safe::loadTk - Load Tk into a safe interpreter.
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Description
Safe Tk is based on Safe Tcl, which provides a mechanism that allows restricted and mediated access to
auto-loading and packages for safe interpreters. Safe Tk adds the ability to configure the interpreter
for safe Tk operations and load Tk into safe interpreters.
The safe::loadTk command initializes the required data structures in the named safe interpreter and then
loads Tk into it. The interpreter must have been created with safe::interpCreate or have been
initialized with safe::interpInit. The command returns the name of the safe interpreter. If -use is
specified, the window identified by the specified system dependent identifier windowId is used to contain
the “.” window of the safe interpreter; it can be any valid id, eventually referencing a window
belonging to another application. As a convenience, if the window you plan to use is a Tk Window of the
application you can use the window name (e.g., “.x.y”) instead of its window Id (e.g., from winfoid.x.y). When -use is not specified, a new toplevel window is created for the “.” window of the safe
interpreter. On X11 if you want the embedded window to use another display than the default one, specify
it with -display. See the SECURITYISSUES section below for implementation details.
Keywords
alias, auto-loading, auto_mkindex, load, parent interpreter, safe interpreter, child interpreter, source
Tk 8.0 SafeTk(3tk)
Name
safe::loadTk - Load Tk into a safe interpreter.
Security Issues
Please read the safe manual page for Tcl to learn about the basic security considerations for Safe Tcl.
safe::loadTk adds the value of tk_library taken from the parent interpreter to the virtual access path of
the safe interpreter so that auto-loading will work in the safe interpreter.
Tk initialization is now safe with respect to not trusting the child's state for startup. safe::loadTk
registers the child's name so when the Tk initialization (Tk_SafeInit) is called and in turn calls the
parent's safe::InitTk it will return the desired argv equivalent (-usewindowId, correct -display, etc.)
When -use is not used, the new toplevel created is specially decorated so the user is always aware that
the user interface presented comes from a potentially unsafe code and can easily delete the corresponding
interpreter.
On X11, conflicting -use and -display are likely to generate a fatal X error.
See Also
safe(3tcl), interp(3tcl), library(3tcl), load(3tcl), package(3tcl), source(3tcl), unknown(3tcl)
Synopsis
safe::loadTkchild ?-usewindowId? ?-displaydisplayName? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
