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diff --git a/doc/place.n b/doc/place.n index 017313f..fc7e0fb 100644 --- a/doc/place.n +++ b/doc/place.n @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ In addition, \fImaster\fR and \fIwindow\fR must both be descendants of the same top-level window. These restrictions are necessary to guarantee that \fIwindow\fR is visible whenever \fImaster\fR is visible. -If this option isn't specified then the master defaults to +If this option is not specified then the master defaults to \fIwindow\fR's parent. .TP \fB\-relheight \fIsize\fR @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ the most recent option is used and the older one is ignored. \fBplace forget \fIwindow\fR Causes the placer to stop managing the geometry of \fIwindow\fR. As a side effect of this command \fIwindow\fR will be unmapped so that it -doesn't appear on the screen. If \fIwindow\fR isn't currently managed +does not appear on the screen. If \fIwindow\fR is not currently managed by the placer then the command has no effect. This command returns an empty string. .TP @@ -207,12 +207,15 @@ This feature is useful in at least two situations. First, for complex window layouts it means you can create a hierarchy of subwindows whose only purpose is to assist in the layout of the parent. -The ``real children'' of the parent (i.e. the windows that +The +.QW "real children" +of the parent (i.e. the windows that are significant for the application's user interface) can be children of the parent yet be placed inside the windows of the geometry-management hierarchy. -This means that the path names of the ``real children'' -don't reflect the geometry-management hierarchy and users +This means that the path names of the +.QW "real children" +do not reflect the geometry-management hierarchy and users can specify options for the real children without being aware of the structure of the geometry-management hierarchy. @@ -230,7 +233,7 @@ will be repositioned as well. .PP Unlike many other geometry managers (such as the packer) the placer does not make any attempt to manipulate the geometry of -the master windows or the parents of slave windows (i.e. it doesn't +the master windows or the parents of slave windows (i.e. it does not set their requested sizes). To control the sizes of these windows, make them windows like frames and canvases that provide configuration options for this purpose. @@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ frames and canvases that provide configuration options for this purpose. Make the label occupy the middle bit of the toplevel, no matter how it is resized: .CS -label .l \-text "In the\\nMiddle!" \-bg black \-fg white +label .l \-text "In the\enMiddle!" \-bg black \-fg white \fBplace\fR .l \-relwidth .3 \-relx .35 \-relheight .3 \-rely .35 .CE |