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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xaw TextWidget Question
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Date: 13 Nov 89 16:34:25 GMT
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> I am using an asciiStringTextWidget (sic) and want to change the string
> when the user asks for new information.  Changing XtNstring results in a
> X Toolkit error, because this feature is not supported.

The easiest way is the make sure you have an "editable" test string and use
XtTextReplace() to just replace the entire string.  


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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