rgcote@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU (Rob Cote) (09/10/88)
I am fairly new to X11 hacking and am running into a few problems with
things not working the way I expected. I have included my use of
XtTextReplace below, along with the rest of the code for init'ing
the text widget. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
I know it is asking a lot, but would someone out there be willing
to correspond with me via email on an occassional basis to answer
questions? I don't want to take up news bandwidth with novice
questions. Please send email if you would be willing to help.
The following code was intended to be a status line in a program. I
would like to use a text widget to print out messages when I need
to tell the user that something is happening. What am I doing wrong?
-Rob
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#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <X11/StringDefs.h>
#include <X11/Form.h>
#include <X11/AsciiText.h>
#include "widgets.h"
#include "extern.h"
typedef struct {
int firstPos;
int length;
char *ptr;
Atom format;
} XtTextBlock, *XtTextBlockPtr;
#define STATUSLEN 150
char status_text[STATUSLEN];
static XtTextBlock textblock;
/*****************************************************************************/
SetupStatusLine()
{
argn = 0;
XtSetArg(arg[argn], XtNfromVert, QueryWindowText); ++argn;
XtSetArg(arg[argn], XtNvertDistance, 5); ++argn;
XtSetArg(arg[argn], XtNwidth, 500); ++argn;
XtSetArg(arg[argn], XtNeditType, XttextRead); ++argn;
XtSetArg(arg[argn], XtNstring, status_text); ++argn;
XtSetArg(arg[argn], XtNlength, STATUSLEN); ++argn;
StatusWindow = XtCreateManagedWidget("StatusWindow", asciiStringWidgetClass,
XWalterForm, arg, argn);
XtSetMappedWhenManaged(StatusWindow, FALSE);
}
/*****************************************************************************/
UpdateStatusLine(newmsg)
char *newmsg;
{
textblock.firstPos = 0;
textblock.length = strlen(newmsg);
textblock.ptr = newmsg;
XtTextReplace(StatusWindow, 0, STATUSLEN, &textblock);
XtMapWidget(StatusWindow); /* I have tried this code with and without
this explicit map. */
}
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