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Tk_FreeOptions

Tk_ConfigureWidget(3)        Tk Library Procedures       Tk_ConfigureWidget(3)



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NAME
       Tk_ConfigureWidget,   Tk_Offset,  Tk_ConfigureInfo,  Tk_ConfigureValue,
       Tk_FreeOptions - process configuration options for widgets

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tk.h>

       int
       Tk_ConfigureWidget(interp, tkwin, specs, argc, argv, widgRec, flags)

       int
       Tk_Offset(type, field)

       int
       Tk_ConfigureInfo(interp, tkwin, specs, widgRec, argvName, flags)

       int
       Tk_ConfigureValue(interp, tkwin, specs, widgRec, argvName, flags)

       Tk_FreeOptions(specs, widgRec, display, flags)

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_Interp      *interp    (in)      Interpreter to use  for  returning
                                            error messages.

       Tk_Window       tkwin      (in)      Window  used  to  represent widget
                                            (needed to set up X resources).

       Tk_ConfigSpec   *specs     (in)      Pointer to table specifying  legal
                                            configuration   options  for  this
                                            widget.

       int             argc       (in)      Number of arguments in argv.

       char            **argv     (in)      Command-line options for configur-
                                            ing widget.

       char            *widgRec   (in/out)  Points to widget record structure.
                                            Fields in this structure get modi-
                                            fied by Tk_ConfigureWidget to hold
                                            configuration information.

       int             flags      (in)      If non-zero, then it specifies  an
                                            OR-ed  combination  of  flags that
                                            control the processing of configu-
                                            ration    information.     TK_CON-
                                            FIG_ARGV_ONLY  causes  the  option
                                            database   and   defaults   to  be
                                            ignored,  and  flag  bits  TK_CON-
                                            FIG_USER_BIT  and  higher are used
                                            to selectively disable entries  in
                                            specs.

       type name       type       (in)      The  name  of the type of a widget
                                            record.

       field name      field      (in)      The name of a field in records  of
                                            type type.

       char            *argvName  (in)      The name used on Tcl command lines
                                            to refer to  a  particular  option
                                            (e.g.  when  creating  a widget or
                                            invoking the configure widget com-
                                            mand).  If non-NULL, then informa-
                                            tion is  returned  only  for  this
                                            option.  If NULL, then information
                                            is  returned  for  all   available
                                            options.

       Display         *display   (in)      Display  containing  widget  whose
                                            record is being freed;  needed  in
                                            order to free up resources.
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DESCRIPTION
       Note:  Tk_ConfigureWidget should be replaced with the new Tcl_Obj based |
       API Tk_SetOptions.  The old interface is retained for backward compati- |
       bility.

       Tk_ConfigureWidget  is called to configure various aspects of a widget,
       such as colors, fonts, border width, etc.  It is intended as  a  conve-
       nience  procedure  to reduce the amount of code that must be written in
       individual widget managers to handle configuration information.  It  is
       typically  invoked when widgets are created, and again when the config-
       ure command is invoked for a widget.  Although intended  primarily  for
       widgets, Tk_ConfigureWidget can be used in other situations where argc-
       argv information is to be used to fill in a record structure,  such  as
       configuring  graphical  elements  for  a  canvas widget or entries of a
       menu.

       Tk_ConfigureWidget  processes  a  table  specifying  the  configuration
       options  that  are  supported  (specs) and a collection of command-line
       arguments (argc and argv) to fill in fields of a record (widgRec).   It
       uses  the  option  database  and defaults specified in specs to fill in
       fields of widgRec that are not specified in  argv.   Tk_ConfigureWidget
       normally  returns  the  value  TCL_OK;  in this case it does not modify
       interp.  If an error occurs then TCL_ERROR is returned  and  Tk_Config-
       ureWidget will leave an error message in interp->result in the standard
       Tcl fashion.  In the event of an error return, some of  the  fields  of
       widgRec  could  already have been set, if configuration information for
       them was successfully processed before the error occurred.   The  other
       fields  will be set to reasonable initial values so that Tk_FreeOptions
       can be called for cleanup.

       The specs array specifies the kinds of configuration  options  expected
       by  the widget.  Each of its entries specifies one configuration option
       and has the following structure:
              typedef struct {
                int type;
                char *argvName;
                char *dbName;
                char *dbClass;
                char *defValue;
                int offset;
                int specFlags;
                Tk_CustomOption *customPtr;
              } Tk_ConfigSpec;
       The type field indicates what type  of  configuration  option  this  is
       (e.g.  TK_CONFIG_COLOR for a color value, or TK_CONFIG_INT for an inte-
       ger value).  The type field indicates how  to  use  the  value  of  the
       option  (more  on  this below).  The argvName field is a string such as
       ``-font'' or ``-bg'', which is compared with the  values  in  argv  (if
       argvName is NULL it means this is a grouped entry;  see GROUPED ENTRIES
       below).  The dbName and dbClass fields are used to look up a value  for
       this  option  in  the  option database.  The defValue field specifies a
       default value for this configuration option if no value is specified in
       either  argv or the option database.  Offset indicates where in widgRec
       to  store  information  about  this  option,  and  specFlags   contains
       additional  information to control the processing of this configuration
       option (see FLAGS below).  The last field, customPtr, is only  used  if
       type is TK_CONFIG_CUSTOM;  see CUSTOM OPTION TYPES below.

       Tk_ConfigureWidget  first processes argv to see which (if any) configu-
       ration options are specified there.  Argv must contain an  even  number
       of fields;  the first of each pair of fields must match the argvName of
       some entry in specs (unique abbreviations are acceptable), and the sec-
       ond field of the pair contains the value for that configuration option.
       If there are entries in spec for which there were no  matching  entries
       in  argv,  Tk_ConfigureWidget uses the dbName and dbClass fields of the
       specs entry to probe the option database;  if a value is found, then it
       is  used as the value for the option.  Finally, if no entry is found in
       the option database, the defValue field of the specs entry is  used  as
       the value for the configuration option.  If the defValue is NULL, or if
       the TK_CONFIG_DONT_SET_DEFAULT bit is set in flags, then  there  is  no
       default value and this specs entry will be ignored if no value is spec-
       ified in argv or the option database.

       Once a string value has been determined  for  a  configuration  option,
       Tk_ConfigureWidget translates the string value into a more useful form,
       such as a color if type is TK_CONFIG_COLOR or an  integer  if  type  is
       TK_CONFIG_INT.   This  value is then stored in the record pointed to by
       widgRec.  This record is assumed to contain information relevant to the
       manager  of  the widget;  its exact type is unknown to Tk_ConfigureWid-
       get.  The offset field of each specs entry indicates where  in  widgRec
       to  store  the information about this configuration option.  You should
       use the Tk_Offset macro to generate offset  values  (see  below  for  a
       description  of Tk_Offset).  The location indicated by widgRec and off-
       set will be referred to as the ``target'' in the descriptions below.

       The type field of each entry in specs determines what to  do  with  the
       string  value of that configuration option.  The legal values for type,
       and the corresponding actions, are:

       TK_CONFIG_ACTIVE_CURSOR
              The value must be an ASCII string identifying a cursor in a form
              suitable for passing to Tk_GetCursor.  The value is converted to
              a Tk_Cursor by calling Tk_GetCursor and the result is stored  in
              the  target.   In  addition,  the  resulting  cursor is made the
              active cursor for tkwin by calling  XDefineCursor.   If  TK_CON-
              FIG_NULL_OK  is  specified in specFlags then the value may be an
              empty string, in which case the target and tkwin's active cursor
              will be set to None.  If the previous value of the target wasn't
              None, then it is freed by passing it to Tk_FreeCursor.

       TK_CONFIG_ANCHOR
              The value must be an ASCII string identifying an anchor point in
              one  of  the  ways accepted by Tk_GetAnchor.  The string is con-
              verted to a Tk_Anchor by calling Tk_GetAnchor and the result  is
              stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_BITMAP
              The value must be an ASCII string identifying a bitmap in a form
              suitable for passing to Tk_GetBitmap.  The value is converted to
              a Pixmap by calling Tk_GetBitmap and the result is stored in the
              target.  If TK_CONFIG_NULL_OK is specified in specFlags then the
              value may be an empty string, in which case the target is set to
              None.  If the previous value of the target wasn't None, then  it
              is freed by passing it to Tk_FreeBitmap.

       TK_CONFIG_BOOLEAN
              The  value  must  be an ASCII string specifying a boolean value.
              Any of the values ``true'', ``yes'', ``on'',  or  ``1'',  or  an
              abbreviation of one of these values, means true; any of the val-
              ues ``false'', ``no'', ``off'', or ``0'', or an abbreviation  of
              one  of these values, means false.  The target is expected to be
              an integer;  for true values it will be set to 1 and  for  false
              values it will be set to 0.

       TK_CONFIG_BORDER
              The  value must be an ASCII string identifying a border color in
              a form suitable for passing to  Tk_Get3DBorder.   The  value  is
              converted to a (Tk_3DBorder *) by calling Tk_Get3DBorder and the
              result is stored in the target.  If TK_CONFIG_NULL_OK is  speci-
              fied  in  specFlags  then  the  value may be an empty string, in
              which case the target will be set  to  NULL.   If  the  previous
              value  of the target wasn't NULL, then it is freed by passing it
              to Tk_Free3DBorder.

       TK_CONFIG_CAP_STYLE
              The value must be an ASCII string identifying a cap style in one
              of the ways accepted by Tk_GetCapStyle.  The string is converted
              to an integer value corresponding to the cap  style  by  calling
              Tk_GetCapStyle and the result is stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_COLOR
              The  value must be an ASCII string identifying a color in a form
              suitable for passing to Tk_GetColor.  The value is converted  to
              an (XColor *) by calling Tk_GetColor and the result is stored in
              the target.  If TK_CONFIG_NULL_OK is specified in specFlags then
              the  value may be an empty string, in which case the target will
              be set to None.  If the previous  value  of  the  target  wasn't
              NULL, then it is freed by passing it to Tk_FreeColor.

       TK_CONFIG_CURSOR
              This  option is identical to TK_CONFIG_ACTIVE_CURSOR except that
              the new cursor is not made the active one for tkwin.

       TK_CONFIG_CUSTOM
              This option allows applications to define new option types.  The
              customPtr  field of the entry points to a structure defining the
              new option type.  See the section CUSTOM OPTION TYPES below  for
              details.

       TK_CONFIG_DOUBLE
              The  value  must be an ASCII floating-point number in the format
              accepted by strtol.  The string is converted to a double  value,
              and the value is stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_END
              Marks  the  end of the table.  The last entry in specs must have
              this type;  all of its other fields  are  ignored  and  it  will
              never match any arguments.

       TK_CONFIG_FONT
              The  value  must be an ASCII string identifying a font in a form
              suitable for passing to Tk_GetFont.  The value is converted to a
              Tk_Font  by  calling  Tk_GetFont and the result is stored in the
              target.  If TK_CONFIG_NULL_OK is specified in specFlags then the
              value  may  be an empty string, in which case the target will be
              set to NULL.  If the previous value of the target  wasn't  NULL,
              then it is freed by passing it to Tk_FreeFont.

       TK_CONFIG_INT
              The value must be an ASCII integer string in the format accepted
              by strtol (e.g. ``0'' and ``0x'' prefixes may be used to specify
              octal or hexadecimal numbers, respectively).  The string is con-
              verted to an integer value and the integer is stored in the tar-
              get.

       TK_CONFIG_JOIN_STYLE
              The  value  must  be an ASCII string identifying a join style in
              one of the ways accepted  by  Tk_GetJoinStyle.   The  string  is
              converted to an integer value corresponding to the join style by
              calling Tk_GetJoinStyle and the result is stored in the  target.

       TK_CONFIG_JUSTIFY
              The  value  must  be an ASCII string identifying a justification
              method in one of the ways accepted by Tk_GetJustify.  The string
              is  converted  to  a Tk_Justify by calling Tk_GetJustify and the
              result is stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_MM
              The value must specify a screen distance in  one  of  the  forms
              acceptable  to  Tk_GetScreenMM.  The string is converted to dou-
              ble-precision floating-point distance  in  millimeters  and  the
              value is stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_PIXELS
              The  value must specify screen units in one of the forms accept-
              able to Tk_GetPixels.  The string is  converted  to  an  integer
              distance in pixels and the value is stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_RELIEF
              The value must be an ASCII string identifying a relief in a form
              suitable for passing to Tk_GetRelief.  The value is converted to
              an  integer  relief value by calling Tk_GetRelief and the result
              is stored in the target.

       TK_CONFIG_STRING
              A copy of the value is made by allocating memory space with mal-
              loc  and copying the value into the dynamically-allocated space.
              A pointer to the new string is stored in the target.  If TK_CON-
              FIG_NULL_OK  is  specified in specFlags then the value may be an
              empty string, in which case the target will be set to NULL.   If
              the  previous  value of the target wasn't NULL, then it is freed
              by passing it to free.

       TK_CONFIG_SYNONYM
              This type value identifies special entries  in  specs  that  are
              synonyms  for other entries.  If an argv value matches the argv-
              Name  of  a  TK_CONFIG_SYNONYM  entry,  the  entry  isn't   used
              directly. Instead, Tk_ConfigureWidget searches specs for another
              entry whose argvName is the same as  the  dbName  field  in  the
              TK_CONFIG_SYNONYM  entry;  this new entry is used just as if its
              argvName had matched the  argv  value.   The  synonym  mechanism
              allows  multiple  argv values to be used for a single configura-
              tion option, such as ``-background'' and ``-bg''.

       TK_CONFIG_UID
              The  value  is  translated  to  a  Tk_Uid  (by  passing  it   to
              Tk_GetUid).   The  resulting  value is stored in the target.  If
              TK_CONFIG_NULL_OK is specified in specFlags and the value is  an
              empty string then the target will be set to NULL.

       TK_CONFIG_WINDOW
              The  value  must  be  a window path name.  It is translated to a
              Tk_Window token and the token is stored in the target.


GROUPED ENTRIES
       In some cases it is useful to generate multiple resources from a single
       configuration  value.   For example, a color name might be used both to
       generate the background color for a widget (using TK_CONFIG_COLOR)  and
       to  generate  a  3-D  border  to  draw around the widget (using TK_CON-
       FIG_BORDER).  In cases like this it is possible to specify that several
       consecutive  entries  in specs are to be treated as a group.  The first
       entry is used  to  determine  a  value  (using  its  argvName,  dbName,
       dbClass,  and  defValue  fields).   The value will be processed several
       times (one for each entry in the group), generating multiple  different
       resources  and  modifying multiple targets within widgRec.  Each of the
       entries after the first must have a NULL value in its  argvName  field;
       this indicates that the entry is to be grouped with the entry that pre-
       cedes it.  Only the type and offset fields are used from these  follow-
       on entries.


FLAGS
       The  flags argument passed to Tk_ConfigureWidget is used in conjunction
       with the specFlags fields in the entries of specs to provide additional
       control over the processing of configuration options.  These values are
       used in three different ways as described below.

       First, if the flags argument  to  Tk_ConfigureWidget  has  the  TK_CON-
       FIG_ARGV_ONLY  bit  set  (i.e., flags | TK_CONFIG_ARGV_ONLY != 0), then
       the option database and defValue fields are not used.  In this case, if
       an  entry  in specs doesn't match a field in argv then nothing happens:
       the corresponding target isn't modified.  This feature is  useful  when
       the  goal is to modify certain configuration options while leaving oth-
       ers in their current state, such as when a configure widget command  is
       being processed.

       Second, the specFlags field of an entry in specs may be used to control
       the processing of that entry.  Each specFlags field may consists of  an
       OR-ed combination of the following values:

       TK_CONFIG_COLOR_ONLY
              If this bit is set then the entry will only be considered if the
              display for tkwin has more than one bit plane.  If  the  display
              is monochromatic then this specs entry will be ignored.

       TK_CONFIG_MONO_ONLY
              If this bit is set then the entry will only be considered if the
              display for tkwin has exactly one bit plane.  If the display  is
              not monochromatic then this specs entry will be ignored.

       TK_CONFIG_NULL_OK
              This  bit  is  only  relevant for some types of entries (see the
              descriptions of the various entry types above).  If this bit  is
              set,  it  indicates  that an empty string value for the field is
              acceptable and if it occurs then the target  should  be  set  to
              NULL or None, depending on the type of the target.  This flag is
              typically used to allow a feature to  be  turned  off  entirely,
              e.g. set a cursor value to None so that a window simply inherits
              its parent's cursor.  If this bit isn't set then  empty  strings
              are processed as strings, which generally results in an error.

       TK_CONFIG_DONT_SET_DEFAULT
              If  this  bit  is  one,  it means that the defValue field of the
              entry should only be used for returning  the  default  value  in
              Tk_ConfigureInfo.   In  calls  to  Tk_ConfigureWidget no default
              will be supplied for entries with this flag set;  it is  assumed
              that the caller has already supplied a default value in the tar-
              get location.  This flag  provides  a  performance  optimization
              where it is expensive to process the default string:  the client
              can compute the default once, save the  value,  and  provide  it
              before calling Tk_ConfigureWidget.

       TK_CONFIG_OPTION_SPECIFIED
              This  bit  is  set  and cleared by Tk_ConfigureWidget.  Whenever
              Tk_ConfigureWidget returns, this bit will  be  set  in  all  the
              entries where a value was specified in argv.  It will be zero in
              all other entries.  This bit  provides  a  way  for  clients  to
              determine  which values actually changed in a call to Tk_Config-
              ureWidget.

       The TK_CONFIG_MONO_ONLY and TK_CONFIG_COLOR_ONLY  flags  are  typically
       used  to specify different default values for monochrome and color dis-
       plays.  This is done by creating two entries in specs that are  identi-
       cal  except  for their defValue and specFlags fields.  One entry should
       have the value TK_CONFIG_MONO_ONLY in its  specFlags  and  the  default
       value  for  monochrome displays in its defValue;  the other entry entry
       should have the value TK_CONFIG_COLOR_ONLY in  its  specFlags  and  the
       appropriate defValue for color displays.

       Third,  it  is  possible  to use flags and specFlags together to selec-
       tively disable some entries.  This feature is not  needed  very  often.
       It is useful in cases where several similar kinds of widgets are imple-
       mented in one place.  It allows a single specs table to be created with
       all  the configuration options for all the widget types.  When process-
       ing a particular widget type, only entries relevant to that  type  will
       be used.  This effect is achieved by setting the high-order bits (those
       in positions equal to or greater than TK_CONFIG_USER_BIT) in  specFlags
       values  or  in  flags.   In order for a particular entry in specs to be
       used, its high-order bits must match exactly the high-order bits of the
       flags  value  passed  to Tk_ConfigureWidget.  If a specs table is being
       used for N different widget types, then N of the high-order  bits  will
       be  used.   Each specs entry will have one of more of those bits set in
       its specFlags field to indicate the widget types for which  this  entry
       is  valid.   When  calling Tk_ConfigureWidget, flags will have a single
       one of these bits set to select the  entries  for  the  desired  widget
       type.   For  a  working example of this feature, see the code in tkBut-
       ton.c.


TK_OFFSET
       The Tk_Offset macro is provided as a safe way of generating the  offset
       values  for  entries  in  Tk_ConfigSpec structures.  It takes two argu-
       ments:  the name of a type of record, and the name of a field  in  that
       record.   It  returns  the byte offset of the named field in records of
       the given type.


TK_CONFIGUREINFO
       The Tk_ConfigureInfo procedure may be used to obtain information  about
       one or all of the options for a given widget.  Given a token for a win-
       dow (tkwin), a table describing the configuration options for  a  class
       of widgets (specs), a pointer to a widget record containing the current
       information for a widget  (widgRec),  and  a  NULL  argvName  argument,
       Tk_ConfigureInfo generates a string describing all of the configuration
       options for the window.  The string is placed in interp->result.  Under
       normal  circumstances  it  returns  TCL_OK;  if an error occurs then it
       returns TCL_ERROR and interp->result contains an error message.

       If argvName is NULL, then the value left in interp->result  by  Tk_Con-
       figureInfo  consists  of  a  list of one or more entries, each of which
       describes one configuration option (i.e. one  entry  in  specs).   Each
       entry  in the list will contain either two or five values.  If the cor-
       responding entry in specs has type  TK_CONFIG_SYNONYM,  then  the  list
       will  contain  two  values:   the argvName for the entry and the dbName
       (synonym name).  Otherwise the list will contain  five  values:   argv-
       Name,  dbName, dbClass, defValue, and current value.  The current value
       is computed from the appropriate field of widgRec by calling procedures
       like Tk_NameOfColor.

       If the argvName argument to Tk_ConfigureInfo is non-NULL, then it indi-
       cates a single option,  and  information  is  returned  only  for  that
       option.   The string placed in interp->result will be a list containing
       two or five values as described above;  this will be identical  to  the
       corresponding  sublist  that  would  have been returned if argvName had
       been NULL.

       The flags argument to Tk_ConfigureInfo is used to  restrict  the  specs
       entries to consider, just as for Tk_ConfigureWidget.


TK_CONFIGUREVALUE
       Tk_ConfigureValue  takes arguments similar to Tk_ConfigureInfo; instead
       of returning a list of values, it just returns the current value of the
       option  given  by  argvName  (argvName must not be NULL).  The value is
       returned in interp->result and TCL_OK is normally returned as the  pro-
       cedure's  result.  If an error occurs in Tk_ConfigureValue (e.g., argv-
       Name is not a valid option name), TCL_ERROR is returned  and  an  error
       message  is left in interp->result.  This procedure is typically called
       to implement cget widget commands.


TK_FREEOPTIONS
       The Tk_FreeOptions procedure may be invoked during  widget  cleanup  to
       release all of the resources associated with configuration options.  It
       scans through specs and for each entry corresponding to a resource that
       must  be  explicitly  freed  (e.g. those with type TK_CONFIG_COLOR), it
       frees the resource in the widget record.  If the field  in  the  widget
       record  doesn't  refer to a resource (e.g.  it contains a null pointer)
       then no resource is freed for that entry.  After  freeing  a  resource,
       Tk_FreeOptions  sets  the  corresponding  field of the widget record to
       null.


CUSTOM OPTION TYPES
       Applications can extend the built-in  configuration  types  with  addi-
       tional  configuration  types  by  writing procedures to parse and print
       options of the a type and creating a structure pointing to those proce-
       dures:
              typedef struct Tk_CustomOption {
                Tk_OptionParseProc *parseProc;
                Tk_OptionPrintProc *printProc;
                ClientData clientData;
              } Tk_CustomOption;

              typedef int Tk_OptionParseProc(
                ClientData clientData,
                Tcl_Interp *interp,
                Tk_Window tkwin,
                char *value,
                char *widgRec,
                int offset);

              typedef char *Tk_OptionPrintProc(
                ClientData clientData,
                Tk_Window tkwin,
                char *widgRec,
                int offset,
                Tcl_FreeProc **freeProcPtr);
       The Tk_CustomOption structure contains three fields, which are pointers
       to the two procedures and a clientData value to be passed to those pro-
       cedures  when  they are invoked.  The clientData value typically points
       to a structure containing information that is needed by the  procedures
       when they are parsing and printing options.

       The  parseProc  procedure  is  invoked by Tk_ConfigureWidget to parse a
       string and store the resulting value in the widget record.  The client-
       Data  argument is a copy of the clientData field in the Tk_CustomOption
       structure.  The interp argument points to a Tcl  interpreter  used  for
       error  reporting.   Tkwin is a copy of the tkwin argument to Tk_Config-
       ureWidget.  The value argument is a string describing the value for the
       option;  it could have been specified explicitly in the call to Tk_Con-
       figureWidget or it could come from the option database  or  a  default.
       Value will never be a null pointer but it may point to an empty string.
       RecordPtr is the same as the widgRec  argument  to  Tk_ConfigureWidget;
       it  points  to  the  start  of  the  widget record to modify.  The last
       argument, offset, gives the offset in bytes from the start of the  wid-
       get record to the location where the option value is to be placed.  The
       procedure should translate the string to whatever form  is  appropriate
       for  the  option  and  store the value in the widget record.  It should
       normally return TCL_OK, but if  an  error  occurs  in  translating  the
       string  to  a  value then it should return TCL_ERROR and store an error
       message in interp->result.

       The printProc procedure is called  by  Tk_ConfigureInfo  to  produce  a
       string  value  describing  an  existing option.  Its clientData, tkwin,
       widgRec, and  offset  arguments  all  have  the  same  meaning  as  for
       Tk_OptionParseProc  procedures.  The printProc procedure should examine
       the option whose value is stored at offset in widgRec, produce a string
       describing  that  option,  and  return a pointer to the string.  If the
       string is stored in dynamically-allocated memory,  then  the  procedure
       must set *freeProcPtr to the address of a procedure to call to free the
       string's memory;  Tk_ConfigureInfo will call this procedure when it  is
       finished  with  the  string.   If the result string is stored in static
       memory then printProc need not do anything with the  freeProcPtr  argu-
       ment.

       Once  parseProc  and  printProc have been defined and a Tk_CustomOption
       structure has been created for them, options of this new  type  may  be
       manipulated  with  Tk_ConfigSpec  entries whose type fields are TK_CON-
       FIG_CUSTOM and whose customPtr  fields  point  to  the  Tk_CustomOption
       structure.


EXAMPLES
       Although  the  explanation of Tk_ConfigureWidget is fairly complicated,
       its actual use is pretty  straightforward.   The  easiest  way  to  get
       started  is  to  copy  the  code  from an existing widget.  The library
       implementation of frames (tkFrame.c) has a simple configuration  table,
       and  the library implementation of buttons (tkButton.c) has a much more
       complex table that uses many of the fancy specFlags mechanisms.


SEE ALSO
       Tk_SetOptions(3)


KEYWORDS
       anchor,  bitmap,  boolean,  border,  cap  style,  color,  configuration
       options,  cursor,  custom,  double, font, integer, join style, justify,
       millimeters, pixels, relief, synonym, uid



Tk                                    4.1                Tk_ConfigureWidget(3)