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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
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Subject: Re: Athena Viewport: Can it be realized smaller than its child?
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Date: 6 Aug 90 15:16:32 GMT
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> I want the Athena Viewport widget to be realized smaller than its child:
> thus I want it begin life with a scrollbar and most of its child obscured.
> This is important to me because the child I have in mind (a modified 
> Athena List widget) needs a lot of time to paint each of the list elements
> and I'd like to do that "lazily", that is, when it is absolutely necessary
> for them to become visible. 

Take a look at the mechanism that xman presents to the user for selecting
manual pages.  


Donna Converse