From: Hidetoshi NAGAI <nagai@...>
Date: 2006-04-12T11:27:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Q about tk buttons

From: "Jeppe Jakobsen" <jeppe88@gmail.com>
Subject: Q about tk buttons
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:41:39 +0900
Message-ID: <99b4ad3b0604111441p38d22688q14e03516af13db40@mail.gmail.com>
> Why can I use var += 1 outside of the button, when I can't use it inside it.

It means "var = var + 1".
"var + 1" returns 4, because TkVariable#+(obj) method expects
"numerical plus" when the arguemnt 'obj' is kind of Numeric.
And by setting the numeric value 4 to var, var losts the link 
to the TkVariable object.

Therefore, for example, 

> var = TkVariable.new(0) #defining variable
> var += 1 #making it a fixnum and adding 1

var.value = var + 1
  or
var.numeric += 1

> root = TkRoot.new()
> 
> label = TkLabel.new(:text=> var).pack()

label = TkLabel.new(:textvariable=>var).pack()

> button = TkButton.new(:text=> "Button", :command=>proc{var += 1}).pack()

button = TkButton.new(:text=> "Button", :command=>proc{var.value = var + 1}).pack()
   or
button = TkButton.new(:text=> "Button", :command=>proc{var.numeric += 1}).pack()

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Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp)