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From: swick@athena.mit.EDU (Ralph Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Visuals and Xt
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Date: 3 Jan 91 14:47:30 GMT
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    In my original question I forgot to mention that I am using R3 and
    not R4.  And it seems like these two solutions do not work in R3.

Right.  To specify the visual through Xt, you'll need to write some code
to replace the Realize method of one or more widget classes (e.g. the
ApplicationShell).  Not hard to do, but it can be awkward to get your
application to use a different shell class in some circumstances.

The proper way to replace the Realize method is by subclassing from
ApplicationShell (or from whatever shell(s) you use in your application),
but there are certainly other short-cuts (read "hacks") you could take
as a stop-gap measure 'till you can get the R4 Xt.