'Return information about the placing options
for this widget.'

def place_info(self):

    words = self.tk.splitlist(self.tk.call('place', 'info', self._w))
    dict = {}
    for i in range(0, len(words), 2):
        key = words[i][1:]
        value = words[(i + 1)]
        if (value[:1] == '.'):
            value = self._nametowidget(value)
        dict[key] = value
    return dict
