USENIX Technical Program - Abstract - 7th Tcl/Tk Conference - February 2000 ## CollabWiseTk: A Toolkit for Rendering Stand-alone Applications Collaborative Hemang Lavana and Franc Brglez, CBL (Collaborative Benchmarking Lab), Dept. of Computer Science, NC State University ### Abstract Traditionally, a stand-alone client application is rendered collaborative for members of a team either by sharing its view or by re-writing it as a collaborative client. However, it may not be possible to anticipate in advance all preferences for collaboration, hence such a client may appear confusing to some of the team members. We propose a novel client/server architecture for tk-based applications: rendering any stand-alone client collaborative, without a code re-write. Participants themselves are allowed to dynamically re-configure the inter-client synchronization table to suit their changing preferences and needs. The `CollabWiseTk` toolkit, based on the proposed architecture, is an extension of the tk functionality to support collaboration. It re-defines the existing tk commands such that the entire tk widget set is rendered collaborative for use with multiple users. We demonstrate the capabilities of the `CollabWiseTk` toolkit by readily rendering collaborative most of the Tk Widget Demonstrations, distributed with the core Tcl/Tk. The toolkit is implemented in pure tcl and it ports to all platforms. USENIX Members may view the full text of this paper in HTML form and PDF form. (Use your membership number as the username for access.) If you need the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it from Adobe's site. To become a USENIX Member, please see our Membership Information. Current USENIX Members may change their password.

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