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From: david@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (David E. Smyth)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Multi-line labels
Keywords: labels
Message-ID: <9596@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 20 Sep 90 23:27:46 GMT
References: <1990Aug21.000632.25880@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: david@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (David E. Smyth)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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ems@socrates.jpl.nasa.gov writes:
>
>   Is it possible to create multi-line labels
>through the resource file?  XmStringCreateLtoR
>does the job correctly in the program, but I'd rather
>have the label set in the resourse file.

Write a string to XmString converter which looks for \n.
Simple, really.  
Use the same name that Motif uses, and make sure the
linker sees your converter before it sees the Motif
converter, and you are golden.  Do a name search on
your motf library to figure out the name you should
export.

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