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From: walt@DRD.Com (Walt Gaber)
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Subject: Re: multi-column menus in mwm?
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Date: 21 Aug 90 13:12:28 GMT
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> Is there a way to define multi-column menus in mwm? Something that would
> display like:
> 
> 	    Moose       C2A       
> 	    Sierra      CRDGW1    
> 	    SC          Zephyrus  
> 	    Mobius      Durango   
> 	    HPX02       Neva      
> 	    Dwaskill    Milkweed  
> 	    Rigel       Karnack   
> 	    Hudson      Kreskin   

The mwm manual says that the "appearance of menus can be configured based
on the name of the menu."

The popup shell is named "menu" and the RowColumn widget is named according
to the entry in your .mwmrc file.  Therefore, if your .mwmrc contains:

Menu YourMenu
{
    "Moose"
    "Sierra"
    "SC"
    "Mobius"
    "HPX02"
    "Dwaskill"
    "Rigel"
    "Hudson"
    "C2A"
    "CRDGW1"
    "Zephyrus"
    "Durango"
    "Neva"
    "Milkweed"
    "Karnack"
    "Kreskin"
}

just add the following to your mwm resource file:

Mwm*menu*YourMenu*numColumns:      2
Mwm*menu*YourMenu*packing:         PACK_COLUMN
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