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action

Usage: (action & opts)

Construct a new Action object. Supports the following properties:

  :enabled?  Whether the action is enabled
  :selected? Whether the action is selected (for use with radio buttons, 
             toggle buttons, etc.
  :name      The name of the action, i.e. the text that will be displayed
             in whatever widget it's associated with
  :command   The action command key. An arbitrary string identifier associated
             with the action.
  :tip       The action's tooltip
  :icon      The action's icon. See (seesaw.core/icon)
  :key       A keystroke associated with the action. See (seesaw.keystroke/keystroke).
  :mnemonic  The mnemonic for the button, either a character or a keycode.
              Usually allows the user to activate the button with alt-mnemonic.
              See (seesaw.util/to-mnemonic-keycode).
  :handler   A single-argument function that performs whatever operations are
             associated with the action. The argument is a ActionEvent instance.

Instances of action can be passed to the :action option of most buttons, menu items,
etc.

Actions can be later configured with the same properties above with (seesaw.core/config!).

Returns an instance of javax.swing.Action.

See:
  http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/Action.html