GetCapStyl(2)

GetCapStyl2

Translate between strings and cap styles

Usage

#include <tk.h>

int
Tk_GetCapStyle(interp, string, capPtr)

char *
Tk_NameOfCapStyle(cap)

Arguments

Interpreter to use for error reporting. String containing name of cap style: one of ```butt'', ``projecting'', or ``round''. Pointer to location in which to store X cap style corresponding to string. Cap style: one of CapButt, CapProjecting, or CapRound.

Overview

Tk_GetCapStyle places in *capPtr the X cap style corresponding to string. This will be one of the values CapButt, CapProjecting, or CapRound. Cap styles are typically used in X graphics contexts to indicate how the end-points of lines should be capped. See the X documentation for information on what each style implies.

Under normal circumstances the return value is TCL_OK and interp is unused. If string doesn't contain a valid cap style or an abbreviation of one of these names, then an error message is stored in interp->result, TCL_ERROR is returned, and *capPtr is unmodified.

Tk_NameOfCapStyle is the logical inverse of Tk_GetCapStyle. Given a cap style such as CapButt it returns a statically-allocated string corresponding to cap. If cap isn't a legal cap style, then ``unknown cap style'' is returned.

Keywords

butt, cap style, projecting, round

From perl-tk b11.02-5 in Debian 1.3 (Bo). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.