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From: vixie@palo-alto.DEC.COM (Paul Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Athena text widgets
Message-ID: <3440@palo-alto.DEC.COM>
Date: 15 Jul 88 03:18:34 GMT
References: <6190@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Organization: DEC Western Research Lab
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In article <6190@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> dschmidt@athena.mit.edu (Dan Schmidt) writes:
# I'm using the Athena widgets in an X application, and I'm having some trouble
# with the text widget.  I would like to display some text in the widget, and
# subsequently change the text from time to time.  It doesn't like it when
# I try to change XtNstring, and if I directly change the string that
# XtNstring refers to, nothing happens.  Does anyone know the right thing
# to do?

I've done it, but I don't remember the incantation.  However, you will be
well-served to look at the source to the text widget (lib/Xaw/Text.c, I
think) and make a note of all the utility routines you find near the bottom.
XtTextRedisplay may be one of them, but no promises.  These utility routines
are very nec'y for any real work with Text widgets, but since they aren't
documented I suggest that you schedule time for hair-pulling when R3 comes
out.  :-).

			Paul Vixie
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