Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
From: devoil@helios.usq.EDU.AU (peter devoil)
Subject: Yet another J session mgr
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Keywords: J
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Organization: University of Southern Queensland
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 06:17:41 GMT
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Just a short note on something I cobbled together
in the wee hours last night. ISIs wd extensions
have a similar manner of operation as the tcl/tk
package for X11, they both use textual `scripts' to
communicate with the host. I managed to:
- build a rudimentary session mangler using tk which
  pops up a text widget with your interactive J session
- put a tcl hook into x.c which allows you to directly
  call tcl functions to manipulate windows, menus etc,
  even modify the session manager itself!
It's still too rough to give away at the moment, but
I should have more time on my hands in a month or so
to finish it. A possibility is to emulate 11!:0 under
X11, which might be useful for those using this sort
of thing. I've yet to be convinced its more than a toy,
but the marketers of the world would have me believe
its indispensible.
Yours,
PdeV.

