This directory contains a collection of programs to demonstrate the
features of the Tk toolkit. The programs are all scripts for Perl 5
with the "Tk" extension. If Perl has been installed in /usr/local/bin
then you can invoke any of the programs in this directory just by
typing its file name to your command shell. In particular, try the
`widget' program.
Ball.pm
A class module used by `bounce'.
LabeledEntryLabeledRadiobutton.pm
A class module used by `composite'.
bounce
A bouncing ball simulation.
browse
A simple directory browser. Invoke it with an argument
giving the name of the directory you'd like to browse.
Double-click on files or subdirectories to browse them.
Control-c and control-q cause the program to exit.
color_editor
Simple ColorEditor object example program.
composite
An example of a composite widget.
dialog
An example of Dialog.pm, a composite widget.
hello
Creates a single button; if you click on it, a message
is typed and the application terminates.
ixset
A simple Tk-based wrapper for the "xset" program, which
allows you to interactively query and set various X options
such as mouse acceleration and bell volume. Thanks to
Pierre David for contributing this example.
rmt
Allows you to "hook-up" remotely to any Tk application
on the display. Select an application with the menu,
then just type commands: they'll go to that application.
rolodex
A mock-up of a simple rolodex application. It has much of
the user interface for such an application but no back-end
database. This program was written in response to Tom
LaStrange's toolkit benchmark challenge.
timer
Displays a seconds timer with start and stop buttons.
Control-c and control-q cause it to exit.
tom
A sample program for Tom Christiansen (-:
widget
Contains a collection of demonstrations of the widgets
currently available in the Tk library. Most of the .pl
files are scripts for individual demos available through
the "widget" program (located in directory widget_lib).
widget_old
Old version of widget, non-hypertext-like.