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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Which shell type should I use?
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Date: 26 Oct 89 18:08:39 GMT
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>   Problem: I want to pop up an error message shell containing a form
> which contains a label an an "OK" button.  The shell should have the
> following characteristics:

[ Specifics deleted. ]

>  So, neither of these shell classes is going to do what I want,
> unless I'm missing something.  *IS* there a shell that has the
> qualities I'm looking for?

It seems to me that you don't want a shell at all, that what you really want is
an unmanaged child of the application shell that contains your application.  If
you do not mananage a child widget it will be ingored by its parent, and you
will be able to move it around all you want with XtSetValues() on XtNx and
XtNy.

This solution should meet all of your criteria, and you don't have to deal with
the window manager at all.


						Good Luck,

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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