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From: uhley@tybalt.caltech.edu (John Uhley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X11 "Textwidget" for user input?
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Date: 22 Jun 88 18:39:10 GMT
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Is it appropriate (ie: easy) to use a TextWidget as a window in
which a user can type in text which will be interpreted by 
an application as commands?  I need to replace the command section of
a program which uses "getchar()" with an X11 window which passes 
entered text to the applications command interpreter.

I tried using the distributed "xtext.c" demo (in 'examples/Xaw/xtext.c')
but each time I hit a key I get "beeped" at by my Sun.  I modified the
code here to use the Edit and Append type of text selection...  Any leads
would be appriciated...

	Thanks,


		John Uhley
		uhley@tybalt.caltech.edu