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diff --git a/doc/options.n b/doc/options.n index 2faca8c..36937b1 100644 --- a/doc/options.n +++ b/doc/options.n @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ .SH NAME options \- Standard options supported by widgets .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION +.PP This manual entry describes the common configuration options supported by widgets in the Tk toolkit. Every widget does not necessarily support every option (see the manual entries for individual widgets for a list @@ -72,18 +72,18 @@ widget. Specifies a bitmap to display in the widget, in any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetBitmap\fR. The exact way in which the bitmap is displayed may be affected by -other options such as \fBanchor\fR or \fBjustify\fR. +other options such as \fB\-anchor\fR or \fB\-justify\fR. Typically, if this option is specified then it overrides other options that specify a textual value to display in the widget -but this is controlled by the \fBcompound\fR option; -the \fBbitmap\fR option may be reset to an empty string to re-enable +but this is controlled by the \fB\-compound\fR option; +the \fB\-bitmap\fR option may be reset to an empty string to re-enable a text display. -In widgets that support both \fBbitmap\fR and \fBimage\fR options, -\fBimage\fR will usually override \fBbitmap\fR. +In widgets that support both \fB\-bitmap\fR and \fB\-image\fR options, +\fB\-image\fR will usually override \fB\-bitmap\fR. .OP "\-borderwidth or \-bd" borderWidth BorderWidth Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width of the 3-D border to draw around the outside of the widget (if such a -border is being drawn; the \fBrelief\fR option typically determines +border is being drawn; the \fB\-relief\fR option typically determines this). The value may also be used when drawing 3-D effects in the interior of the widget. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. @@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ If the value is zero, no focus highlight is drawn around the widget. .OP \-image image Image Specifies an image to display in the widget, which must have been created with the \fBimage create\fR command. -Typically, if the \fBimage\fR option is specified then it overrides other +Typically, if the \fB\-image\fR option is specified then it overrides other options that specify a bitmap or textual value to display in the -widget, though this is controlled by the \fBcompound\fR option; -the \fBimage\fR option may be reset to an empty string to re-enable +widget, though this is controlled by the \fB\-compound\fR option; +the \fB\-image\fR option may be reset to an empty string to re-enable a bitmap or text display. .OP \-insertbackground insertBackground Foreground Specifies the color to use as background in the area covered by the @@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ in each blink cycle. Specifies a value indicating the total width of the insertion cursor. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. If a border has been specified for the insertion -cursor (using the \fBinsertBorderWidth\fR option), the border -will be drawn inside the width specified by the \fBinsertWidth\fR +cursor (using the \fB\-insertborderwidth\fR option), the border +will be drawn inside the width specified by the \fB\-insertwidth\fR option. .OP \-jump jump Jump For widgets with a slider that can be dragged to adjust a value, @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Specifies the number of milliseconds a button or key must be held down before it begins to auto-repeat. Used, for example, on the up- and down-arrows in scrollbars. .OP \-repeatinterval repeatInterval RepeatInterval -Used in conjunction with \fBrepeatDelay\fR: once auto-repeat +Used in conjunction with \fB\-repeatdelay\fR: once auto-repeat begins, this option determines the number of milliseconds between auto-repeats. .OP \-selectbackground selectBackground Foreground @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ This option is typically used in text widgets, where the information in the widget has a natural size (the size of a character) and it makes sense for the window's dimensions to be integral numbers of these units. These natural window sizes form a grid. -If the \fBsetGrid\fR option is set to true then the widget will +If the \fB\-setgrid\fR option is set to true then the widget will communicate with the window manager so that when the user interactively resizes the top-level window that contains the widget, the dimensions of the window will be displayed to the user in grid units and the window @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ entry for more details. Determines whether the window accepts the focus during keyboard traversal (e.g., Tab and Shift-Tab). Before setting the focus to a window, the traversal scripts -consult the value of the \fBtakeFocus\fR option. +consult the value of the \fB\-takefocus\fR option. A value of \fB0\fR means that the window should be skipped entirely during keyboard traversal. \fB1\fR means that the window should receive the input @@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ redefine the keyboard traversal scripts. .OP \-text text Text Specifies a string to be displayed inside the widget. The way in which the string is displayed depends on the particular widget and may be -determined by other options, such as \fBanchor\fR or \fBjustify\fR. +determined by other options, such as \fB\-anchor\fR or \fB\-justify\fR. .OP \-textvariable textVariable Variable Specifies the name of a global variable. The value of the variable is a text string to be displayed inside the widget; if the variable value changes then the widget will automatically update itself to reflect the new value. The way in which the string is displayed in the widget depends on the particular widget and may be determined by other options, such as -\fBanchor\fR or \fBjustify\fR. +\fB\-anchor\fR or \fB\-justify\fR. .OP \-troughcolor troughColor Background Specifies the color to use for the rectangular trough areas in widgets such as scrollbars and scales. This option is ignored for @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ that is visible in the window, and the second fraction indicates the information just after the last portion that is visible. The command is then passed to the Tcl interpreter for execution. Typically the -\fBxScrollCommand\fR option consists of the path name of a scrollbar +\fB\-xscrollcommand\fR option consists of the path name of a scrollbar widget followed by .QW set , e.g. @@ -345,13 +345,14 @@ If this option is not specified, then no command will be executed. .OP \-yscrollcommand yScrollCommand ScrollCommand Specifies the prefix for a command used to communicate with vertical scrollbars. This option is treated in the same way as the -\fBxScrollCommand\fR option, except that it is used for vertical +\fB\-xscrollcommand\fR option, except that it is used for vertical scrollbars and is provided by widgets that support vertical scrolling. -See the description of \fBxScrollCommand\fR for details +See the description of \fB\-xscrollcommand\fR for details on how this option is used. - .SH "SEE ALSO" colors, cursors, font - .SH KEYWORDS class, name, standard option, switch +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |