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From: melby@daffy.yk.Fujitsu.CO.JP (John B. Melby)
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Subject: Re: Changing the name of an already created widget
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Date: 16 Dec 90 23:44:45 GMT
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In-reply-to: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU's message of 14 Dec 90 03:26:23 JST

>> 1. Will changing the name of an already created widget have any ill effects?
>Yes
>> 2. Is there a way that I can change the resource settings for a widget to
>> 	reflect a name change?
> There is no way to change the name of an existing widget.

Sure there is...
	w->core.name = s;
	w->core.xrm_name = XrmStringToQuark(s);

Of course, this will not be sufficient if you're looking for a way to modify
the defaults.

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John B. Melby
Fujitsu Limited, Machida, Japan
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