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'\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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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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'\" SCCS: @(#) option.n 1.10 96/03/26 18:25:08
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.so man.macros
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.TH option n "" Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
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.BS
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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option \- Add/retrieve window options to/from the option database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBoption add \fIpattern value \fR?\fIpriority\fR?
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.sp
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\fBoption clear\fR
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.sp
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\fBoption get \fIwindow name class\fR
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.sp
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\fBoption readfile \fIfileName \fR?\fIpriority\fR?
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The \fBoption\fR command allows you to add entries to the Tk option
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database or to retrieve options from the database. The \fBadd\fR
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form of the command adds a new option to the database.
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\fIPattern\fR contains
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the option being specified, and consists of names and/or classes
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separated by asterisks or dots, in the usual X format. \fIValue\fR
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contains a text string to associate with \fIpattern\fR; this is the
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value that will be returned in calls to \fBTk_GetOption\fR or by
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invocations of the \fBoption get\fR command. If \fIpriority\fR
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is specified, it indicates the priority level for this option (see
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below for legal values); it defaults to \fBinteractive\fR.
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This command always returns an empty string.
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.PP
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The \fBoption clear\fR command clears the option database. Default
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options (from the
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\fBRESOURCE_MANAGER\fR property or the \fB.Xdefaults\fR
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file) will be reloaded automatically the next time an
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option is added to the database or removed from it. This command
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always returns an empty string.
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.PP
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The \fBoption get\fR command returns the value of the option
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specified for \fIwindow\fR
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under \fIname\fR and \fIclass\fR. If several entries in the option
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database match \fIwindow\fR, \fIname\fR, and \fIclass\fR, then
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the command returns whichever was created with highest
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\fIpriority\fR level. If there are several matching
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entries at the same priority level, then it returns whichever entry
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was most recently entered into the option database. If there are
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no matching entries, then the empty string is returned.
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.PP
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The \fBreadfile\fR form of the command reads \fIfileName\fR,
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which should have the standard format for an
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X resource database such as \fB.Xdefaults\fR, and adds all the
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options specified in that file to the option database. If \fIpriority\fR
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is specified, it indicates the priority level at which to enter the
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options; \fIpriority\fR defaults to \fBinteractive\fR.
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.PP
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The \fIpriority\fR arguments to the \fBoption\fR command are
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normally specified symbolically using one of the following values:
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.TP
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\fBwidgetDefault\fR
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Level 20. Used for default values hard-coded into widgets.
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.TP
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\fBstartupFile\fR
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Level 40. Used for options specified in application-specific
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startup files.
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.TP
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\fBuserDefault\fR
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Level 60. Used for options specified in user-specific defaults
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files, such as \fB.Xdefaults\fR, resource databases loaded into
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the X server, or user-specific startup files.
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.TP
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\fBinteractive\fR
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Level 80. Used for options specified interactively after the application
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starts running. If \fIpriority\fR isn't specified, it defaults to
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this level.
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.LP
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Any of the above keywords may be abbreviated. In addition, priorities
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may be specified numerically using integers between 0 and 100,
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inclusive. The numeric form is probably a bad idea except for new priority
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levels other than the ones given above.
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.SH KEYWORDS
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database, option, priority, retrieve
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