# Tkxml

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 9, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536 "2008-10-09T17:11:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536/1 "2008-10-09T17:11:10Z")

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Ok. How about any interest in creating Tk GUIs form an xml markup. Eg.

\<Tk:Root name=“test” title=“Test”\>

```
    <Tk:Frame name="menuframe">
            <Tk:Menubutton name="filebutton" text="File"

```

underline=“0”\>  
\<Tk:Menu name=“filemenu” tearoff=“false”\>  
\<Tk:\_add  
\_1=“command”  
label=“Open”  
command=“openDocument”  
underline=“0”  
accel=“Ctrl+O” /\>  
\<Tk:\_add  
\_1=“command”  
label=“Exit”  
command=“exitApplication”  
underline=“0”  
accel=“Ctrl+Q” /\>  
\</Tk:Menu\>  
\<Tk:\_pack side=“left” /\>  
\</Tk:Menubutton\>  
\<Tk:\_pack side=“left” /\>  
\</Tk:Frame\>

```
    <Tk:_bind
            _1="Control-o"
            _2="openDocument" />

    <Tk:_bind
            _1="Control-q"
            _2="exitApplication" />

```

\</Tk:Root\>

T.

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536/2 "2008-10-09T17:53:29Z")

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536/3 "2008-10-09T19:38:38Z")

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On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Trans [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Ok. How about any interest in creating Tk GUIs form an xml markup. Eg.

Why not builder-style ruby markup?

[:Root, {:name =\> ‘test’, :title =\> ‘test’},  
[:Frame, {:name =\> ‘menuframe’},  
[:Menubutton, {:name =\> ‘filebutton’, :text =\> “File”, :underline =\>  
0}, …

or even sexps

(Root [(name :test) (title “test”)]  
(Frame [(name :menuframe)]  
(Menubutton [(name :filebutton) (text “File”)]

martin

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536/4 "2008-10-09T19:55:04Z")

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On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Martin DeMello [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Trans [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > Ok. How about any interest in creating Tk GUIs form an xml markup. Eg.

> or even sexps
> 
> (Root [(name :test) (title “test”)]  
> (Frame [(name :menuframe)]  
> (Menubutton [(name :filebutton) (text “File”)]

Or even Ruby:

Root(:name =\> :test, :title =\> "test) do  
Frame(:menuframe) do  
Menubutton(:filebutton) { text “File” }  
end  
end

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tkxml/150536/5 "2008-10-09T22:06:08Z")

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On Oct 9, 1:35 pm, “Martin DeMello” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> (Root [(name :test) (title “test”)]  
> (Frame [(name :menuframe)]  
> (Menubutton [(name :filebutton) (text “File”)]

Sure one can do that. I just happen to have code laying around already  
that already handles the xml. I wrote it long ago, thinking of  
something like Glade, but for Tk instead of Gtk. I never used it  
though. So I was just wondering if anyone wanted it.

I hear Tk is going to get a native look-and-feel face-lift by the way.  
That could be interesting.

T.