[comp.windows.x.motif] Questions about Motif Text widget

krupczak@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Bobby Krupczak) (10/27/90)

Hi!

I had some questions regarding the Motif text widget that I was hoping
a motif expert could answer.  I hope they havent been asked before.

1) I would like my newly created text widget to display some text read in
   from a file.  Is it enough to use the XmNvalue resource of the text widget?
   Right now, I am reading the file into a buffer, using XmCreateString() to
   create a XmString and then using XtSetArg() to indicate to the widget
   that I want this text displayed.  It does not seem to work.

2) If I set the resource XmNscrollVertical to true, should a scrollbar appear
   when the widget is realized?  I have read the man page and it indicates so.

Thanks in advance for the help

Bobby

ogawa@sm.sony.co.jp (Masato Ogawa) (10/27/90)

In article <619@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM> krupczak@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Bobby Krupczak) writes:
 > 1) I would like my newly created text widget to display some text read in
 >    from a file.  Is it enough to use the XmNvalue resource of the text widget?
 >    Right now, I am reading the file into a buffer, using XmCreateString() to
 >    create a XmString and then using XtSetArg() to indicate to the widget
 >    that I want this text displayed.  It does not seem to work.

Text doesn't support XmString. Use raw (char *) data for XmNvalue resource.
The function:

	XmTextSetString(w, value)
		Widget w;
		char *value;

is convenience.

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