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Use string as option

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jgoeders

jgoeders

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Jun 24, 2010
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I want to use a string as an option.

For example:

set x "-weight bold"
font configure my_font $x

This errors with: bad option "-weight bold" must be ...
 
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That's just what eval is for:
Code: 
set x "-weight bold"
eval "font configure my_font $x"

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