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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2011-03-02 16:50:36 (GMT)
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* doc/tk_mac.n (new file): Description of OSX-specific functionality
in Tk, contributed by Kevin Walzer. * doc/button.n, doc/font.n, doc/menu.n: Noted which parts of these commands are intentionally not fully supported on OSX.
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@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ then the command modifies the given named font to have the given values; in
this case, all widgets using that font will redisplay themselves using the
new attributes for the font. See \fBFONT OPTIONS\fR below for a list of the
possible attributes.
+.RS
+.PP
+Note that on Aqua/Mac OS X, the system fonts (see
+\fBPLATFORM-SPECIFIC FONTS\fR below) may not be actually altered because they
+are implemented by the system theme. To achieve the effect of modification,
+use \fBfont actual\fR to get their configuration and \fBfont create\fR to
+synthesize a copy of the font which can be modified.
+.RE
.TP
\fBfont create\fR ?\fIfontname\fR? ?\fIoption value ...\fR?
.