WIMP stands for: W: Windows I: Icons M: Menus P: Pointing device This is a term oftimes used to refer to the Graphical User Interface [GUI] interfaces commonly found on contemporary [desktop] systems. If you're going to get into doing this sort of thing with [Tcl], use [Tk] (or [fltk], or ...) see [Playing WIMP] for a toy icon system. See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP] for "weakly interacting massive particles". ---- !!!!!! %| [Category Glossary] |% !!!!!!