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+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1990-1994 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\" 
+'\" SCCS: @(#) pack.n 1.19 96/08/27 13:21:48
+'\" 
+.so man.macros
+.TH pack n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
+.BS
+'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+pack \- Geometry manager that packs around edges of cavity
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBpack \fIoption arg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR?
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+The \fBpack\fR command is used to communicate with the packer,
+a geometry manager that arranges the children of a parent by
+packing them in order around the edges of the parent.
+The \fBpack\fR command can have any of several forms, depending
+on the \fIoption\fR argument:
+.TP
+\fBpack \fIslave \fR?\fIslave ...\fR? ?\fIoptions\fR?
+If the first argument to \fBpack\fR is a window name (any value
+starting with ``.''), then the command is processed in the same
+way as \fBpack configure\fR.
+.TP
+\fBpack configure \fIslave \fR?\fIslave ...\fR? ?\fIoptions\fR?
+The arguments consist of the names of one or more slave windows
+followed by pairs of arguments that specify how
+to manage the slaves.
+See ``THE PACKER ALGORITHM'' below for details on how the options
+are used by the packer.
+The following options are supported:
+.RS
+.TP
+\fB\-after \fIother\fR
+\fIOther\fR must the name of another window.
+Use its master as the master for the slaves, and insert
+the slaves just after \fIother\fR in the packing order.
+.TP
+\fB\-anchor \fIanchor\fR
+\fIAnchor\fR must be a valid anchor position such as \fBn\fR
+or \fBsw\fR; it specifies where to position each slave in its
+parcel.
+Defaults to \fBcenter\fR.
+.TP
+\fB\-before \fIother\fR
+\fIOther\fR must the name of another window.
+Use its master as the master for the slaves, and insert
+the slaves just before \fIother\fR in the packing order.
+.TP
+\fB\-expand \fIboolean\fR
+Specifies whether the slaves should be expanded to consume
+extra space in their master.
+\fIBoolean\fR may have any proper boolean value, such as \fB1\fR
+or \fBno\fR.
+Defaults to 0.
+.TP
+\fB\-fill \fIstyle\fR
+If a slave's parcel is larger than its requested dimensions, this
+option may be used to stretch the slave.
+\fIStyle\fR must have one of the following values:
+.RS
+.TP
+\fBnone\fR
+Give the slave its requested dimensions plus any internal padding
+requested with \fB\-ipadx\fR or \fB\-ipady\fR.  This is the default.
+.TP
+\fBx\fR
+Stretch the slave horizontally to fill the entire width of its
+parcel (except leave external padding as specified by \fB\-padx\fR).
+.TP
+\fBy\fR
+Stretch the slave vertically to fill the entire height of its
+parcel (except leave external padding as specified by \fB\-pady\fR).
+.TP
+\fBboth\fR
+Stretch the slave both horizontally and vertically.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fB\-in \fIother\fR
+Insert the slave(s) at the end of the packing order for the master
+window given by \fIother\fR.
+.TP
+\fB\-ipadx \fIamount\fR
+\fIAmount\fR specifies how much horizontal internal padding to
+leave on each side of the slave(s).
+\fIAmount\fR must be a valid screen distance, such as \fB2\fR or \fB.5c\fR.
+It defaults to 0.
+.TP
+\fB\-ipady \fIamount\fR
+\fIAmount\fR specifies how much vertical internal padding to
+leave on each side of the slave(s).
+\fIAmount\fR  defaults to 0.
+.TP
+\fB\-padx \fIamount\fR
+\fIAmount\fR specifies how much horizontal external padding to
+leave on each side of the slave(s).
+\fIAmount\fR defaults to 0.
+.TP
+\fB\-pady \fIamount\fR
+\fIAmount\fR specifies how much vertical external padding to
+leave on each side of the slave(s).
+\fIAmount\fR defaults to 0.
+.TP
+\fB\-side \fIside\fR
+Specifies which side of the master the slave(s) will be packed against.
+Must be \fBleft\fR, \fBright\fR, \fBtop\fR, or \fBbottom\fR.
+Defaults to \fBtop\fR.
+.LP
+If no \fB\-in\fR, \fB\-after\fR or \fB\-before\fR option is specified
+then each of the slaves will be inserted at the end of the packing list
+for its parent unless it is already managed by the packer (in which
+case it will be left where it is).
+If one of these options is specified then all the slaves will be
+inserted at the specified point.
+If any of the slaves are already managed by the geometry manager
+then any unspecified options for them retain their previous values rather
+than receiving default values.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBpack forget \fIslave \fR?\fIslave ...\fR?
+Removes each of the \fIslave\fRs from the packing order for its
+master and unmaps their windows.
+The slaves will no longer be managed by the packer.
+.TP
+\fBpack info \fIslave\fR
+Returns a list whose elements are the current configuration state of
+the slave given by \fIslave\fR in the same option-value form that
+might be specified to \fBpack configure\fR.
+The first two elements of the list are ``\fB\-in \fImaster\fR'' where
+\fImaster\fR is the slave's master.
+.TP
+\fBpack propagate \fImaster\fR ?\fIboolean\fR?
+If \fIboolean\fR has a true boolean value such as \fB1\fR or \fBon\fR
+then propagation is enabled for \fImaster\fR, which must be a window
+name (see ``GEOMETRY PROPAGATION'' below).
+If \fIboolean\fR has a false boolean value then propagation is
+disabled for \fImaster\fR.
+In either of these cases an empty string is returned.
+If \fIboolean\fR is omitted then the command returns \fB0\fR or
+\fB1\fR to indicate whether propagation is currently enabled
+for \fImaster\fR.
+Propagation is enabled by default.
+.TP
+\fBpack slaves \fImaster\fR
+Returns a list of all of the slaves in the packing order for \fImaster\fR.
+The order of the slaves in the list is the same as their order in
+the packing order.
+If \fImaster\fR has no slaves then an empty string is returned.
+
+.SH "THE PACKER ALGORITHM"
+.PP
+For each master the packer maintains an ordered list of slaves
+called the \fIpacking list\fR.
+The \fB\-in\fR, \fB\-after\fR, and \fB\-before\fR configuration
+options are used to specify the master for each slave and the slave's
+position in the packing list.
+If none of these options is given for a slave then the slave
+is added to the end of the packing list for its parent.
+.PP
+The packer arranges the slaves for a master by scanning the
+packing list in order.
+At the time it processes each slave, a rectangular area within
+the master is still unallocated.
+This area is called the \fIcavity\fR;  for the first slave it
+is the entire area of the master.
+.PP
+For each slave the packer carries out the following steps:
+.IP [1]
+The packer allocates a rectangular \fIparcel\fR for the slave
+along the side of the cavity given by the slave's \fB\-side\fR option.
+If the side is top or bottom then the width of the parcel is
+the width of the cavity and its height is the requested height
+of the slave plus the \fB\-ipady\fR and \fB\-pady\fR options.
+For the left or right side the height of the parcel is
+the height of the cavity and the width is the requested width
+of the slave plus the \fB\-ipadx\fR and \fB\-padx\fR options.
+The parcel may be enlarged further because of the \fB\-expand\fR
+option (see ``EXPANSION'' below)
+.IP [2]
+The packer chooses the dimensions of the slave.
+The width will normally be the slave's requested width plus
+twice its \fB\-ipadx\fR option and the height will normally be
+the slave's requested height plus twice its \fB\-ipady\fR
+option.
+However, if the \fB\-fill\fR option is \fBx\fR or \fBboth\fR
+then the width of the slave is expanded to fill the width of the parcel,
+minus twice the \fB\-padx\fR option.
+If the \fB\-fill\fR option is \fBy\fR or \fBboth\fR
+then the height of the slave is expanded to fill the width of the parcel,
+minus twice the \fB\-pady\fR option.
+.IP [3]
+The packer positions the slave over its parcel.
+If the slave is smaller than the parcel then the \fB\-anchor\fR
+option determines where in the parcel the slave will be placed.
+If \fB\-padx\fR or \fB\-pady\fR is non-zero, then the given
+amount of external padding will always be left between the
+slave and the edges of the parcel.
+.PP
+Once a given slave has been packed, the area of its parcel
+is subtracted from the cavity, leaving a smaller rectangular
+cavity for the next slave.
+If a slave doesn't use all of its parcel, the unused space
+in the parcel will not be used by subsequent slaves.
+If the cavity should become too small to meet the needs of
+a slave then the slave will be given whatever space is
+left in the cavity.
+If the cavity shrinks to zero size, then all remaining slaves
+on the packing list will be unmapped from the screen until
+the master window becomes large enough to hold them again.
+
+.SH "EXPANSION"
+.PP
+If a master window is so large that there will be extra space
+left over after all of its slaves have been packed, then the
+extra space is distributed uniformly among all of the slaves
+for which the \fB\-expand\fR option is set.
+Extra horizontal space is distributed among the expandable
+slaves whose \fB\-side\fR is \fBleft\fR or \fBright\fR,
+and extra vertical space is distributed among the expandable
+slaves whose \fB\-side\fR is \fBtop\fR or \fBbottom\fR.
+
+.SH "GEOMETRY PROPAGATION"
+.PP
+The packer normally computes how large a master must be to
+just exactly meet the needs of its slaves, and it sets the
+requested width and height of the master to these dimensions.
+This causes geometry information to propagate up through a
+window hierarchy to a top-level window so that the entire
+sub-tree sizes itself to fit the needs of the leaf windows.
+However, the \fBpack propagate\fR command may be used to
+turn off propagation for one or more masters.
+If propagation is disabled then the packer will not set
+the requested width and height of the packer.
+This may be useful if, for example, you wish for a master
+window to have a fixed size that you specify.
+
+.SH "RESTRICTIONS ON MASTER WINDOWS"
+.PP
+The master for each slave must either be the slave's parent
+(the default) or a descendant of the slave's parent.
+This restriction is necessary to guarantee that the
+slave can be placed over any part of its master that is
+visible without danger of the slave being clipped by its parent.
+
+.SH "PACKING ORDER"
+.PP
+If the master for a slave is not its parent then you must make sure
+that the slave is higher in the stacking order than the master.
+Otherwise the master will obscure the slave and it will appear as
+if the slave hasn't been packed correctly.
+The easiest way to make sure the slave is higher than the master is
+to create the master window first:  the most recently created window
+will be highest in the stacking order.
+Or, you can use the \fBraise\fR and \fBlower\fR commands to change
+the stacking order of either the master or the slave.
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+geometry manager, location, packer, parcel, propagation, size