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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: text.n,v 1.22 2003/11/16 14:13:09 vincentdarley Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: text.n,v 1.23 2003/12/04 12:28:37 vincentdarley Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH text n 8.5 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ and no insertion cursor will be displayed, even if the input focus is
in the widget.
.OP \-tabs tabs Tabs
Specifies a set of tab stops for the window. The option's value consists
-of a list of screen distances giving the positions of the tab stops. Each
+of a list of screen distances giving the positions of the tab stops,
+each of which is a distance relative to the left edge of the widget
+(excluding borders, padding, etc). Each
position may optionally be followed in the next list element
by one of the keywords \fBleft\fR, \fBright\fR, \fBcenter\fR,
or \fBnumeric\fR, which specifies how to justify
@@ -100,7 +102,9 @@ tab stops at two-centimeter intervals; the first two use left
justification and the third uses center justification.
If the list of tab stops does not have enough elements to cover all
of the tabs in a text line, then Tk extrapolates new tab stops using
-the spacing and alignment from the last tab stop in the list.
+the spacing and alignment from the last tab stop in the list. Tab
+distances must be strictly positive, and must always increase from one
+tab stop to the next (if not, an error is thrown).
The value of the \fBtabs\fR option may be overridden by \fB\-tabs\fR
options in tags.
If no \fB\-tabs\fR option is specified, or if it is specified as