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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2004-10-28 10:19:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2004-10-28 10:19:28 (GMT) |
| commit | 2bd85cbab370268321d9634c72bc7a66df1de397 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/console.n b/doc/console.n index 005aef2..e37a6e0 100644 --- a/doc/console.n +++ b/doc/console.n @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: console.n,v 1.4 2002/03/29 02:25:06 davygrvy Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: console.n,v 1.4.4.1 2004/10/28 10:19:29 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH console n 8.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" @@ -13,13 +13,7 @@ .SH NAME console \- Control the console on systems without a real console .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBconsole title \fR?\fIstring\fR? -.sp -\fBconsole hide\fR -.sp -\fBconsole show\fR -.sp -\fBconsole eval \fIscript\fR +\fBconsole\fR \fIsubcommand\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR? .BE .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -52,7 +46,6 @@ not specified, queries the title of the console window, and sets the title of the console window to \fIstring\fR otherwise. Precisely equivalent to using the \fBwm title\fR command in the console interpreter. - .SH "ACCESS TO THE MAIN INTERPRETER" .PP The \fBconsoleinterp\fR command in the console interpreter allows @@ -68,7 +61,6 @@ interpreter. Records and evaluates \fIscript\fR as a Tcl script at the global level in the main interpreter as if \fIscript\fR had been typed in at the console. - .SH "ADDITIONAL TRAP CALLS" .PP There are several additional commands in the console interpreter that @@ -88,7 +80,6 @@ When the \fB.\fR window of the main interpreter is destroyed, the \fBtk::ConsoleExit\fR command in the console interpreter is called (assuming the console interpreter has not already been deleted itself, that is.) - .SH "DEFAULT BINDINGS" .PP The default script creates a console window (implemented using a text @@ -134,6 +125,13 @@ and reloading the Tcl script that defined the console's behaviour. Most other behaviour is the same as a conventional text widget except for the way that the \fI<<Cut>>\fR event is handled identically to the \fI<<Copy>>\fR event. +.SH EXAMPLE +Not all platforms have the \fBconsole\fR command, so debugging code +often has the following code fragment in it so output produced by +\fBputs\fR can be seen while during development: +.CS +catch {\fBconsole show\fR} +.CE .SH KEYWORDS console, interpreter, window, interactive, output channels |