tkinspect(1)

📦 version 5.1.6p10, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 tkinspect(1) — the Tkinspect manual, section 1 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is a whole ✨vibe✨. This is the manual page for tkinspect, living in the Tkinspect manual, section 1. It's short, it's sweet, and it's lowkey iconic. Let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

tkinspect — a Tk application inspector. yes, that's the whole name section. she's mysterious. she's powerful. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tkinspect

that's it. no flags, no arguments, no nothing. just run her and go 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

tkinspect is an inspector for Tk applications. The way it does this is genuinely so clever — it uses Tk's send command to retrieve information from other Tk applications. like, it's literally reaching into another app's business and reading its diary (affectionately) 😭

tkinspect

When you choose an application through the File/Select Interpreter menu, the lists get filled with the names of the procs, globals, and windows of that application. Obsessed already.

Clicking on one of those names will fill the value window with:

  • the definition of the proc, or
  • the value of the global variable, or
  • various information about the window.

And here's the part that's giving main character energy: the value window is editable, and its contents can be sent back to the selected application. so you can peek and poke. no cap 🔥

Tcl commands can be sent to the selected application using the Command: entry, or through a command line interface to the application — you get to that one via the File/New Command Line menu. That command line is nearly identical to Tk's demo rmt. iykyk 💅

For further information, just select a topic from the help window's Topics menu. she tells you everything herself, so polite 🌸

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • /usr/share/doc/tk8.5/examples/rmt
  • send(3tk)

💜 KEYWORDS 💜

  • Tcl
  • Tk
heads up bestie: everything here lives and dies by Tk's send command, so the info you're pulling comes straight from the other Tk app. no magic, just vibes and inter-process communication 🧚

and that's the whole page, babe 🎀 this was tkinspect version 5.1.6p10, from the tkinspect manual. slay, stay curious, and go inspect something pretty 💖✨🌈

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