TKCLIENT(2)                                           TKCLIENT(2)

     NAME
          tkclient: makedrawcontext, toplevel, onscreen, startinput,
          wmctl, settitle, handler, snarfput, snarfget - window
          manager interface for Tk applications.

     SYNOPSIS
          include "tkclient.m";
          tkclient := load Tkclient Tkclient->PATH;

          Resize,
          Hide,
          Help,
          OK,
          Plain:     con 1 << iota;

          Appl:   con Resize | Hide;

          init:       fn();
          makedrawcontext: fn():  ref Draw->Context;
          toplevel:   fn(ctxt: ref Draw->Context, topconfig: string,
                          title: string, buts: int): (ref Tk->Toplevel, chan of string);
          onscreen:   fn(top: ref Tk->Toplevel, how: string);
          startinput: fn(top: ref Tk->Toplevel, devs: list of string);
          wmctl:      fn(top: ref Tk->Toplevel, request: string): string;
          settitle:   fn(top: ref Tk->Toplevel, name: string): string;
          handler:    fn(top: ref Tk->Toplevel, stop: chan of int);

          snarfput:   fn(buf: string);
          snarfget:   fn(): string;

     DESCRIPTION
          The Tkclient module provides routines for making windows
          controlled by wm(1) containing tk(2) widgets.

          Init should be called once to initialise the internal state
          of tkclient.

          Makedrawcontext establishes an initial connection with the
          window manager, creating a new Draw context suitable for
          creating new windows. It is only necessary to call this if
          the application has not already been provided with a con-
          text.

          Toplevel creates a new window through ctxt. Topconfig gives
          a list of frame(9) options that are applied to the new tk
          window, as described in tk(2). Title gives a label that will
          be displayed in the title bar of the window; buts determines
          which buttons are created in the titlebar, a bitwise combi-
          nation of the constants Resize, Help, OK, and Hide.  If
          Plain is given, the window is given no decoration at all.

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          Toplevel returns a tuple, say (top, ctl), where top is the
          newly created top level tk window, and ctl is a channel down
          which requests from the title bar are sent.  Messages
          received on ctl should be processed by the application or
          passed to the wmctl function. Requests are formatted as with
          quoted in string(2). The messages include:

          exit The window should be closed.  Wmctl will kill all pro-
               cesses in the current process group.

          !move x y
               The user has started to try to drag the window.  X and
               y give the location of the initial pointer click.

          !size
               The user wishes to resize the window.

          help The help button has been clicked.

          ok   The OK  button has been clicked.

          hide The Hide button has been clicked.  The window will be
               deleted, and an entry shown on the toolbar.

          In order to function correctly, an application should pro-
          cess not only events from the title bar channel, but also
          events from the Tk toplevel wreq channel, those received
          from the window manager itself (via top.ctxt.ctl), and
          pointer and keyboard events received from the window manager
          (via top.ctxt.ptr and top.ctxt.kbd respectively).  Control
          events can be passed to wmctl; pointer and keyboard events
          should be passed to their respective functions in tk(2).

          When created, the window is not visible and will not receive
          pointer or keyboard events.  Onscreen makes it visible, and
          possibly chooses a position and a size for it.  How speci-
          fies what sort of placement is required for the window; it
          can be one of

          place
               tries to choose a suitable place on the screen with
               respect to other windows; it may size the window as it
               feels appropriate. This the default (if how is nil).

          onscreen
               tries to keep the position and size the same as speci-
               fied on the window, adjusting them only to bring the
               window fully on screen, and making sure that the window
               is no bigger than the entire display.

          exact
               does not change the specified size or position of the

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               window unless absolutely necessary.

          Startinput informs the window manager that the window is
          ready to the event types specified in devs. Currently under-
          stood are kbd for keyboard events, and ptr for pointer
          events.

          The simplest well-behaved wm(1) client will therefore con-
          tain:

               (top, ctl) := tkclient->toplevel(ctxt, nil, "My Program", Tkclient->Appl);
               # ... populate the window with tk widgets
               tkclient->startinput(top, "ptr" :: "kbd" :: nil);
               tkclient->onscreen(top, nil);
               for(;;){
                    alt{
                    s := <-ctl or
                    s = <-top.ctxt.ctl or
                    s = <-top.wreq =>
                         tkclient->wmctl(top, s);
                    p := <-top.ctxt.ptr =>
                         tk->pointer(top, *p);
                    c := <-top.ctxt.kbd =>
                         tk->keyboard(top, c);
                    }
               }

          Settitle changes the name displayed in the title bar and the
          window's name when it is in the task bar.

          Snarfget and snarfput retrieve and replace the contents of
          the window manager's snarf buffer.

     FILES
          /chan/snarf  snarf buffer maintained by wm(1)
          /chan/wm     channel for interaction with wm(1)

     SOURCE
          /appl/lib/tkclient.b

     SEE ALSO
          wm(1), tk(2)

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