<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Library Procedures - Tk_GetOption manual page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY> <H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3> Tk_GetOption - retrieve an option from the option database <H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3> <B>#include <tk.h></B><BR> <A HREF="../TkLib/GetUid.htm">Tk_Uid</A><BR> <B>Tk_GetOption</B>(<I>tkwin, name, class</I>)<BR> <H3><A NAME="M4">ARGUMENTS</A></H3> <DL> <P><DT>Tk_Window <B>tkwin</B> (in)<DD> Token for window. <P><DT>char <B>*name</B> (in)<DD> Name of desired option. <P><DT>char <B>*class</B> (in)<DD> Class of desired option. Null means there is no class for this option; do lookup based on name only. <P></DL> <H3><A NAME="M5">DESCRIPTION</A></H3> This procedure is invoked to retrieve an option from the database associated with <I>tkwin</I>'s main window. If there is an option for <I>tkwin</I> that matches the given <I>name</I> or <I>class</I>, then it is returned in the form of a <A HREF="../TkLib/GetUid.htm">Tk_Uid</A>. If multiple options match <I>name</I> and <I>class</I>, then the highest-priority one is returned. If no option matches, then NULL is returned. <P> <B>Tk_GetOption</B> caches options related to <I>tkwin</I> so that successive calls for the same <I>tkwin</I> will execute much more quickly than successive calls for different windows. <H3><A NAME="M6">KEYWORDS</A></H3> <A href="../Keywords/C.htm#class">class</A>, <A href="../Keywords/N.htm#name">name</A>, <A href="../Keywords/O.htm#option">option</A>, <A href="../Keywords/R.htm#retrieve">retrieve</A> <HR><PRE> <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1990 The Regents of the University of California. <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. <A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.</PRE> </BODY></HTML>