patterso@cs.scarolina.edu (Mitchell Patterson) (06/13/91)
I've seen a lot of posts asking where one might find a Table widget, as well
as a few asking what a Table widget is.
A Table widget allows one to specify the layout of a set of widgets in
array-like notation, i.e. rows & columns.
One may obtain a Table widget via anonymous FTP to export.lcs.mit.edu:
ftp export.lcs.mit.edu
ftp> cd contrib
ftp> binary
ftp> get Wcl.1.05.tar.Z
ftp> quit
zcat Wcl.1.05.tar.Z | tar xvf -
and after that, you're on your own.
Wcl is the Widget Creation Library; it is copyrighted by David Smyth of
JPL, but I believe a lot of work on it was done by Martin Brunecky (sp?),
who is a frequent poster to this group. Wcl allows one to specify an entire
interface in an X resource file, instead of ugly C or evil UIL. You don't
have to recompile or build a UID every time you change one line; just edit
the file with your favorite text editor (which, if you're a real stud, is
``cat'') and restart your application. The documentation is excellent, and
there are many examples.
Wcl includes Tables for both Motif and Athena.
I don't get paid to talk about Wcl. I get paid to write interface code, and
Wcl is the best tool I've used.
So QUIT READING AND GET WCL!
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