egc@h.gp.cs.cmu.edu (eddie caplan) (08/25/90)
Hi. This is the THIRD time I've posted this call for help. Is there nobody
out there (even at MIT) that can help me?
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I would like to have the following widget structure:
+--------------------------------------------------+
+ pane +
+ +
+ +------------------------------------------+ +
+ + box1 + +
+ + + +
+ + +---------+ +------------ + + +
+ + + command + + simpleMenu + + +
+ + + + + + + +
+ + + + + +---------+ + + +
+ + + + + + smeLine + + + +
+ + + + + +---------+ + + +
+ + + + + +---------+ + + +
+ + + + + + smeBSB + + ...etc... + +
+ + + + + +---------+ + + +
+ + + + + + + +
+ + + + + ...etc... + + +
+ + + + + + + +
+ + +---------+ +-------------+ + +
+ + + +
+ +------------------------------------------+ +
+ +
+ +------------------------------------------+ +
+ + box2 + +
+ +------------------------------------------+ +
+ +
+ +------------------------------------------+ +
+ + box3 + +
+ +------------------------------------------+ +
+ +
+ ...etc... +
+--------------------------------------------------+
That is, a panedWidget containing several boxWidgets, which in turn
contain some number of commandWidgets and simpleMenus inside of them.
There are two problems:
(1) If I create this structure in a depth-first order (ie, pane, box1,
command, simpleMenu, smeLine, smeBSB, box2, box3) then the panedWidget
gets confused about sizes of box1, box2, and box3. the only way i
have found that can create this structure correctly is to create the
menus AFTER everything else is in place.
(2) To complicate things, I would like different subsets of
box1..box<n> to be displayed at different times. I've been trying to
do this by calling XtUnmanageChild and XtManageChild on the
appropriate boxes. This works ok, except that the panedWidget gets
re-confused about the height of the boxes.
(3) Finally, I would like to be able to add and remove menu entries on
the fly and keep the panedWidget happy.
All of this is happening on a PMax running Mach, under X11R4.
any suggestions?
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This is the THIRD time I've posted this call for help. Is there nobody
out there (even at MIT) that can help me?
At the present time, the MIT Consortium staff are pretty much ignoring most
questions on xpert. This is particularly true of questions about the Athena
widgets, twm, and xterm. We simply don't have the time to spend. I'm sorry,
and I'm grateful to people like der Mouse who have been generating lots of
responses lately. When my staff level gets back up to where it should be, we
might be able to pitch in on a more regular basis (but there's certainly a nice
feeling of freedom when you hit that Delete button :-).