The console Command

The Windows and Macintosh platforms have a built-in console that is used to enter Tcl commands interactively. You can control this console with the console command. The console is visible by default. Hide the console like this:

console hide

Display the console like this:

console show

The console is implemented by a second Tcl interpreter. You can evaluate Tcl commands in that interpreter with:

console eval command

There is an alternate version of this console called TkCon. It is included on the CD-ROM, and you can find current versions on the Internet. TkCon was created by Jeff Hobbs and has lots of nice features. You can use TkCon on Unix systems, too. Some of its features were added to console in 8.4.