From: Wilbert Berendsen Date: 2001-12-31T06:21:14+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29760] Re: Formatted Text Pane On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:38:18 +0900 Ron Jeffries wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 02:01:08 GMT, Albert Wagner > wrote: > > >I think you will be both suprised and amazed at what the Tk text widget > >can do. Wrapping your mind around Tags and Marks may take some time > >but the rewards are great. I have never seen a widget ANYWHERE this > >adaptable and powerful. > > Can it do different fonts, bold and regular face, italic, etc? > > What's a good way to learn about it? Is there a book, a web site, a > brain transplant, someone in Michigan to pair with ... Tk text widget is indeed incredibly powerful. A good book for mastering the Tk toolkit is Tcl and Tk, Third Edition by Brent Welch. Also see the manual pages of tcl/tk! "man n text" e.g. You can easily transpose this knowledge to the ruby way of calling Tk widgets. enjoy! Wilbert -- Wilbert Berendsen (http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbsoft/)