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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: how do I get output from an athena text widget?
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Date: 10 Oct 89 19:06:38 GMT
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> Once I've got an editable text widget with some text in it, how do I get
> this text out, either to a file or to a buffer?

When you create a text widget you must pass it an allocated string as the
XtNstring resource, and a length of this buffer.  The R3 Text widget uses this
string in place, so you can just reference this string pointer to get the text
out of a text widget.  You may also be able to use XtGetValues on the XtNstring
resouces to get the string pointer.  

CAUTION: Do not modify this buffer, the text widget keeps internal state
         and modifying its buffer will really confuse the text widget.


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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