The Pd Vanilla 0.46-7 Windows distribution includes tcl/tk 8.5 and a widget demo.

The demo can be opened with the message

exec wish85.exe $::sys_libdir/lib/tk8.5/demos/widget

pasted into the “tcl prompt:” + <enter>

Initially I am trying to find a way to send a message directly to that prompt from a patch, in a similar manner to [; pd(

That seems to have been expressly omitted from the console build.

There is a widget editor available (vtcl) which makes widget building more accessible for noobs like myself.

If an object or objects exist, or could be compiled for Pure Data, that could open a widget and receive variables from user interaction with that widget then a patch could call widgets in –nogui mode (or not) and present a simple user interface to a “user” of the patch.

I have implemented (badly- but I am learning fast) an additional menu item for the Pd window which can communicate with tcl/tk (working for windows os) http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/9991/woof-a-new-window-menu-for-vanilla-tcl

Please let me know if I am “breaking” the license, and of course I will stop.

But for now I am stuck anyway.

David.