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- .so man.macros
- .HS tkerror tk 7.0
- .BS
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- .SH NAME
- tkerror \- Command invoked to process background errors
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBtkerror \fImessage\fR
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- The \fBtkerror\fR command doesn't exist as built-in part of Tk. Instead,
- individual applications or users can define a \fBtkerror\fR
- command (e.g. as a Tcl procedure) if they wish to handle background
- errors.
- .PP
- A background error is one that occurs in a command that didn't
- originate with the application. For example, if an error occurs
- while executing a command specified with a \fBbind\fR of \fBafter\fR
- command, then it is a background error. For a non-background error,
- the error can simply be returned up through nested Tcl command
- evaluations until it reaches the top-level code in the application;
- then the application can report the error in whatever way it
- wishes. When a background error occurs, the unwinding ends in
- the Tk library and there is no obvious way for Tk to report
- the error.
- .PP
- When Tk detects a background error, it invokes the \fBtkerror\fR
- command, passing it the error message as its only argument.
- Tk assumes that the application has implemented the \fBtkerror\fR
- command, and that the command will report the error in a way that
- makes sense for the application. Tk will ignore any result returned
- by the \fBtkerror\fR command.
- .PP
- If another Tcl error occurs within the \fBtkerror\fR command
- then Tk reports the error itself by writing a message
- to stderr.
- .PP
- .VS
- The Tk script library includes a default \fBtkerror\fR procedure
- that posts a dialog box containing the error message and offers
- the user a chance to see a stack trace that shows where the
- error occurred.
- .VE
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- background error, reporting
-