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<TITLE>Magic-7.3 Command Reference</TITLE>
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<H2>openwindow</H2>
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Open a new (non-GUI) layout window with indicated name, bound to indicated cell
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<H3>Shortcuts:</H3>
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Key macro <B>o</B> implements the command <B>openwindow</B>. This
macro is disabled when using the GUI wrapper.
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
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<B>openwindow</B> [<I>cell</I>] [<I>name</I>] <BR><BR>
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where <I>cell</I> is the name of a cell to be loaded into the
new window, and <I>name</I> is the Tk path name of a top-level
window (see below). An empty string or Tcl NULL list "{}" for
<I>cell</I> will cause the default cell "(UNNAMED)" to be loaded.
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
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The <B>openwindow</B> command opens a new layout window. Without
arguments, a new layout window named "magic<I>n</I>" is created,
where <I>n</I> is the index of the <I>n</I>th window to be
created. Without a named cell, the new window is loaded with
a copy of the cell that was present in the last generated layout
window. <P>
The use of parameter <I>name</I> is used in conjunction with a
wrapper script to attach the layout window to an existing Tk
frame window.
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<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
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<B>openwindow</B> is implemented as a built-in <B>magic</B>
window command. It should not be used with the GUI wrapper
(invoked with <B>magic -w</B>); instead, the <B>openwrapper</B>
function should be used. Note that it is possible to use
this command in batch mode, although there is no useful
reason to do so.
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<H3>See Also:</H3>
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<A HREF=closewindow.html><B>closewindow</B></A> <BR>
<A HREF=openwrapper.html><B>openwrapper</B></A> <BR>
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<P><I>Last updated:</I> December 4, 2005 at 9:03pm <P>
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