pack slave ?slave ...? ?options?

If the first argument to pack is a window name (any value starting with ``.''), then the command is processed in the same way as pack configure.

pack configure slave ?slave ...? ?options?

The arguments consist of the names of one or more slave windows followed by pairs of arguments that specify how to manage the slaves. See ``THE PACKER ALGORITHM'' below for details on how the options are used by the packer. The following options are supported:

-after other

Other must be the name of another window. Use its master as the master for the slaves, and insert the slaves just after other in the packing order.

-anchor anchor

Anchor must be a valid anchor position such as n or sw; it specifies where to position each slave in its parcel. Defaults to center.

-before other

Other must be the name of another window. Use its master as the master for the slaves, and insert the slaves just before other in the packing order.

-expand boolean

Specifies whether the slaves should be expanded to consume extra space in their master. Boolean may have any proper boolean value, such as 1 or no. Defaults to 0.

-fill style

If a slave's parcel is larger than its requested dimensions, this option may be used to stretch the slave. Style must have one of the following values:

none

Give the slave its requested dimensions plus any internal padding requested with -ipadx or -ipady. This is the default.

x

Stretch the slave horizontally to fill the entire width of its parcel (except leave external padding as specified by -padx).

y

Stretch the slave vertically to fill the entire height of its parcel (except leave external padding as specified by -pady).

both

Stretch the slave both horizontally and vertically.

-in other

Insert the slave(s) at the end of the packing order for the master window given by other.

-ipadx dist

Dist specifies how much horizontal internal padding to leave on each side of the slave(s). Dist must be a valid screen distance, such as 2 or .5c. It defaults to 0.

-ipady dist

Dist specifies how much vertical internal padding to leave on each side of the slave(s). Dist defaults to 0.

-padx dist

Dist specifies how much horizontal external padding to leave on each side of the slave(s). Dist defaults to 0.

-pady dist

Dist specifies how much vertical external padding to leave on each side of the slave(s). Dist defaults to 0.

-side side

Specifies which side of the master the slave(s) will be packed against. Must be left, right, top, or bottom. Defaults to top.

If no -in, -after or -before option is specified then each of the slaves will be inserted at the end of the packing list for its parent unless it is already managed by the packer (in which case it will be left where it is). If one of these options is specified then all the slaves will be inserted at the specified point. If any of the slaves are already managed by the geometry manager then any unspecified options for them retain their previous values rather than receiving default values.

pack forget slave ?slave ...?

Removes each of the slaves from the packing order for its master and unmaps their windows. The slaves will no longer be managed by the packer.

pack propagate master ?boolean?

If boolean has a true boolean value such as 1 or on then propagation is enabled for master, which must be a window name (see ``GEOMETRY PROPAGATION'' below). If boolean has a false boolean value then propagation is disabled for master. In either of these cases an empty string is returned. If boolean is omitted then the command returns 0 or 1 to indicate whether propagation is currently enabled for master. Propagation is enabled by default.

pack slaves master

Returns a list of all of the slaves in the packing order for master. The order of the slaves in the list is the same as their order in the packing order. If master has no slaves then an empty string is returned.

The packer arranges the slaves for a master by scanning the packing list in order. At the time it processes each slave, a rectangular area within the master is still unallocated. This area is called the cavity; for the first slave it is the entire area of the master.

For each slave the packer carries out the following steps:

[1]

The packer allocates a rectangular parcel for the slave along the side of the cavity given by the slave's -side option. If the side is top or bottom then the width of the parcel is the width of the cavity and its height is the requested height of the slave plus the -ipady and -pady options. For the left or right side the height of the parcel is the height of the cavity and the width is the requested width of the slave plus the -ipadx and -padx options. The parcel may be enlarged further because of the -expand option (see ``EXPANSION'' below)

[2]

The packer chooses the dimensions of the slave. The width will normally be the slave's requested width plus twice its -ipadx option and the height will normally be the slave's requested height plus twice its -ipady option. However, if the -fill option is x or both then the width of the slave is expanded to fill the width of the parcel, minus twice the -padx option. If the -fill option is y or both then the height of the slave is expanded to fill the width of the parcel, minus twice the -pady option.

[3]

The packer positions the slave over its parcel. If the slave is smaller than the parcel then the -anchor option determines where in the parcel the slave will be placed. If -padx or -pady is non-zero, then the given amount of external padding will always be left between the slave and the edges of the parcel.

Once a given slave has been packed, the area of its parcel is subtracted from the cavity, leaving a smaller rectangular cavity for the next slave. If a slave doesn't use all of its parcel, the unused space in the parcel will not be used by subsequent slaves. If the cavity should become too small to meet the needs of a slave then the slave will be given whatever space is left in the cavity. If the cavity shrinks to zero size, then all remaining slaves on the packing list will be unmapped from the screen until the master window becomes large enough to hold them again.