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diff --git a/doc/message.n b/doc/message.n index 48ef249..61be2f0 100644 --- a/doc/message.n +++ b/doc/message.n @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: message.n,v 1.11 2008/09/23 13:36:45 dkf Exp $ -'\" .so man.macros .TH message n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" .BS @@ -30,37 +28,37 @@ aspect ratio for the text. The aspect ratio is specified as be as wide as it is tall, 200 means the text should be twice as wide as it is tall, 50 means the text should be twice as tall as it is wide, and so on. -Used to choose line length for text if \fBwidth\fR option +Used to choose line length for text if \fB\-width\fR option is not specified. Defaults to 150. .OP \-justify justify Justify Specifies how to justify lines of text. Must be one of \fBleft\fR, \fBcenter\fR, or \fBright\fR. Defaults to \fBleft\fR. -This option works together with the \fBanchor\fR, \fBaspect\fR, -\fBpadX\fR, \fBpadY\fR, and \fBwidth\fR options to provide a variety +This option works together with the \fB\-anchor\fR, \fB\-aspect\fR, +\fB\-padx\fR, \fB\-pady\fR, and \fB\-width\fR options to provide a variety of arrangements of the text within the window. -The \fBaspect\fR and \fBwidth\fR options determine the amount of +The \fB\-aspect\fR and \fB\-width\fR options determine the amount of screen space needed to display the text. -The \fBanchor\fR, \fBpadX\fR, and \fBpadY\fR options determine where this +The \fB\-anchor\fR, \fB\-padx\fR, and \fB\-pady\fR options determine where this rectangular area is displayed within the widget's window, and the -\fBjustify\fR option determines how each line is displayed within that +\fB\-justify\fR option determines how each line is displayed within that rectangular region. -For example, suppose \fBanchor\fR is \fBe\fR and \fBjustify\fR is +For example, suppose \fB\-anchor\fR is \fBe\fR and \fB\-justify\fR is \fBleft\fR, and that the message window is much larger than needed for the text. The text will be displayed so that the left edges of all the lines -line up and the right edge of the longest line is \fBpadX\fR from +line up and the right edge of the longest line is \fB\-padx\fR from the right side of the window; the entire text block will be centered in the vertical span of the window. .OP \-width width Width Specifies the length of lines in the window. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. -If this option has a value greater than zero then the \fBaspect\fR -option is ignored and the \fBwidth\fR option determines the line +If this option has a value greater than zero then the \fB\-aspect\fR +option is ignored and the \fB\-width\fR option determines the line length. If this option has a value less than or equal to zero, then -the \fBaspect\fR option determines the line length. +the \fB\-aspect\fR option determines the line length. .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP @@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ operations on the widget. It has the following general form: determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for message widgets: .TP -\fIpathName \fBcget\fR \fIoption\fR +\fIpathName \fBcget \fIoption\fR Returns the current value of the configuration option given by \fIoption\fR. \fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted by the \fBmessage\fR |