TIP #149: ALLOW "ENABLED" AS SYNONYM FOR "NORMAL" IN -STATE OPTION 
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 Version:      $Revision: 1.2 $
 Author:       Michael A. Cleverly <michael_at_cleverly.com>
 State:        Withdrawn
 Type:         Project
 Tcl-Version:  8.5
 Vote:         Pending
 Created:      Wednesday, 13 August 2003
 URL:          https://tip.tcl-lang.org149.html
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 ABSTRACT 
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 This TIP allows Tk widgets which have a configurable /-state/ option to 
 accept /enabled/ as a synonym for /normal/. 

 RATIONALE 
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 Tk widgets which have a configurable /-state/ option have (at a 
 minimum) /normal/ and /disabled/ states. In common usage, however, the 
 antonym of /disabled/ is /enabled/, not /normal/. 

 Even experienced Tcl/Tk programmers sometimes forget, though they 
 usually won't come out and admit it explicitly. (Cf. 
 <URL:http://groups.google.com/groups?th=66e286d7efc3bbb6>) 

 PROPOSED CHANGES 
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 Modify all Tk widgets which have a configurable /-state/ option to 
 accept /enabled/ as a synonym for /normal/. The value returned by a 
 widget's /cget/ method would continue to be /normal/. The appropriate 
 man pages and test suite will be updated to document and test the use 
 of /enabled/ as a synonym. 

   % $w configure -state enabled
   % puts [$w cget -state]
   normal

 IMPLEMENTATION 
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 A reference implementation will be provided shortly. 

 COPYRIGHT 
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 This document is placed in the public domain. 

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