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<Center><H2>tix - Manipulate Tix internal state</H2></Center><hr>

</pre><H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>
<B>tix</B></I> <I>option </I></B>?<I>arg arg ...</I></B>?
</pre><H3>CONFIGURATION OPTIONS</H3>
The Tix application context supports the following configuration
options. Usually, these options are set using the X resource database,
different color scheme for the Tix widgets, these two lines can be
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
  	*TixScheme:         Gray
	*TixFontSet:        14Point
</code></code></code></pre>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>binding</B></I>
Class:		<B>Binding</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-binding</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
This is an obsolete option.
</UL>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>debug</B></I>
Class:		<B>Debug</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-debug</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
Specifies whether the Tix widgets should run in debug mode.
</UL>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>tixFontSet</B></I>
Class:		<B>TixFontSet</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-fontset</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
Specifies the fontset to use for the Tix widgets. Valid options are
<B>TK</B></I>, <B>12Point</B></I> and <B>14Point</B></I>. <B>TK</B></I> specifies that the
standard TK fonts should be used. The default value is <B>14Point</B></I>.
</UL>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>tixScheme</B></I>
Class:		<B>TixScheme</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-scheme</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
Specifies the color scheme to use for the Tix widgets. Valid options
are <B>TK</B></I>, <B>Gray</B></I>, <B>Blue</B></I>, <B>Bisque</B></I>, <B>SGIGray</B></I> and
<B>TixGray</B></I>. The default value is <B>TixGray</B></I>. If you want the
standard TK color scheme, you can use the value <B>TK</B></I>. If you want
to use the TK 3.6 bisque color scheme, you can use the value <B>Bisque</B></I>. 
</UL>
<P>
<pre><code><code><code>
Name:		<B>tixSchemePriority</B></I>
Class:		<B>TixSchemePriority</B></I>
Switch:		<B>-schemepriority</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>
<UL>
Specifies the priority level of the TK options set by th Tix
schemes. Please refer to the TK <B>option(n)</B></I> manual page for a
discussion of the priority level of Tix options. The default value is
79, which makes the Tix schemes at a higher priority than the
settings in the .Xdefaults file. If you want to allow the Tix schemes
to be overridden by the settings in the .Xdefaults file, you can set
the following line in you .Xdefaults file:
</UL>
<pre><code><code><code>
*TixSchemePriority: 21
</code></code></code></pre>
</pre><HR>

</pre><H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>
<P>
The <B>tix</B></I> command provides access to miscellaneous elements of
the information manipulated by this command pertains to the
application as a whole, or to a screen or display, rather than to a
particular window.  The command can take any of a number of different
forms depending on the <I>option</I></B> argument.  The legal forms are:
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix <B>addbitmapdir</B></I> <I>directory</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Tix maintains a list of directory under which which the <B>tix
getimage</B></I> and <B>tix getbitmap</B></I> commands will search for image
files. The standard bitmap directory is
<B>$TIX_LIBRARY/bitmaps</B></I>. The <B>addbitmapdir</B></I> command adds
<I>directory</I></B> into this list. By using this command, the image files
of an applications can also be located using the <B>tix getimage</B></I> ot
<B>tix getbitmap</B></I> command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix <B>cget</B></I> <I>option</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
<I>option</I></B>. <I>Option</I></B> may be any of the options described in the
<B>CONFIGURATION OPTIONS</B></I> section.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix <B>configure</B></I> ?<I>option</I></B>? <I>?value option value ...</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the Tix application
context. If no <I>option</I></B> is specified, returns a list describing
all of the available options (see <B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B></I> for
information on the format of this list).  If <I>option</I></B> is specified
with no <I>value</I></B>, then the command returns a list describing the
one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding
sublist of the value returned if no <I>option</I></B> is specified).  If
one or more <I>option-value</I></B> pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
the command returns an empty string. <I>Option</I></B> may be any of the
options described in the <B>CONFIGURATION OPTIONS</B></I> section.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix filedialog </B></I>?<I>class</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the file selection dialog that may be shared among different
modules of this application. This command will create a file selection
dialog widget when it is called the first time. This dialog will be
returned by all subsequent calls to <B>tix filedialog</B></I>. An optional
<I>class</I></B> parameter can be passed to specified what type of file
selection dialog widget is desired. Possible options are
<B>tixFileSelectDialog</B></I> or <B>tixExFileSelectDialog.</B></I>
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix getbitmap <I>name</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Locates a bitmap file of the name <I>name</I></B>.xpm or <I>name</I></B> in one
of the bitmap directories (see the <B>addbitmapdir</B></I> command
above). By using <B>tix getbitmap</B></I>, you can advoid hard coding the
pathnames of the bitmap files in your application. When successful, it
returns the complete pathname of the bitmap file, prefixed with the
character <B>@</B></I>.  The returned value can be used to configure the
<B>-bitmap</B></I> option of the TK and Tix widgets.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix getimage <I>name</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Locates an image file of the name <I>name</I></B>.xpm, <I>name</I></B>.xbm or
<I>name</I></B>.ppm in one of the bitmap directories (see the
<B>addbitmapdir</B></I> command above). If more than one file with the same
name (but different extensions) exist, then the image type is chosen
according to the depth of the X display: xbm images are chosen on
monochrome displays and color images are chosen on color displays. By
using <B>tix getimage</B></I>, you can advoid hard coding the pathnames of
the image files in your application. When successful, this command
returns the name of the newly created image, which can be used to
configure the <B>-image</B></I> option of the TK and Tix widgets.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix <B>option</B></I> ?<I>args ...</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Manipulates the options manitained by the Tix scheme
mechanism. Available options are:

</DL>
<pre><code><code><code>
\fCactive_bg</B></I>	\fCactive_fg</B></I>	\fCbg</B></I>
\fCbold_font</B></I>	\fCdark1_bg</B></I>	\fCdark1_fg</B></I>
\fCdark2_bg</B></I>	\fCdark2_fg</B></I>	\fCdisabled_fg</B></I>
\fCfg</B></I>	\fCfixed_font</B></I>	\fCfont</B></I>	
\fCinactive_bg</B></I>	\fCinactive_fg</B></I>	\fCinput1_bg</B></I>	
\fCinput2_bg</B></I>	\fCitalic_font</B></I>	\fClight1_bg</B></I>
\fClight1_fg</B></I>	\fClight2_bg</B></I>	\fClight2_fg</B></I>
\fCmenu_font</B></I>	\fCoutput1_bg</B></I>	\fCoutput2_bg</B></I>
\fCselect_bg</B></I>	\fCselect_fg</B></I>	\fCselector</B></I>
</code></code></code></pre>

The arguments to the <B>tix <B>option</B></I> command can take the
following form(s):
<UL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix option get</B></I> <I>option</I></B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current value of <I>option</I></B>.
</DL>
</UL>
<DL>
<DT> <B>tix <B>resetoptions</B></I> <I>newScheme newFontSet</I></B> ?<I>newScmPrio</I></B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Resets the scheme and fontset of the Tix application to
<I>newScheme</I></B> and <I>newFontSet</I></B>, respectively. This affects only
those widgets created <B>after</B></I> this call. Therefore, it is best to
call the <B>resetoptions</B></I> command <B>before</B></I> the creation of any
widgets in a Tix application.

The optional parameter <I>newScmPrio</I></B> can be given to reset the
priority level of the TK options set by the Tix schemes.
</DL>
</pre><H3>BUGS</H3>
Because of the way TK handles the X option database, after tixwish has
started up, it is not possible to reset the color schemes and font
sets using the <B>tix config</B></I> command. Instead, the <B>tix
resetoptions</B></I> command must be used.
<P>
The tk_setPalette command does not work very well under Tix. To use
it, one must follow these steps:
<UL>
\fC
<pre><code><code><code>

tix resetoptions TK TK
tk_setPalette lightblue
</code></code></code></pre>
</B></I>
</UL>
</pre><H3>KEYWORDS</H3>
file selection dialog
<hr><i>Last modified Sun Jan 19 22:34:41 EST 1997 </i> --- 
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