Xrm
Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2021-01-27
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NAME
Tk::Xrm - X Resource/Defaults/Options routines that obey the rules.
SYNOPSIS
use Tk;
use Tk::Xrm;
DESCRIPTION
Using this modules causes Tk's Option code to be replaced by versions
which use routines from <
X11/Xresource.h> - i.e. same ones every other
X toolkit uses.
Result is that ``matching'' of name/Class with the options database follows
the same rules as other X toolkits. This makes it more predictable,
and makes it easier to have a single ~/.Xdefaults file which gives sensible
results for both Tk and (say) Motif applications.
BUGS
Currently
optionAdd(
key =>
value?,
priority?) ignores optional
priority completely and just does
XrmPutStringResource().
Perhaps it should be more subtle and do
XrmMergeDatabases() or
XrmCombineDatabase().
This version is a little slower than Tk's re-invention but there is
more optimization that can be done.
SEE ALSO
Tk::option
KEYWORDS
database, option, priority, retrieve