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From: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Finding existing Xtoolkit converters
Message-ID: <958@tub.UUCP>
Date: 20 Sep 89 09:34:34 GMT
References: <289@auto-trol.UUCP> <8909191143.AA08651@LYRE.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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In article <8909191143.AA08651@LYRE.MIT.EDU> swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick) writes:
> Actually, XtConvert uses the widget principally to identify the
> application context and thereby lookup the currently-registered
> converter.

While we're at it... What I don't understand in this context is how one
is supposed to use XtConvert() to convert the resource arguments to
XtCreateWidget() and similar functions.  It is obviously not possible,
since in this case there is no widget ID that can be passed to XtConvert().

Note that it is not always possible to set the resources by means of
XtSetValues() after the widget has been created; some resources *must*
be specified at the point the widget is created.

Yes, I know that the arguments to XtCreateWidget() et. al. are
converted automatically.  We have an application that requires that
resources are converted explicitly (e.g. by means of XtConvert()).

Regards,
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Oliver Laumann              net@TUB.BITNET              net@tub.UUCP