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'\" $Id: tixDisplayStyle.n,v 1.2 2001/01/22 08:02:45 ioilam Exp $
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'\"
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'\"
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'\" Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Ioi Kim Lam.
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'\" Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Tix Project Group.
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'\"
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
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'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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'\"
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'\" The file man.macros and some of the macros used by this file are
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'\" copyrighted: (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" (c) 1994-1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\" The license terms of the Tcl/Tk distrobution are in the file
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'\" license.tcl.
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.so man.macros
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'\"----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.TH tixDisplayStyle n 8.0 Tix "Tix Built-In Commands"
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.BS
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'\"
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'\"
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'\"----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH NAME
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tixDisplayStyle \- Create style object for Tix display items.
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'\"
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBtixDisplayStyle \fIitemType\fR ?\fI\-stylename name\fR? ?\fI\-refwindow pathName\fR? ?\fIoptions value ...\fR?
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'\"
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.BE
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'\"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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'\"
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The Tix \fBDisplay Items\fR mechanism is devised to
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solve a general problem: many Tix widgets (both existing and planned
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ones) display many items of many types simutaneously.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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For example, a hierarchical listbox widget (HList) can display items
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of images, plain text and subwindows in the form of a
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hierarchy. Another widget, the tabular listbox, (TList, currently
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planned and will be released in Tix 4.1) also display items of the
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same types, although it arranges the items in a tabular form. Yet
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another widget, the spreadsheet widget, also displays similar types
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items, but in yet another format.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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In these examples, the display items in different widgets are only
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different in how they are arranged by the \fBhost widget\fR. In Tix,
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display items are clearly separated from the host widgets. The
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advantage is two-fold: first, the creation and configuration of
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display items become uniform across different host widgets. Second,
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new display item types can be added without the need to modify the
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existing host widgets.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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In a way, Tix display items are similar to the items inside Tk
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the canvas widget. However, unlike the Tix display items, the canvas
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items are not independent of the canvas widget; this makes it
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impossible to use the canvas items inside other types of TK widgets.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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The appearance of a display item is controlled by a set of
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\fIattributes\fR. It is observed that each the attributes usually fall
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into one of two categroies: "\fIindividual\fR" or
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"\fIcollective\fR". For example, the text items inside a HList widget
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may all display a different text string; however, in most cases, the
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text items share the same color, font and spacing. Instead of keeping
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a duplicated version of the same attributes inside each display item,
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it will be advantageous to put the collective attributes in a
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special object called a \fBdisplay style\fR. First, there is the space
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concern: a host widget may have many thousands of items; keeping
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dupilcated attributes will be very wasteful. Second, when it becomes
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necessary to change a collective attribute, such as changing all the
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text items' foreground color to red, it will be more efficient to
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change only the display style object than to modify all the text
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items one by one.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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The attributes of the a display item are thus stored in two places: it
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has a set of \fBitem options\fR to store its individual attributes. Each
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display item is also associated with a \fIdisplay style\fR, which specifies
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the collective attributes of all items associated with itself.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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The division between the individual and collective attributes are
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fixed and cannot be changed. Thus, when it becomes necessary for some
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items to differ in their collective attributes, two or more \fBdisplay
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styles\fR can be used. For example, suppose you want to display two
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columns of text items inside an HList widget, one column in red and
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the other in blue. You can create a TextStyle object called "red",
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which defines a red foreground, and another called "blue", which
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defines a blue foreground. You can then associate all text items of
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the first column to "red" and the second column to "blue".
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'\"
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.SH DISPLAY ITEM TYPES AND OPTIONS
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'\"
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Currently there are four types of display items: \fBtext\fR,
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\fBimage\fR, \fBimagetext\fR and \fBwindow\fR. (TODO: need to document
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the "image" item)
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'\"
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'\"----------------------------------------------------------------------
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'\" ImageText
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'\"----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH IMAGETEXT ITEMS
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'\"
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Display items of the type \fBimagetext\fR are used to display an image
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together with a text string. Imagetext items support the following options:
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'\"
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.PP
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\fBITEM OPTIONS\fR
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.PP
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.RS
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-bitmap bitmap Bitmap
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Specifies the bitmap to display in the item.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-image image Image
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Specifies the image to display in the item. When both the
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\fB\-bitmap\fR and \fB\-image\fR options are specified, only the image
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will be displayed.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-style imageTextStyle ImageTextStyle
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Specifies the display style to use for this item. Must be the
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name of a \fBimagetext\fR display style that has already be created by
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the \fBtixDisplayStyle(n)\fR command.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-showimage showImage ShowImage
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A Boolean value that specifies whether the image/bitmap should be
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displayed.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-showtext showText ShowText
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A Boolean value that specifies whether the text string should be
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displayed.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-text text Text
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Specifies the text string to display in the item.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-underline underline Underline
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Specifies the integer index of a character to underline in the text
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string in the item. 0 corresponds to the first character of the text
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displayed in the widget, 1 to the next character, and so on.
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'\"----------END
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.RE
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'\"
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.PP
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\fBSTYLE OPTIONS\fR
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'\"
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.PP
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The style information of \fBimagetext\fR items are stored in the
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\fBimagetext\fR display style. The following options are supported:
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'\"
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.RS
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'\"
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.PP
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\fBSTANDARD OPTIONS\fR
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'\"
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.PP
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.ta 6c
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.nf
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activeBackground activeForeground
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anchor background
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disabledBackground disabledForeground
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foreground font
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justify padX
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padY selectBackground
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selectForeground wrapLength
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.fi
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.ta 4c
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.PP
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See the \fBoptions(n)\fR manual entry for details on the standard
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options.
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.PP
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'\"
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.PP
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\fBSTYLE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS\fR
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.PP
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.LP
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.nf
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Name: \fBgap\fR
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Class: \fBGap\fR
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Switch: \fB\-gap\fR
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'\"
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.fi
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.IP
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Specifies the distance between the bitmap/image and the text string,
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in number of pixels.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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.RE
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'\"
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'\"**********************************************************************
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'\"
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'\" text
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'\"
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'\"**********************************************************************
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.SH TEXT ITEMS
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'\"
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Display items of the type \fBtext\fR are used to display a text string
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in a widget. Text items support the following options:
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'\"
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.PP
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\fBITEM OPTIONS\fR
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.PP
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.RS
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-style textStyle TextStyle
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Specifies the display style to use for this text item. Must be the
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name of a \fBtext\fR display style that has already be created by the
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\fBtixDisplayStyle(n)\fR command.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-text text Text
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Specifies the text string to display in the item.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-underline underline Underline
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Specifies the integer index of a character to underline in the item.
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0 corresponds to the first character of the text displayed in the
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widget, 1 to the next character, and so on.
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'\"----------END
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.RE
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'\"
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\fBSTYLE OPTIONS\fR
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.PP
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.RS
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.PP
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\fBSTANDARD OPTIONS\fR
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'\"
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.PP
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.ta 6c
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.nf
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activeBackground activeForeground
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anchor background
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disabledBackground disabledForeground
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foreground font
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justify padX
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padY selectBackground
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selectForeground wrapLength
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.fi
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.ta 4c
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.PP
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See the \fBoptions(n)\fR manual entry for details on the standard
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options.
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'\"
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'\"
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.PP
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.RE
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'\"**********************************************************************
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'\"
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'\" Window
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'\"
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'\"**********************************************************************
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.SH WINDOW ITEMS
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'\"
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Display items of the type \fBwindow\fR are used to display a
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sub-window in a widget. \fBWindow\fR items support the following
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options:
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'\"
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.PP
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\fBITEM OPTIONS\fR
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.PP
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.RS
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.OP \-style windowStyle WindowStyle
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Specifies the display style to use for this window item. Must be the
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name of a \fBwindow\fR display style that has already be created by
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the \fBtixDisplayStyle(n)\fR command.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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'\"----------BEGIN
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.LP
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.nf
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Name: \fBwindow\fR
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Class: \fBWindow\fR
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Switch: \fB\-window\fR
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Alias: \fB\-widget\fR
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.fi
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.IP
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Specifies the sub-window to display in the item.
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'\"----------END
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'\"
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.RE
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'\"
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\fBSTYLE OPTIONS\fR
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.PP
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.RS
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\fBSTANDARD OPTIONS\fR
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'\"
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.PP
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.ta 6c
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.nf
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anchor
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padX padY
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.PP
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.fi
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.ta 4c
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See the \fBoptions(n)\fR manual entry for details on the standard
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options.
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'\"
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.PP
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.RE
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'\"
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'\"**********************************************************************
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'\"
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.SH CREATING DISPLAY ITEMS
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'\"
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'\"
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Display items do not exist on their and thus they cannot be created
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independently of the widgets they reside in. As a rule, display items
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are created by special widget commands of their "host" widgets. For
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example, the HList widgets has a command \fBitem\fR which can be used
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to create new display items. The following code creates a new imagetext
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item at the third column of the entry foo inside an HList widget:
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'\"
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.PP
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.nf
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tixHList .h -columns 3
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.h add foo
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.h item create foo 2 \-itemtype imagetext \-text Hello \-image image1
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.fi
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.PP
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'\"
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The \fBitem create\fR command of the HList widget accepts a variable
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number of arguments. The special argument \fB\-itemtype\fR specifies
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which type of display item to create. Options that are valid for this
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type of display items can then be specified by one or more
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\fIoption\-value\fR pairs.
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'\"
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.PP
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'\"
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After the display item is created, they can then be configured or
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destroyed using the commands provided by the host widget. For example,
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the HList widget has the command \fBitem configure\fR, \fBitem cget\fR
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and \fBitem delete\fR for accessing the display items.
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'\"
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'\"**********************************************************************
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'\"
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.SH CREATING AND MANIPULATING DISPLAY STYLES
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'\"
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'\"
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Display styles are created by the command \fBtixDisplayStyle\fR:
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'\"
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'\"
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.PP
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\fIitemType\fR must be one of the existing display items types such as
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\fBtext\fR, \fBimagetext\fR, \fBwindow\fR or any new types added by
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the user. Additional arguments can be given in one or more
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\fIoption\-value\fR pairs. \fIoption\fR can be any of the valid option
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for this display style or any of the following:
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.PP
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.RS
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'\"
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.TP
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\fB\-stylename \fIname\fR
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'\"
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Specifies a name for this style. If unspecified, then a default name
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will be chosen for this style.
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'\"
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.TP
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\fB\-refwindow \fIpathName\fR
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'\"
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Specifies a window to use for determine the default values of the
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display type. If unspecified, the main window will be used. Default
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values for the display types can be set via the options database. The
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following example sets the \fB\-disablebackground\fR and
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\fB\-disabledforeground\fR options of a \fBtext\fR display style via
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the option database:
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.CS
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option add *table.list*disabledForeground blue
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option add *table.list*disabledBackground darkgray
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tixDisplayStyle text -refwindow .table.list -fg red
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.CE
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'\"
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.PP
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By using the option database to set the options of the display styles,
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we can advoid hard-coding the option values and give the user more
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flexibility in customization. See option(n) for a detailed description
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of the option database.
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.RE
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'\"
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.SH STYLE COMMAND
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.PP
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The \fBtixDisplayStyle\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the
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same as the name of the newly created display style. This command
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may be used to invoke various operations on the display style. It has the
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following general form:
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'\"
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'\"
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.RS
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.CS
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'\"
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\fIstyleName option \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
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.CE
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.RE
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'\"
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\fIstyleName\fR is the name of the command. \fIOption\fR and the
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\fIarg\fRs determine the exact behavior of the command. The following
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commands are possible:
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'\"
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.TP
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\fIstyleName \fBcget\fR \fIoption\fR
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'\"
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Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
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\fIoption\fR. \fIOption\fR may have any of the valid options of this
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display style.
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'\"
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.TP
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\fIstyleName \fBconfigure\fR ?\fIoption\fR? \fI?value option value ...\fR?
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'\"
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Query or modify the configuration options of the display style. If no
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\fIoption\fR is specified, returns a list describing all of the
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available options for \fIstyleName\fR (see \fBTk_ConfigureInfo\fR for
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information on the format of this list). If \fIoption\fR is specified
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with no \fIvalue\fR, then the command returns a list describing the
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one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding
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sublist of the value returned if no \fIoption\fR is specified). If
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one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command
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modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
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the command returns an empty string. \fIOption\fR may have any of the
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valid options of this display style.
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'\"
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.TP
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\fIstyleName \fBdelete\fR
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'\"
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Destroy this display style object.
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'\"
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.SH EXAMPLE
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'\"
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The following example creates two columns of data in a HList
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widget. The first column is in red and the second column in blue. The
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colors of the columns are controlled by two different \fBtext\fR
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styles. Also, the anchor and font of the second column is chosen so
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that the income data is aligned properly.
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'\"
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.PP
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.CS
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set courier {courier 14}
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set h [tixHList .h -columns 2]; pack $h
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set red [tixDisplayStyle text -fg #800000]
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set blue [tixDisplayStyle text -fg #000080 \\
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-anchor e -font $courier]
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foreach n {{Joe $10,000} {Peter $20,000} {Raj $90,000}} {
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set entry [$h addchild {}]
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$h item create $entry 0 -itemtype text \\
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-text [lindex $n 0] -style $red
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$h item create $entry 1 -itemtype text \\
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-text [lindex $n 1] -style $blue
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}
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.CE
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.SH KEYWORDS
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display item, display style, imagetext
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