Perl/Tk Pocket Reference

8. The Text Widget 25

-spacing1 => size Space in screen units above

paragraphs.

-spacing2 => size Space in screen units between

paragraph lines.

-spacing3 => size Space in screen units below

paragraphs.

-tabs => tabList

Set of tab stops as a list of screen distances giving their

positions. Each stop may be followed by one of

left,

right, center, or numeric.

-wrap => none| char| word

How to wrap lines.

Text Indices

Syntax: base ?modifier ... ?

Base: line.char (line starts at 1, char starts at 0),

@x,y,

end, mark, tag.first, tag.last, widgetRef

(embedded window), image (embedded image)

Modifier: count

chars, count lines, linestart,

lineend, wordstart, wordend

Ranges: Ranges include all characters from the start index

up to but not including the character at the stop

index.

Text Tag Options

-highlightthickness -takefocus

-insertbackground -width

-insertborderwidth -xscrollcommand

-insertofftime -yscrollcommand

-insertontime

-background -relief

-borderwidth -spacing1

-font -spacing2