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From: rick@pcrat.uucp (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Stretchable List
Message-ID: <1990Jul17.014256.11899@pcrat.uucp>
Date: 17 Jul 90 01:42:56 GMT
References: <1990Jul16.172955.11321@pcrat.uucp> <1990Jul16.223021.11654@pcrat.uucp>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <1990Jul16.223021.11654@pcrat.uucp> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:

>I think I've answered my own question.

Actually, what I thought was fixed is really still broken.

It seems the /etc/sched List entry was hiding behind the header
Label.  So, it looks like I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't.

That is, with the attachments specified for the children of
the scroll Form I get complete trash displayed for the List.
If the attachments are left off, then the header Label child
and the List child are overlaid on the form.

I got one piece of advice that said that a workaround is to add
the bottom and right attachments after the Form widget has been
realized.  That, of course, must be done from C.  Making the
utility of UIL less worthwhile.

I think the solution is to toss the Form widget and get something
else (Table was mentioned).  Form seems to be terribly broken.

On the bright side, if I keep tossing widgets, I'll eventually
get back to just Xlib, and my apps will be relatively small. :-)

-Rick

P.S. If you aren't following this, see the 2nd referenced posting.
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Rick Richardson - PC Research, Inc., uunet!pcrat!rick, (201) 389-8963