Monks,

Sorry for consecutive posts, but I cannot find any starting point on how to do this. I would like the ability to basically have a fully functional terminal/shell in a Tk frame. In other words, the user should be able to type in a command, which would be executed and output displayed. I also need to have the ability to have my script "type" in a command to execute automatically.

Alternatively, I was thinking of having a Tk::Text widget, where the output would be displayed and new commands typed in, but I'm not sure how to trigger the execution of the command (ie, `doCmd` when <Enter> is pressed). However, I am afraid that even this method would not work. The output of the commands could get quite lengthy, creating a very large buffer for the widget.

Just to give this and my previous post some perspective: I need to write a GUI wrapper to a command lined interface program (kind of like Matlab). Where can I start searching? Thanks in advance.

In reply to tty in Tk app by gri6507

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