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@@ -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: 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 |