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diff --git a/man/1/wish b/man/1/wish new file mode 100644 index 00000000..930c25d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/1/wish @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.TH WISH 1 +.SH NAME +wish \- interface to the Tk graphics toolkit +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B wish +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B wm/wish +[ +.B -k +] +[ +.BI -f " file" +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I 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 +.IR intro (9)). +There are two variants. +.PP +Plain +.B wish +must be run from the Inferno console instead of +.IR mux (1) +or +.IR wm (1). +It takes input from each +.I file +in turn, then prompts for further commands from the standard input. +Its commands operate on a Tk toplevel covering the whole screen. +.PP +.BR Wm/wish +runs instead in a shell window under +.IR wm (1). +It reads initial input from the optional +.IR file , +then prompts for further commands on its standard input unless +the +.B -k +option is given. +Its commands operate on the Tk toplevel of a new window +created by +.B Wmlib->titlebar +(see +.IR wmlib (2)), +initially titled +.BR WishPad . +.PP +The following special input sequences are recognised: +.TP +.B \en +newline +.TP +.B \et +tab +.TP +.B \eb +backspace +.TP +.B \e\e +backslash +.SH FILES +.B /dev/pointer +.br +.B /dev/keyboard +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/wish.b +.br +.B /appl/wm/wish.b +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR sh-tk (1), +.IR tkcmd (1), +.IR tk (2), +.IR intro (9) +.SH BUGS +Arguably this has been superseded by +.IR sh-tk (1) +for scripting Tk applications, +and +.IR tkcmd (1) +for development and testing of Tk configurations for use by Limbo programs. |
