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+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel A. Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net>
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fontchooser.n,v 1.1 2008/12/10 05:02:40 das Exp $
+'\"
+.so man.macros
+.TH fontchooser n "" Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
+.BS
+'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+fontchooser \- control font selection dialog
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBconfigure\fR ?\fI\-option value \-option value ...\fR?
+.sp
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBshow\fR
+.sp
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBhide\fR
+.BE
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+The \fBtk fontchooser\fR command controls the Tk font selection dialog. It uses
+the native platform font selection dialog where available, or a dialog
+implemented in Tcl otherwise.
+.PP
+Unlike most of the other Tk dialog commands, \fBtk fontchooser\fR does not
+return an immediate result, as on some platforms (Mac OS X) the standard font
+dialog is modeless while on others (Windows) it is modal. To accommodate this
+difference, all user interaction with the dialog will be communicated to the
+caller via callbacks or virtual events.
+.PP
+The \fBtk fontchooser\fR command can have one of the following forms:
+.TP
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBconfigure \fR?\fI\-option value \-option value ...\fR?
+.
+Set or query one or more of the configurations options below (analogous to Tk
+widget configuration).
+.TP
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBshow\fR
+.
+Show the font selection dialog. Depending on the platform, may return
+immediately or only once the dialog has been withdrawn.
+.TP
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBhide\fR
+.
+Hide the font selection dialog if it is visible and cause any pending
+\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBshow\fR command to return.
+.PP
+.SH "CONFIGURATION OPTIONS"
+.TP
+\fB\-parent\fR
+Specifies/returns the logical parent window of the font selection dialog
+(similar to the \fB\-parent\fR option to other dialogs). The font selection
+dialog is hidden if it is visible when the parent window is destroyed.
+.TP
+\fB\-title\fR
+Specifies/returns the title of the dialog. Has no effect on platforms where the
+font selection dialog does not support titles.
+.TP
+\fB\-font\fR
+Specifies/returns the font that is currently selected in the dialog if it is
+visible, or that will be initially selected when the dialog is shown (if
+supported by the platform). Can be set to the empty string to indicate that no
+font should be selected. Fonts can be specified in any form given by the "FONT
+DESCRIPTION" section in the \fBfont\fR manual page.
+.TP
+\fB\-command\fR
+Specifies/returns the command prefix to be called when a font selection has
+been made by the user. The command prefix is evaluated at the global level
+after having the specification of the selected font appended. On platforms
+where the font selection dialog offers the user control of further font
+attributes (such as color), additional key/value pairs may be appended before
+evaluation. Can be set to the empty string to indicate that no callback should
+be invoked. Fonts are specified by a list of form [3] of the "FONT DESCRIPTION"
+section in the \fBfont\fR manual page (i.e. a list of the form
+\fI{family size style ?style ...?}\fR).
+.TP
+\fB\-visible\fR
+Read-only option that returns a boolean indicating whether the font selection
+dialog is currently visible. Attempting to set this option results in an error.
+
+.PP
+.SH "VIRTUAL EVENTS"
+.TP
+\fB<<TkFontchooserVisibility>>\fR
+Sent to the dialog parent whenever the visibility of the font selection dialog
+changes, both as a result of user action (e.g. disposing of the dialog via
+OK/Cancel button or close box) and of the \fBtk fontchooser\fR
+\fBshow\fR/\fBhide\fR commands being called. Binding scripts can determine the
+current visibility of the dialog by querying the \fB\-visible\fR configuration
+option.
+.TP
+\fB<<TkFontchooserFontChanged>>\fR
+Sent to the dialog parent whenever the font selection dialog is visible and the
+selected font changes, both as a result of user action and of the \fB\-font\fR
+configuration option being set. Binding scripts can determine the currently
+selected font by querying the \fB\-font\fR configuration option.
+.PP
+.SH NOTES
+.PP
+Callers should not expect a result from \fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBshow\fR and may
+not assume that the dialog has been withdrawn or closed when the command
+returns. All user interaction with the dialog is communicated to the caller via
+the \fB\-command\fR callback and the \fB<<TkFontchooser*>>\fR virtual events.
+It is implementation dependent which exact user actions result in the callback
+being called resp. the virtual events being sent. Where an Apply or OK button
+is present in the dialog, that button will trigger the \fB\-command\fR callback
+and \fB<<TkFontchooserFontChanged>>\fR virtual event. On some implementations
+other user actions may also have that effect; on Mac OS X for instance, the
+standard font selection dialog immediately reflects all user choices to the
+caller.
+.PP
+In the presence of multiple widgets intended to be influenced by the font
+selection dialog, care needs to be taken to correctly handle focus changes: the
+font selected in the dialog should always match the current font of the widget
+with the focus, and the \fB\-command\fR callback should only act on the widget
+with the focus. The recommended practice is to set font dialog \fB\-font\fR and
+\fB\-command\fR configuration options in per\-widget \fB<FocusIn>\fR handlers
+(and if necessary to unset them \- i.e. set to the empty string \- in
+corresponding \fB<FocusOut>\fR handlers). This is particularly important for
+implementors of library code using the font selection dialog, to avoid
+conflicting with application code that may also want to use the dialog.
+.PP
+Because the font selection dialog is application-global, in the presence of
+multiple interpreters calling \fBtk fontchooser\fR, only the \fB\-command\fR
+callback set by the interpreter that most recently called \fBtk fontchooser\fR
+\fBconfigure\fR or \fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBshow\fR will be invoked in response
+to user action and only the \fB\-parent\fR set by that interpreter will receive
+\fB<<TkFontchooser*>>\fR virtual events.
+.PP
+The font dialog implementation may only store (and return) \fBfont\fR
+\fBactual\fR data as the value of the \fB\-font\fR configuration option. This
+can be an issue when \fB\-font\fR is set to a named font, if that font is
+subsequently changed, the font dialog \fB\-font\fR option needs to be set again
+to ensure its selected font matches the new value of the named font.
+.PP
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.PP
+.CS
+proc fontchooserDemo {} {
+ wm title . "Font Chooser Demo"
+ \fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBconfigure\fR \-parent .
+ button .b \-command fontchooserToggle \-takefocus 0
+ fontchooserVisibility .b
+ bind . \fB<<TkFontchooserVisibility>>\fR \\
+ [list fontchooserVisibility .b]
+ foreach w {.t1 .t2} {
+ text $w \-width 20 \-height 4 \-borderwidth 1 \-relief solid
+ bind $w <FocusIn> [list fontchooserFocus $w]
+ $w insert end "Text Widget $w"
+ }
+ .t1 configure \-font {Courier 14}
+ .t2 configure \-font {Times 16}
+ pack .b .t1 .t2; focus .t1
+}
+proc fontchooserToggle {} {
+ \fBtk fontchooser\fR [expr {
+ [\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBconfigure\fR \-visible] ?
+ "\fBhide\fR" : "\fBshow\fR"}]
+}
+proc fontchooserVisibility {w} {
+ $w configure \-text [expr {
+ [\fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBconfigure\fR \-visible] ?
+ "Hide Font Dialog" : "Show Font Dialog"}]
+}
+proc fontchooserFocus {w} {
+ \fBtk fontchooser\fR \fBconfigure\fR \-font [$w cget \-font] \\
+ \-command [list fontchooserFontSelection $w]
+}
+proc fontchooserFontSelection {w font args} {
+ $w configure \-font [font actual $font]
+}
+fontchooserDemo
+.CE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+font(n), tk(n)
+.SH KEYWORDS
+dialog, font, font selection, font chooser, font panel
+'\" Local Variables:
+'\" mode: nroff
+'\" End:
diff --git a/doc/tk.n b/doc/tk.n
index ece777e..c762946 100644
--- a/doc/tk.n
+++ b/doc/tk.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tk.n,v 1.20 2008/10/18 14:22:21 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tk.n,v 1.21 2008/12/10 05:02:40 das Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH tk n 8.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -66,6 +66,28 @@ format. \fI\-x\fR and \fI\-y\fR represent window-relative coordinates, and
\fI\-height\fR is the height of the current cursor location, or the height
of the specified \fIwindow\fR if none is given.
.TP
+\fBtk inactive \fR?\fB\-displayof \fIwindow\fR? ?\fBreset\fR?
+.
+Returns a positive integer, the number of milliseconds since the last
+time the user interacted with the system. If the \fB\-displayof\fR
+option is given then the return value refers to the display of
+\fIwindow\fR; otherwise it refers to the display of the application's
+main window.
+.RS
+.PP
+\fBtk inactive\fR will return \-1, if querying the user inactive time
+is not supported by the system, and in safe interpreters.
+.PP
+If the literal string \fBreset\fR is given as an additional argument,
+the timer is reset and an empty string is returned. Resetting the
+inactivity time is forbidden in safe interpreters and will throw and
+error if tried.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBtk fontchooser \fIsubcommand\fR ...
+Controls the Tk font selection dialog. For more details see the
+\fBfontchooser\fR manual page.
+.TP
\fBtk scaling \fR?\fB\-displayof \fIwindow\fR? ?\fInumber\fR?
.
Sets and queries the current scaling factor used by Tk to convert between
@@ -91,24 +113,6 @@ is undefined whether existing widgets will resize themselves dynamically to
accommodate the new scaling factor.
.RE
.TP
-\fBtk inactive \fR?\fB\-displayof \fIwindow\fR? ?\fBreset\fR?
-.
-Returns a positive integer, the number of milliseconds since the last
-time the user interacted with the system. If the \fB\-displayof\fR
-option is given then the return value refers to the display of
-\fIwindow\fR; otherwise it refers to the display of the application's
-main window.
-.RS
-.PP
-\fBtk inactive\fR will return \-1, if querying the user inactive time
-is not supported by the system, and in safe interpreters.
-.PP
-If the literal string \fBreset\fR is given as an additional argument,
-the timer is reset and an empty string is returned. Resetting the
-inactivity time is forbidden in safe interpreters and will throw and
-error if tried.
-.RE
-.TP
\fBtk useinputmethods \fR?\fB\-displayof \fIwindow\fR? ?\fIboolean\fR?
.
Sets and queries the state of whether Tk should use XIM (X Input Methods)
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ Returns the current Tk windowing system, one of
\fBx11\fR (X11-based), \fBwin32\fR (MS Windows),
or \fBaqua\fR (Mac OS X Aqua).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-busy(n), send(n), winfo(n)
+busy(n), fontchooser(n), send(n), winfo(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
application name, send
'\" Local Variables: