@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ the modern themed widget set and API::
177177 .. attribute :: master
178178
179179 The widget object that contains this widget. For :class: `Tk `, the
180- * master * is :const: `None ` because it is the main window. The terms
180+ :attr: ` ! master` is :const: `None ` because it is the main window. The terms
181181 *master * and *parent * are similar and sometimes used interchangeably
182182 as argument names; however, calling :meth: `winfo_parent ` returns a
183- string of the widget name whereas :attr: `master ` returns the object.
183+ string of the widget name whereas :attr: `! master ` returns the object.
184184 *parent */*child * reflects the tree-like relationship while
185- *master */* slave * reflects the container structure.
185+ *master * (or * container *)/* content * reflects the container structure.
186186
187187 .. attribute :: children
188188
@@ -638,15 +638,15 @@ The Packer
638638.. index :: single: packing (widgets)
639639
640640The packer is one of Tk's geometry-management mechanisms. Geometry managers
641- are used to specify the relative positioning of widgets within their container -
642- their mutual * master *. In contrast to the more cumbersome *placer * (which is
641+ are used to specify the relative positioning of widgets within their container.
642+ In contrast to the more cumbersome *placer * (which is
643643used less commonly, and we do not cover here), the packer takes qualitative
644644relationship specification - *above *, *to the left of *, *filling *, etc - and
645645works everything out to determine the exact placement coordinates for you.
646646
647- The size of any * master * widget is determined by the size of the "slave widgets"
648- inside. The packer is used to control where slave widgets appear inside the
649- master into which they are packed. You can pack widgets into frames, and frames
647+ The size of any container widget is determined by the size of the "content widgets"
648+ inside. The packer is used to control where content widgets appear inside the
649+ container into which they are packed. You can pack widgets into frames, and frames
650650into other frames, in order to achieve the kind of layout you desire.
651651Additionally, the arrangement is dynamically adjusted to accommodate incremental
652652changes to the configuration, once it is packed.
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ For more extensive information on the packer and the options that it can take,
673673see the man pages and page 183 of John Ousterhout's book.
674674
675675anchor
676- Anchor type. Denotes where the packer is to place each slave in its parcel.
676+ Anchor type. Denotes where the packer is to place each content in its parcel.
677677
678678expand
679679 Boolean, ``0 `` or ``1 ``.
@@ -682,10 +682,10 @@ fill
682682 Legal values: ``'x' ``, ``'y' ``, ``'both' ``, ``'none' ``.
683683
684684ipadx and ipady
685- A distance - designating internal padding on each side of the slave widget .
685+ A distance - designating internal padding on each side of the content .
686686
687687padx and pady
688- A distance - designating external padding on each side of the slave widget .
688+ A distance - designating external padding on each side of the content .
689689
690690side
691691 Legal values are: ``'left' ``, ``'right' ``, ``'top' ``, ``'bottom' ``.
@@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ subclassed from the :class:`Wm` class, and so can call the :class:`Wm` methods
758758directly.
759759
760760To get at the toplevel window that contains a given widget, you can often just
761- refer to the widget's master. Of course if the widget has been packed inside of
762- a frame, the master won't represent a toplevel window. To get at the toplevel
761+ refer to the widget's :attr: ` master ` . Of course if the widget has been packed inside of
762+ a frame, the :attr: ` ! master` won't represent a toplevel window. To get at the toplevel
763763window that contains an arbitrary widget, you can call the :meth: `_root ` method.
764764This method begins with an underscore to denote the fact that this function is
765765part of the implementation, and not an interface to Tk functionality.
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