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The !tk Command: Execute Tcl/Tk Script

Syntax: !tk scriptfile
This command will execute a Tcl/Tk script (see 13.12), contained in the file given as an argument. The Tck/Tk interface is not available under Microsoft Windows. This command will dynamically load the Tcl/Tk libraries, if they are installed. If the Tcl/Tk libraries are installed in the standard location (/usr/local/lib), the libraries should be found automatically. If these libraries are installed elsewhere, the following variables should be set to indicate the locations to Xic.

!set TclLibrary path_to_tcl
!set TkLibrary path_to_tk

The path_to... are the full paths to the shared libraries. These variables can be set in a .xicinit or .xicstart initialization file, or in the technology file.

The !tk command is used to execute a Tcl/Tk script. The language syntax is provided in documentation supplied with Tcl/Tk, and is described in

Tcl and the Tk Toolkit, John K. Ousterhout, Addison-Wesley

Additional information can be found at www.scriptics.com.


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Stephen R. Whiteley 2006-10-23