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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2009-08-06 12:46:07 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: loadTk.n,v 1.13 2008/06/30 22:57:03 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: loadTk.n,v 1.14 2009/08/06 12:46:07 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH "Safe Tk" n 8.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -16,34 +16,31 @@ loadTk \- Load Tk into a safe interpreter.
\fB::safe::loadTk \fIslave\fR ?\fB\-use\fR \fIwindowId\fR? ?\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayName\fR?
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Safe Tk is based on Safe Tcl, which provides a mechanism
-that allows restricted and mediated
-access to auto-loading and packages for safe interpreters.
-Safe Tk adds the ability to configure the interpreter
-for safe Tk operations and load Tk into safe
-interpreters.
.PP
-The \fB::safe::loadTk\fR command initializes the required data structures
-in the named safe interpreter and then loads Tk into it.
-The interpreter must have been created with \fB::safe::interpCreate\fR
-or have been initialized with \fB::safe::interpInit\fR.
-The command returns the name of the safe interpreter.
-If \fB\-use\fR is specified, the window identified by the specified system
-dependent identifier \fIwindowId\fR is used to contain the
+Safe Tk is based on Safe Tcl, which provides a mechanism that allows
+restricted and mediated access to auto-loading and packages for safe
+interpreters. Safe Tk adds the ability to configure the interpreter for safe
+Tk operations and load Tk into safe interpreters.
+.PP
+The \fB::safe::loadTk\fR command initializes the required data structures in
+the named safe interpreter and then loads Tk into it. The interpreter must
+have been created with \fB::safe::interpCreate\fR or have been initialized
+with \fB::safe::interpInit\fR. The command returns the name of the safe
+interpreter. If \fB\-use\fR is specified, the window identified by the
+specified system dependent identifier \fIwindowId\fR is used to contain the
.QW .
-window of the safe interpreter; it can be any valid id, eventually
-referencing a window belonging to another application. As a convenience,
-if the window you plan to use is a Tk Window of the application you
-can use the window name (e.g. \fB.x.y\fR) instead of its window Id
-(\fB[winfo id .x.y]\fR).
-When \fB\-use\fR is not specified,
-a new toplevel window is created for the
+window of the safe interpreter; it can be any valid id, eventually referencing
+a window belonging to another application. As a convenience, if the window you
+plan to use is a Tk Window of the application you can use the window name
+(e.g.,
+.QW \fB.x.y\fR )
+instead of its window Id (e.g.,
+.QW \fB[winfo id .x.y]\fR ).
+When \fB\-use\fR is not specified, a new toplevel window is created for the
.QW .
-window of
-the safe interpreter. On X11 if you want the embedded window
-to use another display than the default one, specify it with
-\fB\-display\fR.
-See the \fBSECURITY ISSUES\fR section below for implementation details.
+window of the safe interpreter. On X11 if you want the embedded window to use
+another display than the default one, specify it with \fB\-display\fR. See
+the \fBSECURITY ISSUES\fR section below for implementation details.
.SH "SECURITY ISSUES"
.PP
Please read the \fBsafe\fR manual page for Tcl to learn about the basic
@@ -53,26 +50,22 @@ security considerations for Safe Tcl.
interpreter to the virtual access path of the safe interpreter so that
auto-loading will work in the safe interpreter.
.PP
+Tk initialization is now safe with respect to not trusting the slave's state
+for startup. \fB::safe::loadTk\fR registers the slave's name so when the Tk
+initialization (\fBTk_SafeInit\fR) is called and in turn calls the master's
+\fB::safe::InitTk\fR it will return the desired \fBargv\fR equivalent
+(\fB\-use\fR \fIwindowId\fR, correct \fB\-display\fR, etc.)
.PP
-Tk initialization is now safe with respect to not trusting
-the slave's state for startup. \fB::safe::loadTk\fR
-registers the slave's name so
-when the Tk initialization (\fBTk_SafeInit\fR) is called
-and in turn calls the master's \fB::safe::InitTk\fR it will
-return the desired \fBargv\fR equivalent (\fB\-use\fR
-\fIwindowId\fR, correct \fB\-display\fR, etc.)
-.PP
-When \fB\-use\fR is not used, the new toplevel created is specially
-decorated so the user is always aware that the user interface presented comes
-from a potentially unsafe code and can easily delete the corresponding
-interpreter.
+When \fB\-use\fR is not used, the new toplevel created is specially decorated
+so the user is always aware that the user interface presented comes from a
+potentially unsafe code and can easily delete the corresponding interpreter.
.PP
-On X11, conflicting \fB\-use\fR and \fB\-display\fR are likely
-to generate a fatal X error.
+On X11, conflicting \fB\-use\fR and \fB\-display\fR are likely to generate a
+fatal X error.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
safe(n), interp(n), library(n), load(n), package(n), source(n), unknown(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
-alias, auto\-loading, auto_mkindex, load, master interpreter, safe
+alias, auto-loading, auto_mkindex, load, master interpreter, safe
interpreter, slave interpreter, source
'\" Local Variables:
'\" mode: nroff