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author | yugui <yugui@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2008-08-25 15:02:05 +0000 |
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committer | yugui <yugui@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2008-08-25 15:02:05 +0000 |
commit | 0dc342de848a642ecce8db697b8fecd83a63e117 (patch) | |
tree | 2b7ed4724aff1f86073e4740134bda9c4aac1a39 /trunk/ext/tk/README.fork | |
parent | ef70cf7138ab8034b5b806f466e4b484b24f0f88 (diff) |
added tag v1_9_0_4
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/tags/v1_9_0_4@18845 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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diff --git a/trunk/ext/tk/README.fork b/trunk/ext/tk/README.fork new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..707d78fc12 --- /dev/null +++ b/trunk/ext/tk/README.fork @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Ruby/Tk does NOT support forking the process on which Tk interpreter +is running (unless NEVER control Tk interpreter under the forked child +process). In the library 'tk.rb', a Tk interpreter is initialized. +Therefore, if you want running Tk under a child process, please call +"require 'tk'" in the child process. + +# If do fork and exec(<new Ruby/Tk>) on the child process, you can +# control Ruby/Tk interpreter on the child process by 'send' command +# of Tcl/Tk. About this, please see Tk.appsend and Tk.rb_appsend, or +# 'remote-tk.rb' and the sample 'sample/remote-ip_sample.rb'. + +For example, the following sample1 will NOT work, and sample2 will +work properly. + +---<sample1: NOT work>--------------------------------------- +require 'tk' ## init Tk interpreter under parent process + +exit! if fork ## exit parent process + +## child process +TkButton.new(:text=>'QUIT', :command=>proc{exit}).pack +Tk.mainloop +------------------------------------------------------------- + +---<sample2: will work>-------------------------------------- +exit! if fork ## exit main process + +## child process +require 'tk' ## init Tk interpreter under child process +TkButton.new(:text=>'QUIT', :command=>proc{exit}).pack +Tk.mainloop +------------------------------------------------------------- + + 2004/05/22 Hidetoshi NAGAI |