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Tk_GetDash -
convert from string to valid dash structure.
#include <tk.h> int Tk_GetDash(interp, string, dashPtr)
| Type | Name | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Tcl_Interp | *interp | in |
| Interpreter to use for error reporting. | ||
| const char | *string | in |
| Textual value to be converted. | ||
| Tk_Dash | *dashPtr | out |
| Points to place to store the dash pattern value converted from string. Must not be NULL. | ||
These procedure parses the string and fills in the result in the Tk_Dash structure. The string can be a list of integers or a character string containing only ".,-_" and spaces. If all goes well, TCL_OK is returned and a dash descriptor is stored in the variable pointed to by dashPtr. If string does not have the proper syntax then TCL_ERROR is returned, an error message is left in the interpreter's result, and nothing is stored at *dashPtr.
The first possible syntax is a list of integers. Each element represents the number of pixels of a line segment. Only the odd segments are drawn using the "outline" color. The other segments are drawn transparent.
The second possible syntax is a character list containing only 5 possible characters ".,-_ ". The space can be used to enlarge the space between other line elements, and can not occur in the first position of the string. Some examples:
-dash . = -dash {2 4}
-dash - = -dash {6 4}
-dash -. = -dash {6 4 2 4}
-dash -.. = -dash {6 4 2 4 2 4}
-dash {. } = -dash {2 8}
-dash , = -dash {4 4}
The main difference between this syntax and the numeric is that it is shape-conserving. This means that all values in the dash list will be multiplied by the line width before display. This ensures that "." will always be displayed as a dot and "-" always as a dash regardless of the line width.
On systems where only a limited set of dash patterns, the dash pattern will be displayed as the most close dash pattern that is available. For example, on Windows only the first 4 of the above examples are available; the last 2 examples will be displayed identically to the first one.
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