** Summary ** An interactive community project to teach [Tk] [scripting]. ** Description ** This is a list of pages useful to those learning Tk. Please help add pages items and explanations, and arrange them in an order that would be mose useful for efficient learning. ** General Information ** [What is Tk]?: [Tk syntax help]: [Tk glossary]: [When all you want is to run a Tk application]: [Common questions about Tk]: [http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActiveTcl/tcl/tk_contents.htm%|%ActiveTcl User Guide]: For [ActiveTcl] [Tk performance]: [Apple Macintosh and Tcl/Tk]: [Microsoft Windows and Tcl]: [Microsoft Windows and Tk]: [Windows/CE]: [Pocket PC]: [Some common mistakes when programming in Tcl/Tk]: [Widgets in the initial Tk package]: [Coming to Tcl/Tk from an IDE environment]: ** Basic Examples ** [The Hello World program as implemented in Tcl/Tk]: [Show me an example]: takes the Hello World program farther. [Hello, Widgets! (a rock-bottom basic tutorial in Tcl and Tk)]: ** Events ** [Event programming and why it is relevant to Tcl/Tk programming]: [Bindings and why they are important]: ** Patterns ** [Interrupting loops]: how to build a stop button [Overloading widgets]: [Writing Tk programs so that the user can do simple custimizations without modifying the application]: [Writing Tk programs so that the user can extend or interact with them without modifying the application]: [Adding User Data to Widgets the Megawidget Way]: Some people have been asking (on news:comp.lang.tcl) for the Tk core to be modified so that widgets all carry with them some additional user data. This is not necessary. The following script illustrates how you can do this without all that paraphernalia in pure Tcl... [the canvas as a data store]: [Serializing a widget]: ** Developer Tools ** [Tcl/Tk Template Applications]: a template for a basic Tk application ** Menus ** [menu]: [Menus made easy]: ** Dialogues ** [A file properties dialog]: ** Fonts ** [How does one change the font in the wish widgets]?: ** Text ** [A change-sensitive text widget]: [A little spellchecker]: [A little hypertext system]: [Text widget syntax highlighting]: [A minimal console]: [A minimal editor explained]: [How do I insert text programmatically at the current insertion point]: in a text widget? [A do-it-yourself IDE with the text widget]: ** Text Entry ** [An entry with a history]: ** Canvas ** [An analog clock in Tk]: [Tkeyes]: [Text widget example]: [Shapes and Lights - a simple canvas script]: [A little function plotter]: [A minimal doodler explained]: [A tiny drawing program]: ** Image ** [Tk image Dos and Don'ts]: ** Layout ** [Paning widgets]: ** Meter Displays ** [A simple voltmeter]: [Dial widget]: ** Miscellaneous Examples ** [Widgets in the initial Tk package]: many screenshots [Tk examples]: [A little file searcher]: [Scroll bars that appear only when needed]: [Bag of Tk algorithms]: lots of little procs, help yourself [Which Widget]: How to find the name and type of a TK Widget. If you don't know Tcl all that well yet, you should visit [Beginning Tcl] to help you get the hang of the language that Tk is most commonly hosted in. <> Tutorial