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'\"
'\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
-'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
'\"
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: GetAnchor.3,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:22:48 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: GetAnchor.3,v 1.3 1999/04/16 01:51:08 stanton Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
-.TH Tk_GetAnchor 3 "" Tk "Tk Library Procedures"
+.TH Tk_GetAnchorFromObj 3 8.1 Tk "Tk Library Procedures"
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tk_GetAnchor, Tk_NameOfAnchor \- translate between strings and anchor positions
+Tk_GetAnchorFromObj, Tk_GetAnchor, Tk_NameOfAnchor \- translate between strings and anchor positions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tk.h>\fR
.sp
+.VS 8.1
+int
+\fBTk_GetAnchorFromObj(\fIinterp, objPtr, anchorPtr\fB)\fR
+.VE
+.sp
int
\fBTk_GetAnchor(\fIinterp, string, anchorPtr\fB)\fR
.sp
@@ -24,35 +29,52 @@ char *
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS "Tk_Anchor" *anchorPtr
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Interpreter to use for error reporting.
+Interpreter to use for error reporting, or NULL.
+.VS 8.1 br
+.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
+String value contains name of anchor point: \fBn\fR, \fBne\fR,
+\fBe\fR, \fBse\fR, \fBs\fR, \fBsw\fR, \fBw\fR, \fBnw\fR, or \fBcenter\fR;
+internal rep will be modified to cache corresponding Tk_Anchor.
.AP char *string in
-String containing name of anchor point: one of ``n'', ``ne'', ``e'', ``se'',
-``s'', ``sw'', ``w'', ``nw'', or ``center''.
+Same as \fIobjPtr\fR except description of anchor point is passed as
+a string.
+.VE
.AP int *anchorPtr out
Pointer to location in which to store anchor position corresponding to
-\fIstring\fR.
+\fIobjPtr\fR or \fIstring\fR.
.AP Tk_Anchor anchor in
Anchor position, e.g. \fBTCL_ANCHOR_CENTER\fR.
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-\fBTk_GetAnchor\fR places in \fI*anchorPtr\fR an anchor position
+.VS 8.1
+\fBTk_GetAnchorFromObj\fR places in \fI*anchorPtr\fR an anchor position
(enumerated type \fBTk_Anchor\fR)
-corresponding to \fIstring\fR, which will be one of
+corresponding to \fIobjPtr\fR's value. The result will be one of
\fBTK_ANCHOR_N\fR, \fBTK_ANCHOR_NE\fR, \fBTK_ANCHOR_E\fR, \fBTK_ANCHOR_SE\fR,
\fBTK_ANCHOR_S\fR, \fBTK_ANCHOR_SW\fR, \fBTK_ANCHOR_W\fR, \fBTK_ANCHOR_NW\fR,
or \fBTK_ANCHOR_CENTER\fR.
Anchor positions are typically used for indicating a point on an object
-that will be used to position that object, e.g. \fBTK_ANCHOR_N\fR means
+that will be used to position the object, e.g. \fBTK_ANCHOR_N\fR means
position the top center point of the object at a particular place.
.PP
Under normal circumstances the return value is \fBTCL_OK\fR and
\fIinterp\fR is unused.
If \fIstring\fR doesn't contain a valid anchor position
-or an abbreviation of one of these names, then an error message is
-stored in \fIinterp->result\fR, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned, and
-\fI*anchorPtr\fR is unmodified.
+or an abbreviation of one of these names, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned,
+\fI*anchorPtr\fR is unmodified, and an error message is
+stored in \fIinterp\fR's result if \fIinterp\fR isn't NULL.
+\fBTk_GetAnchorFromObj\fR caches information about the return
+value in \fIobjPtr\fR, which speeds up future calls to
+\fBTk_GetAnchorFromObj\fR with the same \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTk_GetAnchor\fR is identical to \fBTk_GetAnchorFromObj\fR except
+that the description of the anchor is specified with a string instead
+of an object. This prevents \fBTk_GetAnchor\fR from caching the
+return value, so \fBTk_GetAnchor\fR is less efficient than
+\fBTk_GetAnchorFromObj\fR.
+.VE
.PP
\fBTk_NameOfAnchor\fR is the logical inverse of \fBTk_GetAnchor\fR.
Given an anchor position such as \fBTK_ANCHOR_N\fR it returns a