[PD] send message from Pd patch directly to tcl/tk

[David Kent]

The Pd Vanilla 0.46-7 Windows distribution includes tcl/tk 8.5 and a widget
demo.

The demo can be opened with the message 

exec wish85.exe $::sys_libdir/lib/tk8.5/demos/widget

 

pasted into the "tcl prompt:" + <enter>

 

Initially I am trying to find a way to send a message directly to that
prompt from a patch, in a similar manner to [; pd(

That seems to have been expressly omitted from the console build.

 

There is a widget editor available (vtcl) which makes widget building more
accessible for noobs like myself.

If an object or objects exist, or could be compiled for Pure Data, that
could open a widget and receive variables from user interaction with that
widget then a patch could call widgets in -nogui mode (or not) and present a
simple user interface to a "user" of the patch.

 

I have implemented (badly- but I am learning fast) an additional menu item
for the Pd window which can communicate with tcl/tk (working for windows os)
http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/9991/woof-a-new-window-menu-for-vanilla-
tcl

 

Please let me know if I am "breaking" the license, and of course I will
stop.

But for now I am stuck anyway.

David.

 

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