TCL7.5 API Manual Pages

• Tcl_AddErrorInfo,
  Tcl_SetErrorCode,
  Tcl_PosixError - record information about errors
• Tcl_AllowExceptions - allow all exceptions in next script evaluation
• Tcl_AppInit - perform application-specific initialization
• Tcl_GetAssocData,
  Tcl_SetAssocData,
  Tcl_DeleteAssocData - manage Associateon of String Keys and User Data
• Tcl_AsyncCreate,
  Tcl_AsyncMark,
  Tcl_AsyncInvoke,
  Tcl_AsyncDelete - handle asynchronous events
• Tcl_BackgroundError - report Tcl error that occurred in background processing
• Tcl_Backslash - parse a backslash sequence
• Tcl_CallWhenDeleted,
  Tcl_DontCallWhenDeleted - Arrange for callback when interpreter is deleted
• Tcl_CommandComplete - Check for unmatched braces in a Tcl command
• Tcl_Concat - concatenate a collection of strings
• Tcl_CreateChannel,
  Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData,
  Tcl_GetChannelType,
  Tcl_GetChannelName,
  Tcl_GetChannelFile,
  Tcl_GetChannelBufferSize,
  Tcl_SetDefaultTranslation,
  Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize - procedures for creating and manipulating channels
• Tcl_CreateChannelHandler,
  Tcl_DeleteChannelHandler - call a procedure when a channel becomes readable or writable
• Tcl_CreateCloseHandler,
  Tcl_DeleteCloseHandler - arrange for callbacks when channels are closed
• Tcl_CreateCommand,
  Tcl_DeleteCommand,
  Tcl_GetCommandInfo,
  Tcl_SetCommandInfo - implement new commands in C
• Tcl_CreateFileHandler,
  Tcl_DeleteFileHandler - associate procedure callbacks with files or devices
• Tcl_CreateInterp,
  Tcl_DeleteInterp,
  Tcl_InterpDeleted - create and delete Tcl command interpreters
• Tcl_CreateMathFunc - Define a new math function for expressions
• Tcl_CreateModalTimeout,
  Tcl_DeleteModalTimeout - special timer for modal operations
• Tcl_CreatePipeline - create one or more child processes,
  with I/O redirection
• Tcl_IsSafe,
  Tcl_MakeSafe,
  Tcl_CreateSlave,
  Tcl_GetSlave,
  Tcl_GetSlaves,
  Tcl_GetMaster,
  Tcl_CreateAlias,
  Tcl_GetAlias,
  Tcl_GetAliases - manage
• Tcl_CreateTimerHandler,
  Tcl_DeleteTimerHandler - call a procedure at a
• Tcl_CreateTrace,
  Tcl_DeleteTrace - arrange for command execution to be traced
• Tcl_DStringInit,
  Tcl_DStringAppend,
  Tcl_DStringAppendElement,
  Tcl_DStringStartSublist,
  Tcl_DStringEndSublist,
  Tcl_DStringLength,
  Tcl_DStringValue,
  Tcl_DStringSetLength,
  Tcl_DStringFree,
  Tcl_DStringResult,
  Tcl_DStringGetResult - manipulate dynamic strings
• Tcl_DetachPids,
  Tcl_ReapDetachedProcs - manage child processes in background
• Tcl_DoOneEvent - wait for events and invoke event handlers
• Tcl_DoWhenIdle,
  Tcl_CancelIdleCall - invoke a procedure when there are no pending events
• Tcl_EnterFile,
  Tcl_GetOpenFile,
  Tcl_FilePermissions - manipulate the table of open files
• Tcl_Eval,
  Tcl_VarEval,
  Tcl_EvalFile,
  Tcl_GlobalEval - execute Tcl commands
• Tcl_Exit,
  Tcl_CreateExitHandler,
  Tcl_DeleteExitHandler - end the application (and invoke exit handlers)
• Tcl_ExprLong,
  Tcl_ExprDouble,
  Tcl_ExprBoolean,
  Tcl_ExprString - evaluate an expression
• Tcl_FindExecutable - identify the binary file containing the application
• Tcl_GetFile,
  Tcl_FreeFile,
  Tcl_GetFileInfo - procedures to manipulate generic file handles
• Tcl_GetInt,
  Tcl_GetDouble,
  Tcl_GetBoolean - convert from string to integer,
  double,
  or boolean
• Tcl_GetOpenFile - Get a standard IO File README changes4.1.html changes7.5.html tclAPI_man tclAPI_man.html tcl_man tcl_man.html tkAPI_man tk_man tk_man.html handle from a channel.
• Tcl_GetStdChannel,
  Tcl_SetStdChannel - procedures for retrieving and replacing the standard channels
• Tcl_InitHashTable,
  Tcl_DeleteHashTable,
  Tcl_CreateHashEntry,
  Tcl_DeleteHashEntry,
  Tcl_FindHashEntry,
  Tcl_GetHashValue,
  Tcl_SetHashValue,
  Tcl_GetHashKey,
  Tcl_FirstHashEntry,
  Tcl_NextHashEntry,
  Tcl_HashStats - procedures to manage hash tables
• Tcl_Interp - client-visible fields of interpreter structures
• Tcl_LinkVar,
  Tcl_UnlinkVar,
  Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar - link Tcl variable to C variable
• Tcl_CreateEventSource,
  Tcl_DeleteEventSource,
  Tcl_WatchFile,
  Tcl_FileReady,
  Tcl_SetMaxBlockTime,
  Tcl_QueueEvent,
  Tcl_WaitForEvent - Event sources,
  the event notifier,
  and the event queue
• Tcl_OpenFileChannel,
  Tcl_OpenCommandChannel,
  Tcl_Close,
  Tcl_Read,
  Tcl_Gets,
  Tcl_Write,
  Tcl_Flush,
  Tcl_Seek,
  Tcl_Tell,
  Tcl_Eof,
  Tcl_InputBlocked,
  Tcl_GetChannelOption,
  Tcl_SetChannelOption - buffered I/O facilities using channels
• Tcl_OpenTcpClient,
  Tcl_OpenTcpServer - procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
• Tcl_PkgRequire,
  Tcl_PkgProvide - package version control
• Tcl_Preserve,
  Tcl_Release,
  Tcl_EventuallyFree - avoid freeing storage while it's being used
• Tcl_PrintDouble - Convert floating value to string
• Tcl_RecordAndEval - save command on history list before evaluating
• Tcl_RegExpMatch,
  Tcl_RegExpCompile,
  Tcl_RegExpExec,
  Tcl_RegExpRange - Pattern matching with regular expressions
• Tcl_SetErrno,
  Tcl_GetErrno - manipulate errno to store and retrieve error codes
• Tcl_SetRecursionLimit - set maximum allowable nesting depth in interpreter
• Tcl_SetResult,
  Tcl_AppendResult,
  Tcl_AppendElement,
  Tcl_ResetResult - manipulate Tcl result string
• Tcl_SetVar,
  Tcl_SetVar2,
  Tcl_GetVar,
  Tcl_GetVar2,
  Tcl_UnsetVar,
  Tcl_UnsetVar2 - manipulate Tcl variables
• Tcl_Sleep - delay execution for a given number of milliseconds
• Tcl_SplitList,
  Tcl_Merge,
  Tcl_ScanElement,
  Tcl_ConvertElement - manipulate Tcl lists
• Tcl_StaticPackage - make a statically linked package available via the load command
• Tcl_StringMatch - test whether a string matches a pattern
• Tcl_Main - main program for Tcl-based applications
• Tcl_TildeSubst - replace tilde with home directory in a file name
• Tcl_TraceVar,
  Tcl_TraceVar2,
  Tcl_UntraceVar,
  Tcl_UntraceVar2,
  Tcl_VarTraceInfo,
  Tcl_VarTraceInfo2 - monitor accesses to a variable
• Tcl_TranslateFileName - convert file name to native form and replace tilde with home directory
• Tcl_UpVar,
  Tcl_UpVar2 - link one variable to another