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More minor doc fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/option.n8
-rw-r--r--doc/pack.n12
-rw-r--r--doc/panedwindow.n6
-rw-r--r--doc/scale.n4
-rw-r--r--doc/scrollbar.n18
-rw-r--r--doc/selection.n10
-rw-r--r--doc/text.n238
-rw-r--r--doc/winfo.n6
-rw-r--r--doc/wm.n18
9 files changed, 182 insertions, 138 deletions
diff --git a/doc/option.n b/doc/option.n
index 1d0cf39..4d593d7 100644
--- a/doc/option.n
+++ b/doc/option.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: option.n,v 1.4 2004/06/21 19:42:12 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: option.n,v 1.5 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH option n "" Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ levels other than the ones given above.
Instruct every button in the application to have red text on it unless
explicitly overridden:
.CS
-\fBoption\fR add *button.foreground red startupFile
+\fBoption add\fR *button.foreground red startupFile
.CE
.PP
Allow users to control what happens in an entry widget when the Return
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ key is pressed by specifying a script in the option database and add a
default option for that which rings the bell:
.CS
entry .e
-bind .e <Return> [\fBoption\fR get .e returnCommand Command]
-\fBoption\fR add *.e.returnCommand bell widgetDefault
+bind .e <Return> [\fBoption get\fR .e returnCommand Command]
+\fBoption add\fR *.e.returnCommand bell widgetDefault
.CE
.SH KEYWORDS
diff --git a/doc/pack.n b/doc/pack.n
index e3122ef..81de9c8 100644
--- a/doc/pack.n
+++ b/doc/pack.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: pack.n,v 1.6 2004/08/20 10:56:36 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: pack.n,v 1.7 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH pack n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -268,11 +268,11 @@ label .r \-text "Right\\nHand\\nSide"
text .mid
\.mid insert end "This layout is like Java's BorderLayout"
# Lay them out
-pack .t \-side top \-fill x
-pack .b \-side bottom \-fill x
-pack .l \-side left \-fill y
-pack .r \-side right \-fill y
-pack .mid \-expand 1 \-fill both
+\fBpack\fR .t \-side top \-fill x
+\fBpack\fR .b \-side bottom \-fill x
+\fBpack\fR .l \-side left \-fill y
+\fBpack\fR .r \-side right \-fill y
+\fBpack\fR .mid \-expand 1 \-fill both
.CE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/doc/panedwindow.n b/doc/panedwindow.n
index fbecd9e..5cdda6b 100644
--- a/doc/panedwindow.n
+++ b/doc/panedwindow.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: panedwindow.n,v 1.5 2004/10/24 17:22:55 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: panedwindow.n,v 1.6 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH panedwindow n 8.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -191,9 +191,11 @@ height may later be adjusted by the movement of sashes in the
panedwindow. \fISize\fR may be any value accepted by \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.
.TP
\fB\-hide \fIboolean\fR
+.VS 8.5
Controls the visibility of a pane. When the \fIboolean\fR is true
(according to \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR) the pane will not be visible, but
it will still be maintained in the list of panes.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-minsize \fIn\fR
Specifies that the size of the window cannot be made less than
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ are specified, the window will be stretched to fill the entire height
(or width) of its cavity.
.TP
\fB\-stretch \fIwhen\fR
+.VS 8.5
Controls how extra space is allocated to each of the panes.
\fIWhen\fR is one of \fBalways\fR, \fBfirst\fR, \fBlast\fR,
\fBmiddle\fR, and \fBnever\fR.
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@ Only if this pane is not the first or last pane will it stretch.
\fBnever\fR
This pane will never stretch.
.RE
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-width \fIsize\fR
Specify a width for the window. The width will be the outer
diff --git a/doc/scale.n b/doc/scale.n
index 3a51a5f..c0ce831 100644
--- a/doc/scale.n
+++ b/doc/scale.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: scale.n,v 1.5 2004/09/19 16:05:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: scale.n,v 1.6 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH scale n 4.1 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ of numerical tick marks just to the left of the current value
(just below the trough for horizontal scales). Each of these three
annotations may be enabled or disabled using the
configuration options.
-
.SH "WIDGET COMMAND"
.PP
The \fBscale\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ This command is invoked to change the current value of the scale,
and hence the position at which the slider is displayed. \fIValue\fR
gives the new value for the scale.
The command has no effect if the scale is disabled.
-
.SH BINDINGS
.PP
Tk automatically creates class bindings for scales that give them
diff --git a/doc/scrollbar.n b/doc/scrollbar.n
index b6c24ea..8cc35fc 100644
--- a/doc/scrollbar.n
+++ b/doc/scrollbar.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: scrollbar.n,v 1.5 2004/09/19 16:05:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: scrollbar.n,v 1.6 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH scrollbar n 4.1 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ the top third of its document.
Scrollbars can be used to adjust the view in the associated window
by clicking or dragging with the mouse. See the \fBBINDINGS\fR section
below for details.
-
.SH "ELEMENTS"
.PP
A scrollbar displays five elements, which are referred to in the
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ The region between the slider and \fBarrow2\fR.
.TP 10
\fBarrow2\fR
The bottom or right arrow in the scrollbar.
-
.SH "WIDGET COMMAND"
.PP
The \fBscrollbar\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose
@@ -190,7 +188,6 @@ For example, if \fIfirst\fR is 0.2 and \fIlast\fR is 0.4, it means
that the first part of the document visible in the window is 20%
of the way through the document, and the last visible part is 40%
of the way through.
-
.SH "SCROLLING COMMANDS"
.PP
When the user interacts with the scrollbar, for example by dragging
@@ -227,7 +224,6 @@ is a slight overlap between the old and new views.
\fINumber\fR is either 1, which means the next page should
become visible, or \-1, which means that the previous page should
become visible.
-
.SH "OLD COMMAND SYNTAX"
.PP
In versions of Tk before 4.0, the \fBset\fR and \fBget\fR widget
@@ -268,13 +264,11 @@ to use the old syntax.
If it is given two real arguments then the new syntax will be
used in the future, and if it is given four integer arguments then
the old syntax will be used.
-
.SH BINDINGS
Tk automatically creates class bindings for scrollbars that give them
the following default behavior.
If the behavior is different for vertical and horizontal scrollbars,
the horizontal behavior is described in parentheses.
-
.IP [1]
Pressing button 1 over \fBarrow1\fR causes the view in the
associated widget to shift up (left) by one unit so that the
@@ -336,6 +330,16 @@ as mouse clicks over \fBtrough1\fR and \fBtrough2\fR, respectively.
The Home key adjusts the view to the top (left edge) of the document.
.IP [14]
The End key adjusts the view to the bottom (right edge) of the document.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+Create a window with a scrollable \fBtext\fR widget:
+.CS
+toplevel .tl
+text .tl.t -yscrollcommand {.tl.s set}
+\fBscrollbar\fR .tl.s -command {.tl.t yview}
+grid .tl.t .tl.s -sticky nsew
+grid columnconfigure .tl 0 -weight 1
+grid rowconfigure .tl 0 -weight 1
+.CE
.SH KEYWORDS
scrollbar, widget
diff --git a/doc/selection.n b/doc/selection.n
index 1021d19..272f9f5 100644
--- a/doc/selection.n
+++ b/doc/selection.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: selection.n,v 1.5 2004/06/21 21:51:20 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: selection.n,v 1.6 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH selection n 8.1 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ On X11 platforms, one of the standard selections available is the
SECONDARY selection. Hardly anything uses it, but here is how to read
it using Tk:
.CS
-set selContents [\fBselection\fR get \-selection SECONDARY]
+set selContents [\fBselection get\fR \-selection SECONDARY]
.CE
.PP
Many different types of data may be available for a selection; the
special type TARGETS allows you to get a list of available types:
.CS
-foreach type [\fBselection\fR get \-type TARGETS] {
+foreach type [\fBselection get\fR \-type TARGETS] {
puts "Selection PRIMARY supports type $type"
}
.CE
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ data for the selection. Then you have to claim the selection...
.CS
# Set up the data handler ready for incoming requests
set foo "This is a string with some data in it... blah blah"
-\fBselection\fR handle \-selection SECONDARY . getData
+\fBselection handle\fR \-selection SECONDARY . getData
proc getData {offset maxChars} {
puts "Retrieving selection starting at $offset"
return [string range $::foo $offset [expr {$offset+$maxChars}]]
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ proc getData {offset maxChars} {
# Now we grab the selection itself
puts "Claiming selection"
-\fBselection\fR own \-command lost \-selection SECONDARY .
+\fBselection own\fR \-command lost \-selection SECONDARY .
proc lost {} {
puts "Lost selection"
}
diff --git a/doc/text.n b/doc/text.n
index 59de0b1..dadf675 100644
--- a/doc/text.n
+++ b/doc/text.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: text.n,v 1.29 2004/09/19 16:05:37 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: text.n,v 1.30 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH text n 8.5 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ text, tk_textCopy, tk_textCut, tk_textPaste \- Create and manipulate text widget
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fBtext\fR \fIpathName \fR?\fIoptions\fR?
-.VS 8.4
\fBtk_textCopy\fR \fIpathName\fR
\fBtk_textCut\fR \fIpathName\fR
\fBtk_textPaste\fR \fIpathName\fR
-.VE 8.4
.SO
\-background \-highlightthickness \-relief
\-borderwidth \-insertbackground \-selectbackground
@@ -33,11 +31,9 @@ text, tk_textCopy, tk_textCut, tk_textPaste \- Create and manipulate text widget
.SE
.SH "WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS"
.OP \-autoseparators autoSeparators AutoSeparators
-.VS 8.4
Specifies a boolean that says whether separators are automatically
inserted in the undo stack. Only meaningful when the \fB\-undo\fR
option is true.
-.VE 8.4
.OP \-blockcursor blockCursor BlockCursor
.VS 8.5
Specifies a boolean that says whether the blinking insertion cursor
@@ -64,10 +60,8 @@ the window does not have the input focus. If empty, \fB\{}\fR, then no
selection is shown when the window does not have the focus.
.VE 8.5
.OP \-maxundo maxUndo MaxUndo
-.VS 8.4
Specifies the maximum number of compound undo actions on the undo
stack. A zero or a negative value imply an unlimited undo stack.
-.VE 8.4
.OP \-spacing1 spacing1 Spacing1
Requests additional space above each text line in the widget,
using any of the standard forms for screen distances.
@@ -135,10 +129,8 @@ If no \fB\-tabs\fR option is specified, or if it is specified as
an empty list, then Tk uses default tabs spaced every eight
(average size) characters.
.OP \-undo undo Undo
-.VS 8.4
Specifies a boolean that says whether the undo mechanism is active or
not.
-.VE 8.4
.OP \-width width Width
Specifies the desired width for the window in units of characters
in the font given by the \fB\-font\fR option.
@@ -178,33 +170,30 @@ to be displayed with different fonts and colors.
In addition, Tcl commands can be associated with tags so
that scripts are invoked when particular actions such as keystrokes
and mouse button presses occur in particular ranges of the text.
-See TAGS below for more details.
+See \fBTAGS\fR below for more details.
.PP
The second form of annotation consists of floating markers in the text
called "marks".
Marks are used to keep track of various interesting positions in the
text as it is edited.
-See MARKS below for more details.
+See \fBMARKS\fR below for more details.
.PP
The third form of annotation allows arbitrary windows to be
embedded in a text widget.
-See EMBEDDED WINDOWS below for more details.
+See \fBEMBEDDED WINDOWS\fR below for more details.
.PP
The fourth form of annotation allows Tk images to be embedded in a text
widget.
-See EMBEDDED IMAGES below for more details.
+See \fBEMBEDDED IMAGES\fR below for more details.
.PP
-.VS 8.4
The text widget also has a built-in undo/redo mechanism.
-See THE UNDO MECHANISM below for more details.
-.VE 8.4
+See \fBTHE UNDO MECHANISM\fR below for more details.
.PP
.VS 8.5
The text widget allows for the creation of peer widgets. These are
other text widgets which share the same underlying data (text, marks,
-tags, images, etc). See PEER WIDGETS below for more details.
+tags, images, etc). See \fBPEER WIDGETS\fR below for more details.
.VE 8.5
-
.SH INDICES
.PP
Many of the widget commands for texts take one or more indices
@@ -216,10 +205,12 @@ Indices have the syntax
.CS
\fIbase modifier modifier modifier ...\fR
.CE
-Where \fIbase\fR gives a starting point and the \fImodifier\fRs adjust
-the index from the starting point (e.g. move forward or backward one
-character). Every index must contain a \fIbase\fR, but the
-\fImodifier\fRs are optional. Most modifiers (as documented below) allow
+Where \fIbase\fR gives a starting point and the \fImodifier\fRs
+adjust the index from the starting point (e.g. move forward or
+backward one character). Every index must contain a \fIbase\fR,
+but the \fImodifier\fRs are optional.
+.VS 8.5
+Most modifiers (as documented below) allow
an optional submodifier. Valid submodifiers are \fBany\fR
and \fBdisplay\fR. If the submodifier is abbreviated, then it must be
followed by whitespace, but otherwise there need be no space between the
@@ -230,6 +221,7 @@ this is explained for each relevant case below. Lastly, where \fIcount\fR
is used as part of a modifier, it can be positive or negative, so '\fIbase\fR
\- \-3 lines' is perfectly valid (and equivalent to '\fIbase\fR
+3lines').
+.VE 8.5
.PP
The \fIbase\fR for an index must have one of the following forms:
.TP 12
@@ -284,6 +276,7 @@ of the forms listed below. Keywords such as \fBchars\fR and \fBwordend\fR
may be abbreviated as long as the abbreviation is unambiguous.
.TP
\fB+ \fIcount\fR ?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBchars\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index forward by \fIcount\fR characters, moving to later lines
in the text if necessary. If there are fewer than \fIcount\fR characters
in the text after the current index, then set the index to the last index
@@ -295,11 +288,13 @@ count actually takes place in units of index positions (see \fBindices\fR
for details). This behaviour may be changed in a future major release,
so if you need an index count, you are encouraged to use \fBindices\fR
instead wherever possible.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\- \fIcount\fR ?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBchars\fR
Adjust the index backward by \fIcount\fR characters, moving to earlier
lines in the text if necessary. If there are fewer than \fIcount\fR
characters in the text before the current index, then set the index to
+.VS 8.5
the first index in the text (1.0). Spaces on either side of \fIcount\fR
are optional. If the \fBdisplay\fR submodifier is given, elided
characters are skipped over without being counted. If \fBany\fR is
@@ -308,8 +303,10 @@ neither modifier is given then the count actually takes place in units of
index positions (see \fBindices\fR for details). This behaviour may be
changed in a future major release, so if you need an index count, you are
encouraged to use \fBindices\fR instead wherever possible.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB+ \fIcount\fR ?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBindices\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index forward by \fIcount\fR index positions, moving to later
lines in the text if necessary. If there are fewer than \fIcount\fR
index positions in the text after the current index, then set the index
@@ -319,8 +316,10 @@ character or a single embedded image or embedded window. If the
\fBdisplay\fR submodifier is given, elided indices are skipped over
without being counted. If \fBany\fR is given, then all indices are
counted; this is also the default behaviour if no modifier is given.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\- \fIcount\fR ?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBindices\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index backward by \fIcount\fR index positions, moving to
earlier lines in the text if necessary. If there are fewer than
\fIcount\fR index positions in the text before the current index, then
@@ -329,8 +328,10 @@ either side of \fIcount\fR are optional. If the \fBdisplay\fR
submodifier is given, elided indices are skipped over without being
counted. If \fBany\fR is given, then all indices are counted; this is
also the default behaviour if no modifier is given.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB+ \fIcount\fR ?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBlines\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index forward by \fIcount\fR lines, retaining the same
character position within the line. If there are fewer than \fIcount\fR
lines after the line containing the current index, then set the index to
@@ -343,8 +344,10 @@ then each visual display line is counted separately. Otherwise, if
\fBany\fR (or no modifier) is given, then each logical line (no matter
how many times it is visually wrapped) counts just once. If the relevant
lines are not wrapped, then these two methods of counting are equivalent.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\- \fIcount\fR ?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBlines\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index backward by \fIcount\fR logical lines, retaining the
same character position within the line. If there are fewer than
\fIcount\fR lines before the line containing the current index, then set
@@ -357,26 +360,34 @@ then each visual display line is counted separately. Otherwise, if
\fBany\fR (or no modifier) is given, then each logical line (no matter
how many times it is visually wrapped) counts just once. If the relevant
lines are not wrapped, then these two methods of counting are equivalent.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBlinestart\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index to refer to the first character on the line. If the
\fBdisplay\fR submodifier is given, this is the first character on the
display line, otherwise on the logical line.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBlineend\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index to refer to the last character on the line (the
newline). If the \fBdisplay\fR submodifier is given, this is the last
character on the display line, otherwise on the logical line.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBwordstart\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index to refer to the first character of the word containing
the current index. A word consists of any number of adjacent characters
that are letters, digits, or underscores, or a single character that is
not one of these. If the \fBdisplay\fR submodifier is given, this only
examines non-elided characters, otherwise all characters (elided or not)
are examined.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
?\fIsubmodifier\fR? \fBwordend\fR
+.VS 8.5
Adjust the index to refer to the character just after the last one of the
word containing the current index. If the current index refers to the
last character of the text then it is not modified. If the \fBdisplay\fR
@@ -394,6 +405,7 @@ or display indices, and the \fIbase\fP refers to an index inside an
elided tag,
that base index is considered to be equivalent to the first following
non-elided index.
+.VE 8.5
.SH TAGS
.PP
The first form of annotation in text widgets is a tag.
@@ -601,16 +613,21 @@ Tag bindings can be used to give behaviors to ranges of characters;
among other things, this allows hypertext-like
features to be implemented.
For details, see the description of the \fBtag bind\fR widget
-command below. Tag bindings are shared between all peer widgets
+command below.
+.VS 8.5
+Tag bindings are shared between all peer widgets
(including any bindings for the special \fBsel\fR tag).
+.VE 8.5
.PP
The third use for tags is in managing the selection.
-See THE SELECTION below. With the exception of the special \fBsel\fR
+See \fBTHE SELECTION\fR below.
+.VS 8.5
+With the exception of the special \fBsel\fR
tag, all tags are shared between peer text widgets, and may be
manipulated on an equal basis from any such widget. The \fBsel\fR
tag exists separately and independently in each peer text widget (but
any tag bindings to \fBsel\fR are shared).
-
+.VE 8.5
.SH MARKS
.PP
The second form of annotation in text widgets is a mark.
@@ -647,17 +664,19 @@ to different things.
.PP
Two marks have special significance.
First, the mark \fBinsert\fR is associated with the insertion cursor,
-as described under THE INSERTION CURSOR below.
+as described under \fBTHE INSERTION CURSOR\fR below.
Second, the mark \fBcurrent\fR is associated with the character
closest to the mouse and is adjusted automatically to track the
mouse position and any changes to the text in the widget (one
exception: \fBcurrent\fR is not updated in response to mouse
motions if a mouse button is down; the update will be deferred
until all mouse buttons have been released).
-Neither of these special marks may be deleted. With the exception of
+Neither of these special marks may be deleted.
+.VS 8.5
+With the exception of
these two special marks, all marks are shared between peer text
widgets, and may be manipulated on an equal basis from any peer.
-
+.VE 8.5
.SH "EMBEDDED WINDOWS"
.PP
The third form of annotation in text widgets is an embedded window.
@@ -671,13 +690,20 @@ parent).
The embedded window's position on the screen will be updated as the
text is modified or scrolled, and it will be mapped and unmapped as
it moves into and out of the visible area of the text widget.
-Each embedded window occupies one unit's worth of index space
+Each embedded window occupies one
+.VS 8.5
+unit's
+.VE 8.5
+worth of index space
in the text widget, and it may be referred to either by the name
of its embedded window or by its position in the widget's
index space.
If the range of text containing the embedded window is deleted then
-the window is destroyed. Similarly if the text widget as a whole
-is deleted, then the window is destroyed.
+the window is destroyed.
+.VS 8.5
+Similarly if the text widget as a whole is deleted, then the window is
+destroyed.
+.vE 8.5
.PP
When an embedded window is added to a text widget with the
\fBwindow create\fR widget command, several configuration
@@ -703,10 +729,12 @@ If no \fB\-window\fR option has been specified for the annotation
this script will be evaluated when the annotation is about to
be displayed on the screen.
\fIScript\fR must create a window for the annotation and return
-the name of that window as its result. Two substitutions will be
-performed in \fIscript\fR before evaluation. \fI%W\fR will be
-substituted by the name of the parent text widget, and \fI%%\fR
-will be substitutde by a single \fI%\fR.
+the name of that window as its result.
+.VS 8.5
+Two substitutions will be performed in \fIscript\fR before evaluation.
+\fI%W\fR will be substituted by the name of the parent text widget,
+and \fI%%\fR will be substituted by a single \fI%\fR.
+.VE 8.5
If the annotation's window should ever be deleted, \fIscript\fR
will be evaluated again the next time the annotation is displayed.
.TP
@@ -729,15 +757,16 @@ If the \fB\-pady\fR option has been specified as well, then the
requested padding will be retained even if the window is
stretched.
.TP
-\fB\-window \fIpathName\fR
-Specifies the name of a window to display in the annotation. Note that
-if a \fIpathName\fR has been set, then later configuring a window to the
-empty string will not delete the widget corresponding to the old
-\fIpathName\fR. Rather it will remove the association between the old
-\fIpathName\fR and the text widget. If multiple peer widgets are in
-use, it is usually simpler to use the \fB\-create\fR option if embedded
-windows are desired in each peer.
-
+\fB\-window \fIpathName\fR
+Specifies the name of a window to display in the annotation.
+.VS 8.5
+Note that if a \fIpathName\fR has been set, then later configuring a
+window to the empty string will not delete the widget corresponding to
+the old \fIpathName\fR. Rather it will remove the association between
+the old \fIpathName\fR and the text widget. If multiple peer widgets
+are in use, it is usually simpler to use the \fB\-create\fR option if
+embedded windows are desired in each peer.
+.VE 8.5
.SH "EMBEDDED IMAGES"
.PP
The final form of annotation in text widgets is an embedded image.
@@ -748,7 +777,11 @@ and a particular image may be embedded in multiple places in the same
text widget.
The embedded image's position on the screen will be updated as the
text is modified or scrolled.
-Each embedded image occupies one unit's worth of index space
+Each embedded image occupies one
+.VS 8.5
+unit's
+.VE 8.5
+worth of index space
in the text widget, and it may be referred to either by
its position in the widget's index space, or the name it is assigned
when the image is inserted into the text widget with \fBimage create\fP.
@@ -805,7 +838,6 @@ It may have any of the usual forms defined for a screen distance.
\fIPixels\fR specifies the amount of extra space to leave on
the top and on the bottom of the embedded image.
It may have any of the usual forms defined for a screen distance.
-
.SH "THE SELECTION"
.PP
Selection support is implemented via tags.
@@ -827,12 +859,15 @@ Whenever the \fBsel\fR tag range changes a virtual event
\fB<<Selection>>\fR is generated.
.PP
The \fBsel\fR tag is automatically defined when a text widget is
-created, and it may not be deleted with the ``\fIpathName \fBtag
-delete\fR'' widget command. Furthermore, the \fBselectBackground\fR,
-\fBselectBorderWidth\fR, and \fBselectForeground\fR options for the text
-widget are tied to the \fB\-background\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR, and
-\fB\-foreground\fR options for the \fBsel\fR tag: changes in either will
-automatically be reflected in the other. Also the
+created, and it may not be deleted with the ``\fIpathName \fBtag delete\fR''
+widget command. Furthermore, the \fBselectBackground\fR,
+\fBselectBorderWidth\fR, and \fBselectForeground\fR options for
+the text widget are tied to the \fB\-background\fR,
+\fB\-borderwidth\fR, and \fB\-foreground\fR options for the \fBsel\fR
+tag: changes in either will automatically be reflected in the
+other.
+.VS 8.5
+Also the
\fB\-inactiveselectionbackground\fR option for the text widget is used
instead of \fB-selectbackground\fR when the text widget does not have
the focus. This allows programmatic control over the visualization of
@@ -840,7 +875,7 @@ the \fBsel\fR tag for foreground and background windows, or to have
\fBsel\fR not shown at all (when \fB\-inactiveselectionbackground\fR is
empty) for background windows. Each peer text widget has its own
\fBsel\fR tag which can be separately configured and set.
-
+.VE 8.5
.SH "THE INSERTION CURSOR"
.PP
The mark named \fBinsert\fR has special significance in text widgets.
@@ -850,7 +885,6 @@ command.
The \fBinsert\fR mark represents the position of the insertion
cursor, and the insertion cursor will automatically be drawn at
this point whenever the text widget has the input focus.
-
.SH "THE MODIFIED FLAG"
The text widget can keep track of changes to the content of the widget
by means of the modified flag. Inserting or deleting text will set
@@ -858,10 +892,8 @@ this flag. The flag can be queried, set and cleared programmatically
as well. Whenever the flag changes state a \fB<<Modified>>\fR virtual
event is generated. See the \fBedit modified\fR widget command for
more details.
-
.SH "THE UNDO MECHANISM"
.PP
-.VS 8.4
The text widget has an unlimited undo and redo mechanism (when the
\fB\-undo\fR widget option is true) which records every insert and
delete action on a stack.
@@ -889,8 +921,6 @@ the flag has been reset again.
.PP
See below for the \fBedit\fR widget command that controls the undo
mechanism.
-.VE 8.4
-
.SH "PEER WIDGETS"
.PP
.VS 8.5
@@ -948,7 +978,6 @@ will not cause any other peers to be deleted, or otherwise affected.
See below for the \fBpeer\fR widget command that controls the creation
of peer widgets.
.VE 8.5
-
.SH "WIDGET COMMAND"
.PP
The \fBtext\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose
@@ -1085,12 +1114,10 @@ debugging on or off in any widget turns it on or off for all widgets.
For widgets with large amounts of text, the consistency checks may
cause a noticeable slow-down.
.PP
-.VS 8.4
When debugging is turned on, the drawing routines of the text widget
set the global variables \fBtk_textRedraw\fR and \fBtk_textRelayout\fR
to the lists of indices that are redrawn. The values of these variables
are tested by Tk's test suite.
-.VE 8.4
.TP
\fIpathName \fBdelete \fIindex1 \fR?\fIindex2 ...\fR?
Delete a range of characters from the text.
@@ -1105,7 +1132,6 @@ If \fIindex2\fR isn't specified then the single character at
It is not allowable to delete characters in a way that would leave
the text without a newline as the last character.
The command returns an empty string.
-.VS 8.4
If more indices are given, multiple ranges of text will be deleted.
All indices are first checked for validity before any deletions are made.
They are sorted and the text is removed from the last range to the
@@ -1114,7 +1140,6 @@ side-effects. If multiple ranges with the same start index are given,
then the longest range is used. If overlapping ranges are given, then
they will be merged into spans that do not cause deletion of text
outside the given ranges due to text shifted during deletion.
-.VE 8.4
.TP
\fIpathName \fBdlineinfo \fIindex\fR
Returns a list with five elements describing the area occupied
@@ -1193,7 +1218,6 @@ window by its index position to get more information.
.RE
.TP
\fIpathName \fBedit \fIoption \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
-.VS 8.4
This command controls the undo mechanism and the modified flag. The
exact behavior of the command depends on the \fIoption\fR argument
that follows the \fBedit\fR argument. The following forms of the
@@ -1226,7 +1250,6 @@ recorded on the undo stack in between two separators. Generates an
error when the undo stack is empty. Does nothing when the \fB\-undo\fR
option is false.
.RE
-.VE 8.4
.TP
\fIpathName \fBget\fR \fI?\-displaychars?\fR \fI\-\- index1\fR ?\fIindex2 ...\fR?
Return a range of characters from the text.
@@ -1241,11 +1264,9 @@ is past the end of the file or \fIindex2\fR is less than or equal
to \fIindex1\fR) then an empty string is returned.
If the specified range contains embedded windows, no information
about them is included in the returned string.
-.VS 8.4
If multiple index pairs are given, multiple ranges of text will be returned
in a list. Invalid ranges will not be represented with empty strings in
the list. The ranges are returned in the order passed to \fBget\fR.
-.VE 8.4
.VS 8.5
If the \fB\-displaychars\fR option is given, then, within each range,
only those characters which are not elided will be returned. This may
@@ -1277,7 +1298,7 @@ identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no
If one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in
this case the command returns an empty string.
-See EMBEDDED IMAGES for information on the options that
+See \fBEMBEDDED IMAGES\fR for information on the options that
are supported.
.TP
\fIpathName \fBimage create \fIindex\fR ?\fIoption value ...\fR?
@@ -1287,7 +1308,7 @@ Any number of \fIoption\-value\fR pairs may be specified to
configure the annotation.
Returns a unique identifier that may be used as an index to refer to
this image.
-See EMBEDDED IMAGES for information on the options that
+See \fBEMBEDDED IMAGES\fR for information on the options that
are supported, and a description of the identifier returned.
.TP
\fIpathName \fBimage names\fR
@@ -1299,7 +1320,7 @@ embedded in \fIwindow\fR.
Returns the position corresponding to \fIindex\fR in the form
\fIline.char\fR where \fIline\fR is the line number and \fIchar\fR
is the character number.
-\fIIndex\fR may have any of the forms described under INDICES above.
+\fIIndex\fR may have any of the forms described under \fBINDICES\fR above.
.TP
\fIpathName \fBinsert \fIindex chars \fR?\fItagList chars tagList ...\fR?
Inserts all of the \fIchars\fR arguments just before the character at
@@ -1382,6 +1403,7 @@ This command returns an empty string.
.RE
.TP
\fIpathName \fBpeer\fR \fIoption args\fR
+.VS 8.5
This command is used to create and query widget peers. It has
two forms, depending on \fIoption\fR:
.RS
@@ -1410,6 +1432,7 @@ The deletion and insertion are arranged so that no unnecessary
scrolling of the window or movement of insertion cursor occurs. In
addition the undo/redo stack are correctly modified, if undo operations
are active in the text widget. The command returns an empty string.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fIpathName \fBscan\fR \fIoption args\fR
This command is used to implement scanning on texts. It has
@@ -1448,12 +1471,15 @@ matching range starting at or after the position given by \fIindex\fR.
This is the default.
.TP
\fB\-backwards\fR
-The search will proceed backward through the text, finding the matching
-range closest to \fIindex\fR whose first character is before \fIindex\fR
+The search will proceed backward through the text, finding the
+matching range closest to \fIindex\fR whose first character
+is before \fIindex\fR
+.VS 8.5
(it is not allowed to be at \fIindex\fR). Note that, for a variety of
reasons, backwards searches can be substantially slower than forwards
searches (particularly when using \fB\-regexp\fR), so it is recommended
that performance-critical code use forward searches.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-exact\fR
Use exact matching: the characters in the matching range must be
@@ -1463,18 +1489,23 @@ This is the default.
\fB\-regexp\fR
Treat \fIpattern\fR as a regular expression and match it against
the text using the rules for regular expressions (see the \fBregexp\fR
-command for details). The default matching automatically passes
+command for details).
+.VS 8.5
+The default matching automatically passes
both the \fB\-lineanchor\fR and \fB\-linestop\fR options
to the regexp engine (unless \fB\-nolinestop\fR is used), so that
\fI^$\fR match beginning and end of line, and \fI.\fR, \fI[^\fR
sequences will never match the newline character \fI\en\fR.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-nolinestop\fR
+.VS 8.5
This allows \fI.\fR and \fI[^\fR sequences to match the newline
character \fI\en\fR, which they will otherwise not do (see the \fBregexp\fR
command for details). This option is only meaningful if \fB\-regexp\fR
is also given, and an error will be thrown otherwise. For example,
to match the entire text, use 'search \-nolinestop \-regexp ".*" 1.0'.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-nocase\fR
Ignore case differences between the pattern and the text.
@@ -1489,6 +1520,7 @@ number of characters matched. In either case, the range \fImatchIdx\fR to
\fImatchIdx + $count chars\fR will return the entire matched text.
.TP
\fB\-all\fR
+.VS 8.5
Find all matches in the given range and return a list of the indices of
the first character of each match. If a \fB\-count\fI varName\fR switch is
given, then \fBvarName\fR is also set to a list containing one element
@@ -1496,12 +1528,15 @@ for each successful match. Note that, even for exact searches, the
elements of this list may be different, if there are embedded images,
windows or hidden text. Searches with \fB\-all\fR behave very
similarly to the Tcl command \fBregexp \-all\fR, in that overlapping
-matches are not normally returned. For example, applying an \fB\-all\fR search
+matches are not normally returned. For example, applying an
+\fB\-all\fR search
of the pattern '\\w+' against 'hello there' will just match twice, once
for each word, and matching 'Z[a\-z]+Z' against 'ZooZooZoo' will just
-match once.
+match once.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-overlap\fR
+.VS 8.5
When performing \fB\-all\fR searches, the normal behaviour is that
matches which overlap an already-found match will not be returned. This
switch changes that behaviour so that all matches which are not totally
@@ -1510,6 +1545,7 @@ enclosed within another match are returned. For example, applying an
just match twice (i.e. no different to just \fB\-all\fR),
but matching 'Z[a\-z]+Z' against 'ZooZooZoo' will now match twice.
An error will be thrown if this switch is used without \fB\-all\fR.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fB\-elide\fR
Find elided (hidden) text as well. By default only displayed text is
@@ -1520,11 +1556,13 @@ This switch has no effect except to terminate the list of switches:
the next argument will be treated as \fIpattern\fR even if it starts
with \fB\-\fR.
.LP
+.VS 8.5
The matching range may be within a single line of text, or run across
multiple lines (if parts of the pattern can match a new-line). For
regular expression matching one can use the various newline-matching
features such as \fB$\fR to match the end of a line, and to control
whether \fB.\fR is allowed to match a new-line.
+.VE 8.5
If \fIstopIndex\fR is specified, the search stops at that index:
for forward searches, no match at or after \fIstopIndex\fR will
be considered; for backward searches, no match earlier in the
@@ -1532,11 +1570,11 @@ text than \fIstopIndex\fR will be considered.
If \fIstopIndex\fR is omitted, the entire text will be searched:
when the beginning or end of the text is reached, the search
continues at the other end until the starting location is reached
-again; if \fIstopIndex\fR is specified, no wrap-around will occur.
+again; if \fIstopIndex\fR is specified, no wrap-around will occur.
This means that, for example, if the search is \fB\-forwards\fR
but \fIstopIndex\fR is earlier in the text than \fIstartIndex\fR,
-nothing will ever be found. See "KNOWN BUGS" below for a number of
-minor limitations of the search command.
+nothing will ever be found. See \fBKNOWN BUGS\fR below for a number of
+minor limitations of the \fBsearch\fR command.
.RE
.TP
\fIpathName \fBsee \fIindex\fR
@@ -1592,12 +1630,11 @@ returns a list of all the sequences for which bindings have been
defined for \fItagName\fR.
.RS
.PP
-.VS
The only events for which bindings may be specified are those related
to the mouse and keyboard (such as \fBEnter\fR, \fBLeave\fR,
\fBButtonPress\fR, \fBMotion\fR, and \fBKeyPress\fR) or virtual events.
Event bindings for a text widget use the \fBcurrent\fR mark described
-under MARKS above. An \fBEnter\fR event triggers for a tag when the tag
+under \fBMARKS\fR above. An \fBEnter\fR event triggers for a tag when the tag
first becomes present on the current character, and a \fBLeave\fR event
triggers for a tag when it ceases to be present on the current character.
\fBEnter\fR and \fBLeave\fR events can happen either because the
@@ -1607,7 +1644,6 @@ changed. Note that these events are different than \fBEnter\fR and
to the current character. If a virtual event is used in a binding, that
binding can trigger only if the virtual event is defined by an underlying
mouse-related or keyboard-related event.
-.VE
.PP
It is possible for the current character to have multiple tags,
and for each of them to have a binding for a particular event
@@ -1648,7 +1684,7 @@ is specified).
If one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s) in \fItagName\fR;
in this case the command returns an empty string.
-See TAGS above for details on the options available for tags.
+See \fBTAGS\fR above for details on the options available for tags.
.TP
\fIpathName \fBtag delete \fItagName \fR?\fItagName ...\fR?
Deletes all tag information for each of the \fItagName\fR
@@ -1764,7 +1800,7 @@ identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no
If one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in
this case the command returns an empty string.
-See EMBEDDED WINDOWS for information on the options that
+See \fBEMBEDDED WINDOWS\fR for information on the options that
are supported.
.TP
\fIpathName \fBwindow create \fIindex\fR ?\fIoption value ...\fR?
@@ -1772,7 +1808,7 @@ This command creates a new window annotation, which will appear
in the text at the position given by \fIindex\fR.
Any number of \fIoption\-value\fR pairs may be specified to
configure the annotation.
-See EMBEDDED WINDOWS for information on the options that
+See \fBEMBEDDED WINDOWS\fR for information on the options that
are supported.
Returns an empty string.
.TP
@@ -1812,6 +1848,7 @@ span of the text is off-screen to the left.
This command shifts the view in the window left or right according to
\fInumber\fR and \fIwhat\fR.
\fIWhat\fR must be \fBunits\fR, \fBpages\fR or \fBpixels\fR.
+.VS 8.5
If \fIwhat\fR is \fBunits\fR or \fBpages\fR then \fInumber\fR must be an
integer, otherwise number may be specified in any of the forms acceptable
to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR, such as ``2.0c'' or ``1i'' (the result is rounded
@@ -1820,6 +1857,7 @@ assumed). If \fIwhat\fR is \fBunits\fR, the view adjusts left or right by
\fInumber\fR average-width characters on the display; if it is
\fBpages\fR then the view adjusts by \fInumber\fR screenfuls; if it is
\fBpixels\fR then the view adjusts by \fInumber\fR pixels. If
+.VE 8.5
\fInumber\fR is negative then characters farther to the left become
visible; if it is positive then characters farther to the right become
visible.
@@ -1849,17 +1887,21 @@ Adjusts the view in the window so that the pixel given by \fIfraction\fR
appears at the top of the top line of the window.
\fIFraction\fR is a fraction between 0 and 1; 0 indicates the first
pixel of the first character in the text, 0.33 indicates the pixel that is
-one-third the way through the text; and so on. Values close to 1 will
+one-third the way through the text; and so on.
+.VS 8.5
+Values close to 1 will
indicate values close to the last pixel in the text (1 actually refers
to one pixel beyond the last pixel), but in such cases the widget will
never scroll beyond the last pixel, and so a value of 1 will effectively
be rounded back to whatever fraction ensures the last pixel is at the
bottom of the window, and some other pixel is at the top.
+.VE 8.5
.TP
\fIpathName \fByview scroll \fInumber what\fR
This command adjust the view in the window up or down according to
\fInumber\fR and \fIwhat\fR.
\fIWhat\fR must be \fBunits\fR, \fBpages\fR or \fBpixels\fR.
+.VS 8.5
If \fIwhat\fR is \fBunits\fR or \fBpages\fR then \fInumber\fR must be an
integer, otherwise number may be specified in any of the forms acceptable
to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR, such as ``2.0c'' or ``1i'' (the result is rounded
@@ -1867,9 +1909,11 @@ to the nearest integer value. If no units are given, pixels are
assumed). If \fIwhat\fR is \fBunits\fR, the view adjusts up or down by
\fInumber\fR lines on the display; if it is \fBpages\fR then the view
adjusts by \fInumber\fR screenfuls; if it is \fBpixels\fR then the view
-adjusts by \fInumber\fR pixels. If \fInumber\fR is negative then earlier
-positions in the text become visible; if it is positive then later
-positions in the text become visible.
+adjusts by \fInumber\fR pixels.
+.VE 8.5
+If \fInumber\fR is negative then earlier positions in the text
+become visible; if it is positive then later positions in the text
+become visible.
.TP
\fIpathName \fByview \fR?\fB\-pickplace\fR? \fIindex\fR
Changes the view in the widget's window to make \fIindex\fR visible.
@@ -1901,7 +1945,6 @@ the one given by \fInumber\fR visible at the top of the window.
\fINumber\fR must be an integer.
This command used to be used for scrolling, but now it is obsolete.
.RE
-
.SH BINDINGS
.PP
Tk automatically creates class bindings for texts that give them
@@ -2011,24 +2054,18 @@ Control-\e clears any selection in the widget.
.IP [20]
The F16 key (labelled Copy on many Sun workstations) or Meta-w
copies the selection in the widget to the clipboard, if there is a selection.
-.VS 8.4
This action is carried out by the command \fBtk_textCopy\fR.
-.VE 8.4
.IP [21]
The F20 key (labelled Cut on many Sun workstations) or Control-w
copies the selection in the widget to the clipboard and deletes
the selection.
-.VS 8.4
This action is carried out by the command \fBtk_textCut\fR.
-.VE 8.4
If there is no selection in the widget then these keys have no effect.
.IP [22]
The F18 key (labelled Paste on many Sun workstations) or Control-y
inserts the contents of the clipboard at the position of the
insertion cursor.
-.VS 8.4
This action is carried out by the command \fBtk_textPaste\fR.
-.VE 8.4
.IP [23]
The Delete key deletes the selection, if there is one in the widget.
If there is no selection, it deletes the character to the right of
@@ -2059,14 +2096,12 @@ after copying it to the clipboard.
Control-t reverses the order of the two characters to the right of
the insertion cursor.
.IP [32]
-.VS 8.4
Control-z (and Control-underscore on UNIX when \fBtk_strictMotif\fR is
true) undoes the last edit action if the \fB\-undo\fR option is true.
Does nothing otherwise.
.IP [33]
Control-Z (or Control-y on Windows) reapplies the last undone edit
action if the \fB\-undo\fR option is true. Does nothing otherwise.
-.VE 8.4
.PP
If the widget is disabled using the \fB\-state\fR option, then its
view can still be adjusted and text can still be selected,
@@ -2075,8 +2110,8 @@ take place.
.PP
The behavior of texts can be changed by defining new bindings for
individual widgets or by redefining the class bindings.
-
.SH "ISSUES CONCERNING CHARS AND INDICES"
+.VS 8.5
.PP
Before Tk 8.5, the widget used the string "chars" to refer to index
positions (which included characters, embedded windows and embedded
@@ -2087,7 +2122,7 @@ One must use any of the full forms "+N any chars" or "\-N any chars" etc
to refer to actual character indices. This confusion may be fixed in a
future release by making the widget correctly interpret "+N chars" as a
synonym for "+N any chars".
-
+.VE 8.5
.SH "PERFORMANCE ISSUES"
.PP
Text widgets should run efficiently under a variety
@@ -2121,9 +2156,7 @@ especially if they have many marks and tags within them.
The display line with the insert cursor is redrawn each time the
cursor blinks, which causes a steady stream of graphics traffic.
Set the \fBinsertOffTime\fP attribute to 0 avoid this.
-
.SH "KNOWN BUGS"
-.PP
The \fB\-elide\fP tag attribute, introduced in Tk 8.3, has one known
limitation. Newlines which have this attribute are only actually elided
if their entire logical line is also elided. Where there is a logical
@@ -2180,5 +2213,8 @@ when really it should only match at '1.0' since that match
encloses all the others.
.VE 8.5
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+entry(n), scrollbar(n)
+
.SH KEYWORDS
text, widget, tkvars
diff --git a/doc/winfo.n b/doc/winfo.n
index ce79778..76f29c3 100644
--- a/doc/winfo.n
+++ b/doc/winfo.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: winfo.n,v 1.6 2004/06/30 22:17:59 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: winfo.n,v 1.7 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH winfo n 4.3 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ has no border).
.SH EXAMPLE
Print where the mouse pointer is and what window it is currently over:
.CS
-lassign [\fBwinfo\fR pointerxy .] x y
+lassign [\fBwinfo pointerxy\fR .] x y
puts -nonewline "Mouse pointer at ($x,$y) which is "
-set win [\fBwinfo\fR containing $x $y]
+set win [\fBwinfo containing\fR $x $y]
if {$win eq ""} {
puts "over no window"
} else {
diff --git a/doc/wm.n b/doc/wm.n
index 302e7b0..0dd461a 100644
--- a/doc/wm.n
+++ b/doc/wm.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: wm.n,v 1.19 2004/10/08 23:15:32 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: wm.n,v 1.20 2004/10/28 12:25:53 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH wm n 8.5 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ On Windows, \fB\-disabled\fR gets or sets whether the window is in a
disabled state. \fB\-toolwindow\fR gets or sets the style of the window
to toolwindow (as defined in the MSDN). \fB\-topmost\fR gets or sets
whether this is a topmost window (displays above all other windows).
+.VS 8.5
\fB\-alpha\fR sets the alpha transparency level of the toplevel. It accepts
a value from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR (opaque). Values
outside that range will be constrained. This is supported on Windows
2000/XP+. Where not supported, the \fB\-alpha\fR value remains at
\fB1.0\fR.
+.VE 8.5
.PP
On Macintosh, there are currently two attribute values:
\fB\-modified\fR and \fB\-titlepath\fR.
@@ -578,8 +580,8 @@ to be withdrawn and de-iconified in order to make the change happen.
A fixed-size window that says that it is fixed-size too:
.CS
toplevel .fixed
-\fBwm\fR title .fixed "Fixed-size Window"
-\fBwm\fR resizable .fixed 0 0
+\fBwm title\fR .fixed "Fixed-size Window"
+\fBwm resizable\fR .fixed 0 0
.CE
.PP
A simple dialog-like window, centred on the screen:
@@ -596,14 +598,14 @@ pack .msg.l \-expand 1 \-fill both
# But first, we need the geometry managers to finish setting
# up the interior of the dialog, for which we need to run the
# event loop with the widget hidden completely...
-\fBwm\fR withdraw .msg
+\fBwm withdraw\fR .msg
update
set x [expr {([winfo screenwidth .]\-[winfo width .msg])/2}]
set y [expr {([winfo screenheight .]\-[winfo height .msg])/2}]
-\fBwm\fR geometry .msg +$x+$y
-\fBwm\fR transient .msg .
-\fBwm\fR title .msg "Dialog demo"
-\fBwm\fR deiconify .msg
+\fBwm geometry\fR .msg +$x+$y
+\fBwm transient\fR .msg .
+\fBwm title\fR .msg "Dialog demo"
+\fBwm deiconify\fR .msg
.CE
.SH "SEE ALSO"