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From: janson@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: text widget bug?
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Date: 21 Jun 89 14:09:06 GMT
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> > So, my question is, how do I get the text widget to look at the string
> > again, to determine its new length?
>
> You're not supposed to directly modify the string once you pass it
> to the Text widget; at this point, the widget owns it until you
> destroy the widget.  Use XtTextReplace() instead.

what is one supposed to do in order to change the actual size and
location  of the text buffer?