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diff --git a/doc/GetCapStyl.3 b/doc/GetCapStyl.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9b8ec9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/GetCapStyl.3 @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1990 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: @(#) GetCapStyl.3 1.9 96/03/26 18:09:14 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH Tk_GetCapStyle 3 "" Tk "Tk Library Procedures" +.BS +.SH NAME +Tk_GetCapStyle, Tk_NameOfCapStyle \- translate between strings and cap styles +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tk.h>\fR +.sp +int +\fBTk_GetCapStyle(\fIinterp, string, capPtr\fB)\fR +.sp +char * +\fBTk_NameOfCapStyle(\fIcap\fB)\fR +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS "Tcl_Interp" *capPtr +.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in +Interpreter to use for error reporting. +.AP char *string in +String containing name of cap style: one of ```butt'', ``projecting'', +or ``round''. +.AP int *capPtr out +Pointer to location in which to store X cap style corresponding to +\fIstring\fR. +.AP int cap in +Cap style: one of \fBCapButt\fR, \fBCapProjecting\fR, or \fBCapRound\fR. +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTk_GetCapStyle\fR places in \fI*capPtr\fR the X cap style +corresponding to \fIstring\fR. +This will be one of the values +\fBCapButt\fR, \fBCapProjecting\fR, or \fBCapRound\fR. +Cap styles are typically used in X graphics contexts to indicate +how the end-points of lines should be capped. +See the X documentation for information on what each style +implies. +.PP +Under normal circumstances the return value is \fBTCL_OK\fR and +\fIinterp\fR is unused. +If \fIstring\fR doesn't contain a valid cap style +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*capPtr\fR is unmodified. +.PP +\fBTk_NameOfCapStyle\fR is the logical inverse of \fBTk_GetCapStyle\fR. +Given a cap style such as \fBCapButt\fR it returns a +statically-allocated string corresponding to \fIcap\fR. +If \fIcap\fR isn't a legal cap style, then +``unknown cap style'' is returned. + +.SH KEYWORDS +butt, cap style, projecting, round |