'Gets  the options  maintained  by  the  Tix
scheme mechanism. Available options include:
active_bg       active_fg      bg
bold_font       dark1_bg       dark1_fg
dark2_bg        dark2_fg       disabled_fg
fg              fixed_font     font
inactive_bg     inactive_fg    input1_bg
input2_bg       italic_font    light1_bg
light1_fg       light2_bg      light2_fg
menu_font       output1_bg     output2_bg
select_bg       select_fg      selector'

def tix_option_get(self, name):

    return self.tk.call('tix', 'option', 'get', name)
