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widgetserver.setmode - Function

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	widgetserver

Set the context/mode

Synopsis
setmode(mode)

Arguments

mode		Which mode to use
		Allowed:	String from 'app', 'glish'

Description
This function is used to set the mode of a widgetserver to either 'app' or 'glish'. Before building a GUI, you should set what mode you would like the widgetserver to be in, then build your GUI. For example:

dws.setmode('glish');
f := dws.frame();
# ...

would produce a GUI with standard Glish/Tk default colors, font and relief for the various widgets. The widgetserver stores its previous mode/s, so it is recommended that after building your GUI, you restore the previous mode with the unsetmode function. Normally, AIPS++ GUIs should be written with the mode set to 'app'.