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<ADDRESS><H1> Re: Changing the default font for all buttons</H1>
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<PRE>&gt; 
&gt; I know how to change the font when I create a button, but how can I
&gt; changed the default font for all buttons that I create. Or, more
&gt; generally, how can I change the default configuration of any
&gt; particular widget? 
&gt; 
&gt; I'm receptive to methods via .Xdefaults, app-defaults or
&gt; programmatically.

Here are some ideas, but remember the option database isn't one of my strong
points (:

Examine:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use Tk;

$MW = MainWindow-&gt;new;
$l1 = $MW-&gt;Label(Name =&gt; 'l1', -text =&gt; 'Label 1')-&gt;pack;
#$MW-&gt;optionAdd('*font', '9x15');
$l2 = $MW-&gt;Label(Name =&gt; 'l2', -text =&gt; 'Label 2')-&gt;pack;
MainLoop;

Two worthy items to note:

	. All widget constructors can have Name =&gt; 'widget_name', which 
	  becomes the name in the X option database associated with the
	  widget.
	. A commented-out optionAdd() command.

Make sure this program is called "frog" and then run it, you'll see 2 labels
with identical (default) font.  Next add these lines to your ~/.Xdefaults
file:

frog.l1.font: helvr30
frog.l2.font: fixed

and rerun the program.  The font for the two labels has been overridden.

Next "active" the optionAdd() statement and rerun frog again.  This time
optionAdd() overrides the font for "l2".

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