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WHAT:   Enhanced Tk Console for all Tk platforms  V2.7.10

WHERE:  http://tkcon.sourceforge.net/
	http://www.purl.org/net/hobbs/tcl/script/
	https://github.com/KarlCHansen/tkcon

REQUIREMENTS: Tcl/Tk 8.4+
	Tested through Tcl/Tk 8.6.
        tkcon is all Tcl/Tk code, no compiling required

tkcon is a replacement for the standard console that comes with Tk (on
Windows/Mac, but also works on Unix).  tkcon provides many more features
than the standard console and works on all platforms where Tcl/Tk is
available.  It is meant primarily to aid one when working with the little
details inside tcl and tk and to give Unix users the GUI console provided
by default in the Mac and Windows Tk.

FEATURES:
    Command history
    Path (Unix style) / Proc / Variable name expansion
    Multiple and tabbed consoles, each with its own state (via multiple
        interpreters)
    Captures stdout and stderr to console window (puts overridden)
    Hot errors (click on error result to see stack trace)
    Electric character matching (a la emacs)
    Electric proc highlighting
    Enhanced history searching
    Configurable
    Cut / Copy / Paste between windows (interoperates with native platform)
    Communication between consoles and other Tk interpreters
        (including non-tcl ones)
    Works on all Tk platforms

CHANGES:
    V2.7.10  kch   Cloned the latest version I could find. Development has
                   stalled on this for several years. This adds the classic
		   web-browser "ctrl-plus" and "ctrl-minus" handlers to change
		   the font size. I needed these because I started working on
		   2K and 4K monitors and the default font sizes were far too
		   small to read.  Note that the menus on Win10 are rendured
		   with the native menuing system, so without major rewrite
		   the menus cannot be resized.

CONTACT: Jeffrey Hobbs, jeff at hobbs dot org
	 kch, Karl Hansen, karl<nothinghere>hansen1425 -at- gee-male daught com

GETTING STARTED:

tkcon is a single drop-in file.  On Windows, I place this on the desktop
and double-click on it instead of wish/tclsh.  On Unix and OS X, I place it
in a directory on my path and run this instead of wish.

Documentation can be reading by starting with index.html in the docs/
subdirectory.  Happying Tcl'ing!