nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) (08/03/90)
I am writing an application that has a window that has a scrolled text
widget (not editable), followed by a single line editable text widget.
This could be regarded as a simple form of xterm.
When I add text to the scrolled text widget, I want to persuade it (from
the program) to scroll so that the latest line is displayed. There is
no documented way of doing this, and none of the likely features (e.g.
XmNtopPosition) do this as a side-effect. This leaves three options:
1) To write my own scrolled text widget.
2) To invent suitable events to persuade the scrolled window that
the user is hammering on the scroll bar.
3) To hack at the control blocks or simulate calls to callbacks.
For obvious reasons, none of these prospects excites me, though any
of them is possible. Surely this requirement cannot be so uncommon
that Motif does not support it?
I would be grateful for any constructive suggestions!
Nick Maclaren
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
nmm@cl.cam.ac.uk