Problem with Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame

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Hi

I'm trying to write a gui program using Ruby and Tk/Tile.

I'd like to do something like:

    require 'tk'
    require 'tkextlib/tile'

    d = Tk::Tile::Dialog.new(:type=>'okcancel', :message=>'Enter name:')
    Tk::Tile::Entry.new(d.client_frame).pack
    d.show

- but I get:

RuntimeError: wrong # args: should be "::ttk::dialog::clientframe dlg"
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_invoke_without_enc'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_ip_invoke_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1730:in `_tk_call_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1758:in `tk_call_without_enc'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tkextlib/tile/dialog.rb:54:in
`client_frame'

It seems that Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame launches an incorrect command
against tcl.

It works at the Tcl/Tk level. This script (which I've constructed with a
considerable effort, as I don't speak tcl):

    package require tile
    ttk::dialog .dlg -type okcancel -message "Enter name:"
    set cf [ttk::dialog::clientframe .dlg]
    ttk::entry $cf.entry
    pack $cf.entry

does what I want. (Sorry for posting tcl on this list :-))

Could it be a version problem?
I'm running ruby 1.8.6, Tcl8.5a5, Tk8.5a5, Tile-0.7.8. All compiled from
sources on a debian unstable box.

br. Christian Surlykke

2

Hi

Still trying to call Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame and still having problems.

Resumé:

When I do:

    Tk::TIle::Dialog.new(type=>'okcancel').client_frame

I get:

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_invoke_without_enc': wrong # args:
should be "::ttk::dialog::clientframe dlg" (RuntimeError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_ip_invoke_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1730:in `_tk_call_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1758:in `tk_call_without_enc'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tkextlib/tile/dialog.rb:54:in
`client_frame'
        from ./dialogtst.rb:36

I thought I had it figured out from looking at

    Tk::Tile::TNotebook#enable_traversal

That method calls

   tk_call_without_enc('::ttk::notebook::enableTraversal', @path)

- so I redefined Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame as:

class Tk::Tile::Dialog
  def client_frame
    window(tk_call_without_enc('::ttk::dialog::clientframe', @path))
  end
end

and do:

Dialog.new(:type=>'okcancel').clientframe

- but then I get:

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_invoke_without_enc': bad window path
name ".w00000.f" (RuntimeError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_ip_invoke_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1730:in `_tk_call_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1758:in `tk_call_without_enc'
        from ./dialogtst.rb:32:in `client_frame'
        from ./dialogtst.rb:37

Now, I know that the path of the dialog must be '.w00000', so somewhere '.f'
is appended. Does anybody know where an why?

My appologies for persisting with this question, by I'm really stuck.

br. Christian Surlykke

Onsdag den 21. Marts 2007 skrev Christian Surlykke:

···

Hi

I'm trying to write a gui program using Ruby and Tk/Tile.

I'd like to do something like:

    require 'tk'
    require 'tkextlib/tile'

    d = Tk::Tile::Dialog.new(:type=>'okcancel', :message=>'Enter name:')
    Tk::Tile::Entry.new(d.client_frame).pack
    d.show

- but I get:

RuntimeError: wrong # args: should be "::ttk::dialog::clientframe dlg"
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_invoke_without_enc'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_ip_invoke_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1730:in `_tk_call_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1758:in `tk_call_without_enc'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tkextlib/tile/dialog.rb:54:in
`client_frame'

It seems that Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame launches an incorrect command
against tcl.

It works at the Tcl/Tk level. This script (which I've constructed with a
considerable effort, as I don't speak tcl):

    package require tile
    ttk::dialog .dlg -type okcancel -message "Enter name:"
    set cf [ttk::dialog::clientframe .dlg]
    ttk::entry $cf.entry
    pack $cf.entry

does what I want. (Sorry for posting tcl on this list :-))

Could it be a version problem?
I'm running ruby 1.8.6, Tcl8.5a5, Tk8.5a5, Tile-0.7.8. All compiled from
sources on a debian unstable box.

br. Christian Surlykke

3

Message-ID: <200703252051.15413.christian@surlykke.dk>

Still trying to call Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame and still having problems.

    (snip)

- but then I get:

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_invoke_without_enc': bad window path
name ".w00000.f" (RuntimeError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1694:in `_ip_invoke_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1730:in `_tk_call_core'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1758:in `tk_call_without_enc'
        from ./dialogtst.rb:32:in `client_frame'
        from ./dialogtst.rb:37

The real widget of Tk::Tile::Dialog is generated
when "show" method is called.
Before that, "client_frame" method returns an invalid widget path.

It is the specificaion of the widget.
But, I can understand that it is inconvenient.
I'll consider better ways.

···

From: Christian Surlykke <christian@surlykke.dk>
Subject: Re: Problem with Tk::Tile::Dialog#client_frame
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:51:19 +0900
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