Tk_GetOption(3)

💅 Tk_GetOption(3) — bestie, let's go get that option ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Tk Library Procedures manual, and it's all about Tk_GetOption — the little function that goes and fetches an option out of the option database. iykyk, it's giving "grab my drink from the counter" energy 🥤💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Tk_GetOption — retrieve an option from the option database 💫

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <tk.h>

Tk_Uid
Tk_GetOption(tkwin, name, class)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• Tk_Window tkwin (in) — the token for the window, bestie. that's your lil handle for the window you're working with 🪟
• const char *name (in) — the name of the option you want, like literally the name you're searching for 🔍
• const char *class (in) — the class of the option you want. if this is Null, that means there's no class for this option, so the lookup happens based on the name only 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically, this procedure is invoked to retrieve an option from the database that's associated with tkwin's main window. if there's an option for tkwin matching the given name or class, it comes back as a Tk_Uid 💖 and if multiple options match name and class, then the highest-priority one is the one that gets returned, no cap 👑 if no option matches at all? then NULL is returned. that's it, that's the whole vibe 😭

also, lil glow-up detail: Tk_GetOption caches options related to tkwin, so successive calls for the same tkwin will execute much more quickly than successive calls for different windows. it's giving main character energy with a good memory 🧠✨

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🔑 KEYWORDS 🔑

class, name, option, retrieve 🎀

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👑 and that's the page, bestie — go forth and retrieve those options, slay, periodt 💅

this was the Tk manual, Tk_GetOption(3) — mwah, love u, bye 🫶💜