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NAME

       tkconrc - TkCon resource file

DESCRIPTION

       TkCon  will  search  for  a  resource  file  in  "~/.tkconrc".   TkCon  never  sources the
       "~/.wishrc" file.  The resource file is sourced by each new instance of the  console.   An
       example resource file is provided below.

       The  file  itself  is a Tcl script, so it is required that the file conforms to Tcl script
       conventions.

VARIABLES

       Certain variables in TkCon can be modified to suit your needs.  It's easiest to do this in
       the  resource  file,  but  you can do it when time the program is running (and some can be
       changed via the Prefs menu).  All these are  part  of  the  master  interpreter's  ::tkcon
       namespace.   The  modifiable array variables are ::tkcon::COLOR and ::tkcon::OPT.  You can
       call

              tkcon set ::tkcon::COLOR

       when the program is running to check  its  state.   Here  is  an  explanation  of  certain
       variables you might change or use:

       ::tkcon::COLOR(bg)
              The  background  color  for  tkcon  text widgets.  Defaults to the operating system
              default (determined at startup).

       ::tkcon::COLOR(blink)
              The background color of the  electric  brace  highlighting,  if  on.   Defaults  to
              yellow.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(cursor)
              The background color for the insertion cursor in tkcon.  Defaults to black.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(disabled)
              The foreground color for disabled menu items.  Defaults to dark grey.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(proc)
              The foreground color of a recognized proc, if command highlighting is on.  Defaults
              to dark green.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(var)
              The background color of a recognized var, if command highlighting is on.   Defaults
              to pink.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(prompt)
              The foreground color of the prompt as output in the console.  Defaults to brown.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(stdin)
              The foreground color of the stdin for the console.  Defaults to black.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(stdout)
              The foreground color of the stdout as output in the console.  Defaults to blue.

       ::tkcon::COLOR(stderr)
              The foreground color of stderr as output in the console.  Defaults to red.

       ::tkcon::OPT(autoload)
              Packages  to  automatically load into the slave interpreter (i.e. 'Tk').  This is a
              list.  Defaults to {} (none).

       ::tkcon::OPT(blinktime)
              The amount of time (in millisecs) that braced sections should blink for.   Defaults
              to 500 (0.5 secs), must be at least 100.

       ::tkcon::OPT(blinkrange)
              Whether  to blink the entire range for electric brace matching or to just blink the
              actual matching braces (respectively 1 or 0, defaults to 1).

       ::tkcon::OPT(buffer)
              The size of the console scroll buffer (in lines).  Defaults to 512.

       ::tkcon::OPT(calcmode)
              Whether to allow expr commands to be run at the command line without prefixing them
              with expr (just a convenience).

       ::tkcon::OPT(cols)
              Number of columns for the console to start out with.  Defaults to 80.

       ::tkcon::OPT(dead)
              What to do with dead connected interpreters.  If dead is leave, TkCon automatically
              exits the dead interpreter.  If dead is ignore then it remains attached waiting for
              the interpreter to reappear.  Otherwise TkCon will prompt you.

       ::tkcon::OPT(exec)
              This corresponds to the -exec tkcon option (see tkcon(1)).

       ::tkcon::OPT(font)
              Font to use for tkcon text widgets (also specified with -font option).  Defaults to
              the system default, or a fixed width equivalent.

       ::tkcon::OPT(gets)
              Controls whether tkcon will overload the gets command  to  work  with  tkcon.   The
              valid  values are: congets (the default), which will redirect stdin requests to the
              tkcon window; gets, which will pop up a dialog to get input; and {} (empty  string)
              which tells tkcon not to overload gets.  This value must be set at startup to alter
              tkcon's behavior.

       ::tkcon::OPT(history)
              The size of the history list to keep.  Defaults to 48.

       ::tkcon::OPT(hoterrors)
              Whether hot errors are enabled or not.  When enabled, errors that are  returned  to
              the console are marked with a link to the error info that will pop up in an minimal
              editor.  This requires more memory because each error  that  occurs  will  maintain
              bindings for this feature, as long as the error is in the text widget.  Defaults to
              on.

       ::tkcon::OPT(library)
              The path to any tcl library directories (these are appended to the  auto_path  when
              the after the resource file is loaded in).

       ::tkcon::OPT(lightbrace)
              Whether to use the brace highlighting feature or not (respectively 1 or 0, defaults
              to 1).

       ::tkcon::OPT(lightcmd)
              Whether to use the command highlighting  feature  or  not  (respectively  1  or  0,
              defaults to 1).

       ::tkcon::OPT(maineval)
              A  tcl  script  to  execute  in the main interpreter after the slave interpreter is
              created and the user interface is initialized.

       ::tkcon::OPT(maxlinelen)
              A number that specifies the limit of long  result  lines.   True  result  is  still
              captured in $_ (and 'puts $_' works).  Defaults to 0 (unlimited).

       ::tkcon::OPT(maxmenu)
              A  number  that  specifies the maximum number of packages to show vertically in the
              Interp->Packages menu before breaking into another column.  Defaults to 15.

       ::tkcon::OPT(nontcl)
              For those who might be using non-Tcl based Tk  attachments,  set  this  to  1.   It
              prevents TkCon from trying to evaluate its own Tcl code in an attached interpreter.
              Also see my notes for non-Tcl based Tk interpreters.

       ::tkcon::OPT(prompt1)
              Like tcl_prompt1, except it doesn't  require  you  use  puts.   No  equivalent  for
              tcl_prompt2 is available (it's unnecessary IMHO).  Defaults to {([file tail [pwd]])
              [history nextid] % }.

       ::tkcon::OPT(rows)
              Number of rows for the console to start out with.  Defaults to 20.

       ::tkcon::OPT(scollypos)
              Y scrollbar position.  Valid values are left or right.  Defaults to right.

       ::tkcon::OPT(showmenu)
              Show the menubar on startup (1 or 0, defaults to 1).

       ::tkcon::OPT(showmultiple)
              Show multiple matches for path/proc/var name expansion (1 or 0, defaults to 1).

       ::tkcon::OPT(slaveeval)
              A tcl script to execute in each slave interpreter right after it's  created.   This
              allows the user to have user defined info always available in a slave.

              Example:

              set ::tkcon::OPT(slaveeval) {
                  proc foo args { puts $args }
                  lappend auto_path .
              }

       ::tkcon::OPT(slaveexit)
              Allows  the  prevention of exit in slaves from exitting the entire application.  If
              it is equal to exit, exit will exit as usual, otherwise it  will  just  close  down
              that interpreter (and any children).  Defaults to close.

       ::tkcon::OPT(subhistory)
              Allow  history  substitution to occur (0 or 1, defaults to 1).  The history list is
              maintained in a single interpreter per  TkCon  console  instance.   Thus  you  have
              history which can range over a series of attached interpreters.

EXAMPLES

       An example TkCon resource file might look like:

              ######################################################
              ## My TkCon Resource File

              # Use a fixed default font
              #tkcon font fixed; # valid on unix
              #tkcon font systemfixed; # valid on win
              tkcon font Courier 12; # valid everywhere

              # Keep 50 commands in history
              set ::tkcon::OPT(history) 50

              # Use a pink prompt
              set ::tkcon::COLOR(prompt) pink
              ######################################################

SEE ALSO

       dump(3tk), idebug(3tk), observe(3tk), tkcon(1), tkcon(3tk)

KEYWORDS

       Tk, console

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) Jeffrey Hobbs <jeff at hobbs.org>