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NAME
Tk_EventInit - Use the Tk event loop without the rest of Tk
SYNOPSIS
#include <tk.h>
int
Tk_EventInit(interp)
ARGUMENTS
Tcl_Interp *interp (in) Interpreter in which
event-related Tk commands
are to be created.
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DESCRIPTION
This procedure may be invoked to use the Tk event management
functions without the rest of Tk (e.g., in applications that
do not have access to a display). Tk_EventInit creates the
after and fileevent commands in interp. It also creates
versions of the tkwait and update commands with reduced
functionality: the tkwait command supports only the
variable option, not visibility or window, and update does
not check for X events. Tk_EventInit always returns TCL_OK
to signal that it completed successfully.
The event-management procedures in Tk are divided into two
groups, those that can be used stand-alone and those that
require the full Tk library to be present. The following
procedures may be used stand-alone: Tk_CreateFileHandler,
Tk_CreateFileHandler2, Tk_DeleteFileHandler,
Tk_CreateTimerHandler, Tk_DeleteTimerHandler, Tk_DoWhenIdle,
Tk_CancelIdleCall, Tk_DoOneEvent, Tk_Sleep, and
Tk_BackgroundError. Note that Tk_MainLoop cannot be used
without the full Tk library, since it checks to see if
windows are still open. If an application uses the event
procedures stand-alone, it must include its own main loop
that invokes Tk_DoOneEvent repeatedly.
Tk_EventInit is typically called from an application's
Tcl_AppInit procedure; it should not be invoked in
applications that use the full Tk library (e.g., those that
have already invoked Tk_CreateMainWindow). However, it is
OK for an application to start up using Tk_EventInit,
compute without X for a while, and later invoke
Tk_CreateMainWindow. When Tk_CreateMainWindow is invoked,
the full suite of windowing Tcl commands will become
available, and the full-blown versions of tkwait and update
will replace the abridged versions created with
Tk_EventInit.
KEYWORDS
event management, Tcl_AppInit