NAME

wish − interface to the Tk graphics toolkit

SYNOPSIS

­wish [ ­file ...  ]

­wm/wish [ ­-k ] [ -f file ]

DESCRIPTION

­Wish provides a Tcl command line interface to the Limbo/Tk graphics toolkit.  The input should be in the format of Tcl or Tk commands (see intro(9)). There are two variants.

Plain ­wish must be run from the Inferno console instead of mux(1) or wm(1). It takes input from each ­file in turn, then prompts for further commands from the standard input.  Its commands operate on a Tk toplevel covering the whole screen. 

Wm/wish runs instead in a shell window under wm(1). It reads initial input from the optional file, then prompts for further commands on its standard input unless the ­-k option is given.  Its commands operate on the Tk toplevel of a new window created by ­Wmlib->titlebar (see wmlib(2)), initially titled WishPad. 

The following special input sequences are recognised:

­\n newline

­\t tab

­\b backspace

­\\ backslash

FILES

­/dev/pointer
­/dev/keyboard

SOURCE

­/appl/cmd/wish.b
­/appl/wm/wish.b

SEE ALSO

sh-tk(1), tkcmd(1), tk(2), intro(9)

BUGS

Arguably this has been superseded by sh-tk(1) for scripting Tk applications, and tkcmd(1) for development and testing of Tk configurations for use by Limbo programs.

Plan 9  —  June 08, 2000