 19.4 Coding Tips and Techniques
• • 19.5 Optimization
• • 19.6 Techniques for Improving Performance
• • 19.7 Bottom Line

Chapter 20: Web Tech

Chapter 21: AI and Cloud