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Tk_Main(3)		     Tk	Library	Procedures		    Tk_Main(3)

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NAME
       Tk_Main - main program for Tk-based applications

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<tk.h>

       Tk_Main(argc, argv, appInitProc)

ARGUMENTS
       int argc	(in)				  Number of elements in	argv.

       char *argv[] (in)			  Array	 of strings containing
						  command-line	arguments.  On
						  Windows,  when  using	-DUNI-
						  CODE,	 the  parameter	  type
						  changes to wchar_t *.

       Tcl_AppInitProc *appInitProc (in)	  Address  of  an application-
						  specific initialization pro-
						  cedure.  The value for  this
						  argument  is usually Tcl_Ap-
						  pInit.
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DESCRIPTION
       Tk_Main acts as	the  main  program  for	 most  Tk-based	 applications.
       Starting	 with  Tk 4.0 it is not	called main anymore because it is part
       of the Tk library and having a function main in a library (particularly
       a shared	library) causes	problems on many systems.  Having main in  the
       Tk library would	also make it hard to use Tk in C++ programs, since C++
       programs	must have special C++ main functions.

       Normally	 each  application  contains  a	 small main function that does
       nothing but invoke Tk_Main.  Tk_Main then does all the work of creating
       and running a wish-like application.

       When it is has finished its own initialization, but before it processes
       commands, Tk_Main calls the procedure given by  the  appInitProc	 argu-
       ment.   This procedure provides a "hook"	for the	application to perform
       its own initialization, such as defining	application-specific commands.
       The procedure must have an interface that matches the type Tcl_AppInit-
       Proc:
	      typedef int Tcl_AppInitProc(
		      Tcl_Interp *interp);
       AppInitProc is almost always a pointer to Tcl_AppInit; for more details
       on this procedure, see the documentation	for Tcl_AppInit.

       Tk_Main functions much the same as Tcl_Main.   In  particular,  Tk_Main
       supports	 both  an interactive mode and a startup script	mode, with the
       file name and encoding of a startup script under	 the  control  of  the
       Tcl_SetStartupScript  and  Tcl_GetStartupScript	routines.  However  it
       calls Tk_MainLoop after processing any supplied script, and in interac-
       tive uses events	registered with	Tcl_CreateFileHandler to process  user
       input.

SEE ALSO
       Tcl_DoOneEvent(3)

KEYWORDS
       application-specific  initialization, command-line arguments, main pro-
       gram

Tk				      4.0			    Tk_Main(3)

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