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From: Luc <luc@sep.invalid>
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Subject: How do I pack a megawidget?
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 13:59:38 -0300
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I know y'all gonna hate this question because I'm not showing much code,
but I am really more interested in concepts than code.

I made a package. It's supposed to be a megawidget. I haven't snitted it
yet. I can't snit it without understanding where I am supposed to go
with it. So here is the problem.

package require giggles

set of $::w.outerframe
frame $of -height 100
pack $of -fill both -expand 1

set gg $of.giggles
::giggles::giggles $gg -guifont "Arial 14" -geometry pack
pack $gg -fill both -expand 1

And it works. The prototype megawidget is inserted into my test parent
application.

The problem is, commenting out the last 'pack' line makes no difference.
The megawidget still shows. (Also, funny that apparently it's redundant 
but nothing clashes.) And of course that is not standard widget behavior.

Of course, I am packing everything in the megawidget. But if I don't, 
then what? I can't just leave it hanging because if I do, then the 
author of the parent widget will have to inspect the code of the 
megawidget to figure out what he is supposed to pack to get it all 
working which, again, is not standard widget behavior, it's actually
pretty stupid. I have to expose something. Something that will take
the 'pack' command from the parent application and make the entire 
megawidget come together, with all of its components.

How do I do that?

-- 
Luc
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