Tk_ConfigureWindow(3tk)

💖 Tk_ConfigureWindow(3tk) — the Tk Library Procedures glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this page lives in the Tk Library Procedures section of the manual (yes, the section number is 3tk, iconic) and it's all about window utility functions. lowkey a whole friend group of functions. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Tk_GetOtherWindow, Tk_MakeContainer, Tk_MakeWindow, Tk_UseWindow — window utility functions 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <tk.h>

Tk_Window
Tk_GetOtherWindow(tkwin)

Tk_MakeContainer(tkwin)

Tk_MakeWindow(tkwin, parent)

int
Tk_UseWindow(interp, tkwin, string)

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• Tcl_Interp * (interp) — the interpreter that's associated with the application. she's the one holding the whole thing together fr.
• Tk_Window tkwin (in) — token for window ✨
• Window parent (in) — parent window 👑
• const char * string (in) — a string identifying an X window to use for tkwin; ngl it must be an integer value, no cap.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ if both the container and the embedded window are in the same process, Tk_GetOtherWindow will return either one, given the other. like, if winPtr is a container, the return value is the token for the embedded window, and vice versa. and if the "other" window isn't in this process? NULL gets returned, bye 👋

Tk_MakeContainer is the one you call to indicate that a particular window is gonna be a container for an embedded application. this changes certain aspects of the window's behavior — like whether it will receive events anymore. so yes, she's changing the vibe, and you should know about it before you do it 🙈

Tk_MakeWindow creates an actual window system window object based on the current attributes of the specified TkWindow. it returns the handle to the new window, or None on failure 😭 manifesting no failures for you bestie.

Tk_UseWindow causes a Tk window to use a given X window as its parent window, rather than the root window for the screen. it's invoked by an embedded application to specify the window in which it is embedded. it's giving "hi, this is my home now" 🏠✨

the return value is normally TCL_OK. but if an error occurs (like string not being a valid window spec), then the return value is TCL_ERROR and an error message is left in the interp's result — but only if interp is non-NULL. so watch out for that one 🫶

bestie reminder: TCL_ERROR is not a vibe. check your string, okay? 💅

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👑 KEYWORDS 👑

parent, window

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💖

this gorgeous little page comes to you from Tk, version 4.0, filed under the Tk_ConfigureWindow(3tk) manual entry. go forth and configure your windows, main character 💅✨🎀