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From: xw@infko.UUCP (Randolf Werner (X11 Admin))
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Textwidget problems
Message-ID: <1432@infko.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 91 15:02:28 GMT
Organization: University of Koblenz, Germany
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I am writing a texteditor for X11 Release 4, which is to be something
like a vast improved "xedit". Nevertheless I have added many functions and
a true fileselector to the good old "xedit". But I still have some problems
with the textwidget itself:

    1. How can I improve the scrolling performance of the textwidget ?
       On Sun3 Machines scrolling by Cursor Keys is very very slow and I
       don't believe that I really need a Sparc, 88000 or Mips Architecture
       for doing it better.
    2. How can I define a different text cursor ?
       When I use the "Goto Line Number" function in my editor, I have
       difficulties in finding the insert position, because the Cursor in the
       textwidget is too small.
    3. How can I change the space between lines ?
       The space should be somehow correlated with the fontsize.
       When using big fonts it should be somewhat greater than usual.
    4. When I use the "kill-selection" function of the textwidget by typing
       <Control>w for cutting more than 64kBytes, the textwidget crashes. Is
       there a patch for this problem ?

Perhaps some of my problems are solved in the 17 available patches for
X11R4. I am still using the original version of Release 4. If there is someone
out in Europe or even better in Germany who has these patches, I would like
to get in touch with him.

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Randolf Werner (X11 Admin) FB Informatik, Uni Koblenz,          xw@infko.UUCP
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