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guientry.list - Function

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	guientry

Make a widget for an extensible list of entry widget

Synopsis
list(parent, types, names, values, values, defaults, options, allowunset, editable, hlp)

Description
Constructs a widget for a list of guienty widgets. This allows one to construct a list of made up of elements each containing one or more widgets. One may insert and get the contents as usual.

The type of each widget is specified in the types argument. The corresponding names are given in the names argument. These names determine the names of the fields in the record returned by get. The arguments for each widget are passed as records with the elements taken in sequence (i.e. the names are immaterial. allowunset and editable apply to all widgets.

Arguments

parent		Parent of the menu
		Allowed:	Tk frame
types		Types of widgets
		Allowed:	String of valid widget names
names		Name to be attached to each widget
		Allowed:	Vector String
values		Values to insert on start
		Allowed:	Record of variables or unset
values		Values to insert on start
		Allowed:	Record of variables or unset
defaults		Default values
		Allowed:	Record of Variables or unset
options		options
		Allowed:	Record of vector strings
		Default:	''
allowunset		Allow unset values
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
editable		Is the entry editable by the user
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
hlp		Popup help string
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	Unset

Returns
guientry widget

Example

s := dge.list(f, types="string direction",
  names="Source Direction", name='Source',
  defaults=unset, values=[Source='No name', Direction=dm.direction()],
  allowunset=T, editable=T);
print s.get();
[Source1=[Source=M87, Direction=[m0=[value=187.705929, unit=deg], m1=[value=12.3
91125, unit=deg], type=direction, refer=J2000]], Source2=[Source=OJ287, Directio
n=[m0=[value=133.703646, unit=deg], m1=[value=20.1085119, unit=deg], type=direct
ion, refer=J2000]], Source3=[Source=3C273B, Direction=[m0=[value=187.277917, uni