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60 | This section is designed in two parts: the first half (roughly) covers | |
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65 | When trying to answer questions of the form ``how do I do blah'', it | |
66 | is often best to find out how to do``blah'' in straight Tk, and then | |
67 | convert this back into the corresponding <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tkinter.html">Tkinter</a></tt> call. | |
68 | Python programmers can often guess at the correct Python command by | |
69 | looking at the Tk documentation. This means that in order to use | |
70 | Tkinter, you will have to know a little bit about Tk. This document | |
71 | can't fulfill that role, so the best we can do is point you to the | |
72 | best documentation that exists. Here are some hints: | |
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77 | <LI>The authors strongly suggest getting a copy of the Tk man | |
78 | pages. Specifically, the man pages in the <code>mann</code> directory are most | |
79 | useful. The <code>man3</code> man pages describe the C interface to the Tk | |
80 | library and thus are not especially helpful for script writers. | |
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84 | <LI>Addison-Wesley publishes a book called <em class="citetitle" | |
85 | >Tcl and the | |
86 | Tk Toolkit</em> by John Ousterhout (ISBN 0-201-63337-X) which is a good | |
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102 | <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://tcl.activestate.com/" | |
103 | >ActiveState Tcl Home Page</a></em></dt> | |
104 | <dd>The Tk/Tcl development is largely taking place at | |
105 | ActiveState.</dd> | |
106 | </dl> | |
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108 | <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/020163337X" | |
109 | >Tcl and the Tk Toolkit</a></em></dt> | |
110 | <dd>The book by John Ousterhout, the inventor of Tcl .</dd> | |
111 | </dl> | |
112 | <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle"> | |
113 | <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130220280" | |
114 | >Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk</a></em></dt> | |
115 | <dd>Brent Welch's encyclopedic book.</dd> | |
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