Problems using Tcl/Tk to customize GUI

Problems using Tcl/Tk to customize GUI

[Left Spin]

I'm trying to customize the SN GUI using Tcl/Tk under Win98.
I'm new to Tcl/Tk, and I'd sure appreciate some help
getting started using it with SN.

I put a file named rc.tcl in the following directories, it contains the 
sample code to add a shell button to the UI. Needless to say, the
button doesn't show up. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance..

c:\program files\source navigator\H-i386-pc-cygwin\share\etc\rc.tcl
c:\home\leftspin\.sn\rc.tcl

I have an environment variable:
HOME=c:\home\leftspin

rc.tcl contains:
proc sn_rc_symbolbrowser {top menu} {
  global tcl_platform

  set tool_frame $top.exp

  # Set a variable that identifies the text widget on
  # the status bar.
  set info $top.msg.msg

  # Create a new button on the toolbar. Note that the
  # button's command invokes the command line tool
  # in the background so that Source-Navigator is not
  # blocked while the tool is running. On Win32, we emulate
  # `xterm' with `cmd'.

  if {!$tcl_platform(platform) != "windows"} {
    set cmdline "exec xterm -T {Source-Navigator} &"
    set description xterm
  } else {
    set cmdline "exec cmd /c start cmd"
    set description shell
  }
  button $tool_frame.xterm -text $description \
      -command $cmdline

  # Set the main window's status bar to read "xterm"
  # or "shell" when the mouse pointer is over the region
  # of the button.
  balloon_bind_info $tool_frame.xterm \
      "Starts a new $description"
  bind $tool_frame.xterm <Leave> "set $top.msg {}"

  # Pack this button onto the toolbar.
  pack $tool_frame.xterm -side left
}

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Re: Problems using Tcl/Tk to customize GUI

[Mo DeJong]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Left Spin wrote:

> I'm trying to customize the SN GUI using Tcl/Tk under Win98.
> I'm new to Tcl/Tk, and I'd sure appreciate some help
> getting started using it with SN.
> 
> I put a file named rc.tcl in the following directories, it contains the 
> sample code to add a shell button to the UI. Needless to say, the
> button doesn't show up. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance..
> 
> c:\program files\source navigator\H-i386-pc-cygwin\share\etc\rc.tcl
> c:\home\leftspin\.sn\rc.tcl
> 
> I have an environment variable:
> HOME=c:\home\leftspin
> 
> rc.tcl contains:
> proc sn_rc_symbolbrowser {top menu} {

That method should be getting called from the constructor of
the SymBr& class on line 84 of gui/symbolbrowser.tcl:

% grep -n sn_rc_symbolbrowser symbolbrowser.tcl
83-        #call user function
84:        catch {sn_rc_symbolbrowser $itk_component(hull)  
$itk_component(hull).menu}

I would be willing to bet that your Interp does not know
that you defined the sn_rc_symbolbrowser method. You
might want to take a look at the sn_load_rc_file
in sninit.tcl to see if it is pulling in your rc.tcl
file. You should be able to just set the SN_DEBUG env
var to 9 and then look at the generated debug log
in your C:\Temp dir.

cheers
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc