GetOption

Tk_GetOption(3)              Tk Library Procedures             Tk_GetOption(3)



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NAME
       Tk_GetOption - retrieve an option from the option database

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tk.h>

       Tk_Uid
       Tk_GetOption(tkwin, name, class)

ARGUMENTS
       Tk_Window   tkwin    (in)      Token for window.

       char        *name    (in)      Name of desired option.

       char        *class   (in)      Class  of  desired  option.   Null means
                                      there is no class for this  option;   do
                                      lookup based on name only.
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DESCRIPTION
       This procedure is invoked to retrieve an option from the database asso-
       ciated with tkwin's main window.  If there is an option for tkwin  that
       matches  the  given name or class, then it is returned in the form of a
       Tk_Uid.  If multiple options match name and class,  then  the  highest-
       priority one is returned.  If no option matches, then NULL is returned.

       Tk_GetOption caches options related to tkwin so that  successive  calls
       for the same tkwin will execute much more quickly than successive calls
       for different windows.


KEYWORDS
       class, name, option, retrieve



Tk                                                             Tk_GetOption(3)