tk... naming a widget with file name + extension

[aleph1ow]

Hello,
Is there a way to name a widget with a name that contains the file extension?
When I try to do this I get a "bad window path name" error, because tk uses "full stop" saparator to name its widgets and when the full stop (part of the extension of the file) occurs, the tk parser returns an error.
After the full stop the parser expects another widget, not the file extension.(I think...)

EXAMPLE:

.filename.txt

Sorry for my bad english!
Any suggestion is much appreciated.
Paolo

 

[Bong]

Well, the short answer is "no". If you're absolutely sure that you want to do that (it seems pretty silly to me), you can build a frame, .filename:
pack [frame .filename] -side top and put your widget in that frame:
pack [text .filename.txt] -side top, assuming you've got a text widget.

Why I say this is silly is because it seems to me to confuse the widget with the contents.

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Bob Rashkin