Tk::Xrm--3pm

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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 fol-
       lows the same rules as other X toolkits. This makes it more pre-
       dictable, 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



perl v5.8.8                       2004-02-28                          Xrm(3pm)