Shen/tk

You will find here a complete guide to Shen/tk. The download page allows you to download it.

This work was originally uploaded 29/05/2025.

(c) Mark Tarver, 2025

Contents

1 Introducing Shen/tk

1.1 Shen/tk
1.2 The History of Shen/tk
1.3 Installing Shen/tk

2. The Shen IDE

2.1 Booting Up
2.2 Exiting Shen/tk
2.3 Toggle Buttons
2.3 Top Row Buttons

3. Widgets

3.1 File Sharing Communication
3.2 Low Level Communication
3.3 Basic Functions
3.4 Type Theory
3.5 Windows
3.6 Buttons
3.7 Labels
3.8 Entries
3.9 Text Boxes
3.10 Canvases

4. Images, Fonts, Colours and Cursors

4.1 Images
4.2 Fonts
4.3 Colours
4.4 Cursors

5. The Window Manager

5.1 Packing
5.2 Using tk.grid
5.3 Frames

6. Dialog Windows

6.1 Message Boxes
6.2 Choosing Colours

7. Surfing the Web

7.1 Raw Data
7.2 Eliminating Markup
7.3 Collating Sentences
7.4 Collating Links

8. Sounds, Key Bindings, Winfo

8.1 Sounds
8.2 Key Bindings
8.3 Winfo

9. Sample Shen/tk Programs

9.1 Check Buttons
9.2 Menus
9.3 Calculator Program