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option(n)	       Tk Built-In Commands		option(n)

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NAME
       option  -  Add/retrieve	window options to/from the option
       database

SYNOPSIS
       option add pattern value ?priority?

       option clear

       option get window name class

       option readfile fileName ?priority?
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DESCRIPTION
       The option command allows you to add  entries  to  the  Tk
       option  database or to retrieve options from the database.
       The add form of the command  adds  a  new  option  to  the
       database.   Pattern  contains  the option being specified,
       and consists of names and/or classes separated  by  aster-
       isks  or	 dots,	in  the usual X format.	 Value contains a
       text string to associate with pattern;  this is the  value
       that will be returned in calls to Tk_GetOption or by invo-
       cations of the option get command.  If priority is  speci-
       fied, it indicates the priority level for this option (see
       below for legal	values);   it  defaults	 to  interactive.
       This command always returns an empty string.

       The  option  clear  command  clears  the	 option database.
       Default options (from the RESOURCE_MANAGER property or the
       .Xdefaults  file)  will be reloaded automatically the next
       time an option is added to the database	or  removed  from
       it.  This command always returns an empty string.

       The  option  get	 command  returns the value of the option
       specified for window under name	and  class.   If  several
       entries	in  the	 option	 database match window, name, and
       class, then the command returns whichever was created with
       highest	priority  level.   If  there are several matching
       entries at  the	same  priority	level,	then  it  returns
       whichever  entry was most recently entered into the option
       database.  If there are	no  matching  entries,	then  the
       empty string is returned.

       The  readfile  form  of	the command reads fileName, which
       should have the standard format for an X resource database
       such  as .Xdefaults, and adds all the options specified in
       that file to the option database.  If priority  is  speci-
       fied,  it  indicates  the priority level at which to enter
       the options;  priority defaults to interactive.

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option(n)	       Tk Built-In Commands		option(n)

       The priority arguments to the option command are	 normally
       specified symbolically using one of the following values:

       widgetDefault
	      Level  20.  Used for default values hard-coded into
	      widgets.

       startupFile
	      Level 40.	 Used for options specified  in	 applica-
	      tion-specific startup files.

       userDefault
	      Level  60.  Used for options specified in user-spe-
	      cific defaults files, such as .Xdefaults,	 resource
	      databases	 loaded	 into  the X server, or user-spe-
	      cific startup files.

       interactive
	      Level 80.	 Used for options specified interactively
	      after  the application starts running.  If priority
	      isn't specified, it defaults to this level.

       Any of the above keywords may be	 abbreviated.	In  addi-
       tion,  priorities may be specified numerically using inte-
       gers between 0 and 100, inclusive.  The	numeric	 form  is
       probably	 a  bad idea except for new priority levels other
       than the ones given above.

KEYWORDS
       database, option, priority, retrieve

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