Introduction
Tcl/Tk provides a powerful GUI library with a BSD-style open source license. It is a combination of the scripting language Tcl and the cross-platform widget toolkit Tk.
Package clTcl provides an interface to Tcl/Tk via Tcl scripts embedded into Common Lisp. Program your GUI with Tcl as embedded language. Scripts can be run by choosing one of the various Tcl/Tk interpreters. Deployment is possible for many systems.
Hello World
The following fragment is the obligatory Hello World.
(cltcl:event-loop
#TCL[package require Tk
wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW {exit}
label .message -text "Hello World!"
pack .message])
Function event-loop starts the Tcl/Tk interpreter, executes the given script and starts listening for events to dispatch. It is typically used as application top loop.
The Tcl script is embedded with syntax #TCL[ ... ]. At the dots any
literal Tcl script can occur.
Documentation
The installation page describes the requirements, installing clTcl, choosing a Tcl/Tk interpreter, troubleshooting.
The manual explains how to use the clTcl package. All functions are specification of the clTcl package.
Finally there are some examples.
Status
I have run it successfully with ABCL, CLISP, SBCL, LispWorks, CCL and CMU on GNU/Linux and with ABCL, CCL, CLISP and LispWorks on Windows. All combinations worked for various Tcl/Tk interpreters. Other implementations and combinations should work without many problems.
Links
- An excellent Tcl tutorial is Tcl for Web Nerds by Abelson, Greenspun and Sandon.
- Many Tcl/Tk resources can be found at the Tcl Developer Xchange and the Tclers Wiki.
- Documentation for all Tcl and Tk commands can be found on the Developer Xchange manual pages. See for example the manuals pages for Tcl/Tk 8.4, Tcl/Tk 8.5 and Tcl/Tk 8.6.
License
This software has an MIT license.