Reading from the Stdin

[komyg]

How can I read from the stdin using the Wish84 applicaton?
Because the "gets stdin" command works only for the Tclsh84 application. I've also tryed the expect_user command, but it also only works on Ttclsh84.

PS: I'm talking about Active Tcl from Active State and I'm using Windows Server 2003 Standard.

Komyg

 

[Bong]

within Wish, you can use the console by:
console show

I like to bind that to a function key just in case:
bind . <F5> {console show}

Then, with the console open, you can get use gets stdin as with Tclsh.

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Bob Rashkin

 

[komyg]

I'm sorry but that doesn't work. I'm already using the Wish console, but when I type "gets stdin a" I get a -1 result, wich means that "gets" coludn't read from the stdin.

Thanks,
Komyg

 

[Bong]

I could have sworn I've come across this but a quick check in this forum's archive as well as the Wiki (

http://mini.net/tcl/)

turned up bupkis. I quess the question is, if you're using Tk, why not use a widget to get the user input?

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Bob Rashkin

 

[komyg]

I guess you're wright. I began using the Wish84 because it has the only console that fully supports Expect. I wasn't planning on doing any GUI, but a simple widget is not a bad idea, even though I still would like to know how to read from the stdin.

Thanks,
Komyg