Arjen Markus One of the things a canvas can do is draw text in any font or colour or position. It can also write a PostScript file so that you can print what you see ...
Here is a small script that displays a table by drawing it on a canvas, it is merely a humble beginning. (Of course, it may stay in its present state, if I think of something else to play with ;))
I have not implemented all the options I wrote down yet, nor all the commands. But you can see what it could become, I guess.
# drawtable.tcl -- # Script to draw a table in a canvas # namespace eval ::DrawTable { variable tableCmd variable table variable defaults # Possibly need to take care of Windows/Linux/UNIX differences # in font sizes # set defaults { -columnwidths {20 20} -headerfont "Helvetica 14 bold" -headerforeground black -headerbackground white -textfont "Helvetica 12" -textforeground black -textbackground white -numberfont fixed -numberforeground black -numberbackground white -evenrowbackground white -oddrowbackground white -oddcolumnbackground white -evencolumnbackground white -corner {10 10} -tablewidth {} } set tableCmd(headers) Headers set tableCmd(addrow) Addrow set tableCmd(colconfigure) ColumnConfigure set tableCmd(rowconfigure) RowConfigure set tableCmd(cellconfigure) CellConfigure set tableCmd(cellcontent) CellContent set tableCmd(frame) DrawFrame set tableCmd(hline) DrawHLine namespace export drawntable } # drawntable -- # Create a command to draw and manipulate a table # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # args Options for the table (key-value pairs) # proc ::DrawTable::drawntable {canvas args} { InitialiseTable $canvas $args return [interp alias {} table$canvas {} ::DrawTable::TableCmd $canvas] } # TableCmd -- # Call the procedure for the given subcommand # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # subcmd Subcommand to run # options Options to the subcommand # proc ::DrawTable::TableCmd {canvas subcmd {options {}}} { variable tableCmd if { [info exists tableCmd($subcmd)] } { $tableCmd($subcmd) $canvas $options } else { return -code error "DrawnTable: unknown subcommand - $subcmd" } } # InitialiseTable -- # Initialise the array "table" for a new drawn table # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # options Options for the table # proc ::DrawTable::InitialiseTable {canvas options} { variable defaults variable table foreach {keyw value} $defaults { set table($canvas,$keyw) $value } foreach {keyw value} $options { set table($canvas,$keyw) $value } if { $table($canvas,-tablewidth) == {} } { set table($canvas,-tablewidth) [$canvas cget -width] } set tablewidth $table($canvas,-tablewidth) set columns $table($canvas,-columnwidths) set xpos [lindex $table($canvas,-corner) 0] set ypos [lindex $table($canvas,-corner) 1] set item [$canvas create text 0 0 -text "MWijk" -font $table($canvas,-textfont)] set bbox [$canvas bbox $item] set charwidth [expr {([lindex $bbox 2]-[lindex $bbox 0])/5.0}] set rowheight [expr {[lindex $bbox 3]-[lindex $bbox 1]}] $canvas delete $item set item [$canvas create text 0 0 -text "MWijk" -font $table($canvas,-headerfont)] set bbox [$canvas bbox $item] set headerheight [expr {[lindex $bbox 3]-[lindex $bbox 1]}] $canvas delete $item set pos $xpos set colpos [list $pos] set headerpos [list] foreach col $columns { set hpos [expr {$pos + 0.5*$col*$charwidth}] set pos [expr {$pos + $col*$charwidth}] lappend colpos $pos lappend headerpos $hpos } set table($canvas,colpos) $colpos set table($canvas,headerpos) $headerpos set table($canvas,charwidth) $charwidth set table($canvas,rowheight) $rowheight set table($canvas,headerheight) $headerheight set table($canvas,header) 0 set table($canvas,yheader) [expr {$ypos+0.5*$headerheight}] set table($canvas,ypos) [expr {$ypos+$headerheight+0.5*$rowheight}] set table($canvas,rowidx) 0 return [interp alias {} table$canvas {} TableCmd $canvas] } # Headers -- # Draw the headers to the table # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # headers Headers for the table # proc ::DrawTable::Headers {canvas headers} { variable table if { $table($canvas,header) == 0 } { set table($canvas,header) 1 set yheader $table($canvas,yheader) set idx 0 foreach col $table($canvas,headerpos) text $headers { if { $col == {} } { break } $canvas create text $col $yheader -text $text \ -anchor center \ -font $table($canvas,-headerfont) \ -fill $table($canvas,-headerforeground) \ -tags [list header_$idx] incr idx } } else { set idx 0 foreach col $table($canvas,headerpos) text $headers { if { $col == {} } { break } set item [$canvas gettags "header_$idx"] $canvas itemconfigure -text $text incr idx } } } # Addrow -- # Add a new row to the table # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # values values for the columns in the table # proc ::DrawTable::Addrow {canvas values} { variable table set ypos $table($canvas,ypos) set rowidx $table($canvas,rowidx) set colidx 0 set rowtype [expr {$rowidx%2==0? "even" : "odd"}] foreach txtcol [lrange $table($canvas,colpos) 0 end-1] \ numcol [lrange $table($canvas,colpos) 1 end] \ text $values { set coltype [expr {$colidx%2==0? "even" : "odd"}] if { $txtcol == {} } { break } if { ! [string is double $text] } { $canvas create text $txtcol $ypos -text " $text" \ -anchor w \ -font $table($canvas,-textfont) \ -fill $table($canvas,-textforeground) \ -tags [list cell_${rowidx}_$colidx row$rowtype col$coltype] incr colidx } else { $canvas create text $numcol $ypos -text "$text " \ -anchor e \ -font $table($canvas,-numberfont) \ -fill $table($canvas,-numberforeground) \ -tags [list cell_${rowidx}_$colidx row$rowtype col$coltype] incr colidx } } incr table($canvas,rowidx) set table($canvas,ypos) [expr {$table($canvas,ypos)+$table($canvas,rowheight)}] } # DrawHLine -- # Draw a horizontal line # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # dummy Dummy argument # proc ::DrawTable::DrawHLine {canvas dummy} { variable table set ypos [expr {$table($canvas,ypos)-0.5*$table($canvas,rowheight)}] set xbgn [lindex $table($canvas,colpos) 0] set xend [lindex $table($canvas,colpos) end] $canvas create line $xbgn $ypos $xend $ypos -fill black } # DrawFrame -- # Draw a frame around the table # # Arguments: # canvas Canvas to be used # which Which columns to delimit with a vertical line # (either "first" or "all") # proc ::DrawTable::DrawFrame {canvas which} { variable table set ybgn [expr {$table($canvas,yheader)-0.5*$table($canvas,headerheight)}] set yend [expr {$table($canvas,ypos) -0.5*$table($canvas,rowheight)}] set xbgn [lindex $table($canvas,colpos) 0] set xend [lindex $table($canvas,colpos) end] $canvas create line $xbgn $ybgn $xend $ybgn $xend $yend $xbgn $yend \ $xbgn $ybgn -fill black if { $which == "first" } { set xcol [lindex $table($canvas,colpos) 1] $canvas create line $xcol $ybgn $xcol $yend -fill black } else { foreach xcol [lrange $table($canvas,colpos) 1 end-1] { $canvas create line $xcol $ybgn $xcol $yend -fill black } } } # main -- # Test the code # pack [canvas .c -width 600 -bg white] set table [::DrawTable::drawntable .c -headerforeground green -columnwidths {20 20 10 10} \ -numberforeground blue] $table headers {Name Country Size #} $table hline $table addrow {London Britain "Very big" 1} $table addrow {Paris France "Very big" 2} $table addrow {Amsterdam Holland "Big" 3} $table addrow {Brussels Belgium "Very big" 4} $table addrow {Schokland Holland "Tiny" 5} #$table frame first $table frame all
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