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@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ place \- Geometry manager for fixed or rubber-sheet placement
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBplace \fIoption arg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR?
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The placer is a geometry manager for Tk.
@@ -48,9 +47,9 @@ sublist of the value returned if no \fIoption\fR is specified). If
one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
the command returns an empty string.
-
-The following \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are supported:
.RS
+.PP
+The following \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are supported:
.TP
\fB\-anchor \fIwhere\fR
\fIWhere\fR specifies which point of \fIwindow\fR is to be positioned
@@ -73,7 +72,8 @@ an option of \fB\-x 0\fR corresponds to an x-coordinate just
inside the border and an option of \fB\-relwidth 1.0\fR
means \fIwindow\fR will fill the area inside the master's
border.
-
+.RS
+.PP
If \fImode\fR is \fBoutside\fR then the placer considers
the area of the master to include its border;
this mode is typically used when placing \fIwindow\fR
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ case borders are ignored: the area of the master is considered
to be its official X area, which includes any internal border but
no external border. A bordermode of \fBignore\fR is probably
not very useful.
+.RE
.TP
\fB\-height \fIsize\fR
\fISize\fR specifies the height for \fIwindow\fR in screen units
@@ -238,15 +239,17 @@ 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.
.SH EXAMPLE
+.PP
Make the label occupy the middle bit of the toplevel, no matter how it
is resized:
.CS
label .l \-text "In the\enMiddle!" \-bg black \-fg white
\fBplace\fR .l \-relwidth .3 \-relx .35 \-relheight .3 \-rely .35
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
grid(n), pack(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
geometry manager, height, location, master, place, rubber sheet, slave, width
+'\" Local Variables:
+'\" mode: nroff
+'\" End: