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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: Text Background
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Date: 5 Jul 89 17:36:15 GMT
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> After the XtRealizeWidget invocation, We are trying to set the 
> text widget background using :

>     XtSetArg(arg[0], XtNbackground, 1);
>     XtSetValues(widget_id, arg, 1);

> It does not seem to work.

What does setting the background pixel to 1 mean?  Are you sure that it
is not currently set to 1, and that 1 corresponds to a valid pixel?  I have
used code like the following and it seems to work for me.


#include <X11/Cardinals.h>

	XtSetArg(args[0], XtNBackground, WhitePixelOfScreen(XtScreen(w)));
	XtSetValues(w, args, ONE);

or

	XtSetArg(args[0], XtNBackground, BlackPixelOfScreen(XtScreen(w)));
	XtSetValues(w, args, ONE);

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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