Hi Rick and Milan,

In Tcl version 7.5 you want to type:

> exec clock -d &
> 
However, I'm VERY interested in that tksteal extension you mentioned
Rick . . . (to embed the clock in a frame).

Is it possible to do similar things with Tcl/tk launching *.avi files?

Thanks for your reply.

> ----------
> From:         Rick Macdonald[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:         Sunday, March 01, 1998 7:27 AM
> To:   Milan Vujic
> Cc:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Re: [vtcl] vtcl clock
> 
> On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Milan Vujic wrote:
> 
> > Hello.  Can someone please help me find the simplest way to display
> a
> > digital clock by making calls in C?
> 
> In its own frame or embeded in a Tcl window?
> 
> In its own frame you could do this in Tcl:
> 
> exec xclock -d &
> 
> or in C you could:
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> int main(void)
> {
>      system ("xclock -d &");
>      return(0);
> }
> 
> If you need to embed it in a Tk frame, there's a tksteal extension and
> I
> thought Tk 8.x has similar functionality built-in but just now I
> couldn't
> find it. (the -use option of toplevel doesn't seem to be it)
> 
> ...RickM...
> 
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