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fontchooserwidget - Constructor

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	fontchooserwidget

Construct a fontchooserwidget

Synopsis
fontchooserwidget(parent, font, widgetset)

Arguments

parent		Parent of the menu
		Allowed:	Tk frame
		Default:	F
font		Font of text
		Allowed:	X font
		Default:	F
widgetset		Widget set to use
		Allowed:	A widgetserver closure tool
		Default:	dws

Returns
fontchooserwidget widget

Description
Constructs a fontchooserwidget according to the specified construction arguments, and returns a subsequence to the widget. Remember to use the fontchooserwidget via the widgetserver if at all possible.

You may send the fontchooserwidget 3 events

1.

reset cause the fontchooser to selected it's initial font.

2.

map causes the fontchooser to become visible if not already.

3.

unmap causes the fontchooser to become invisible if not already.

The fontchooser widget sends one event

1.

newfont who's values is the font description string selected by the user.

Example

include 'fontchooserwidget.g'   
f := dws.frame();
myfont :=  '-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-*'
fc := fontchooserwidget(f, myfont);
whenever fc->newvalue do {
  print 'font selected is ', $value;
}