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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Kee Hinckley)
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Subject: Re: Most efficient way of managing children
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Date: 18 Mar 91 22:46:06 GMT
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> I'd like to know what is the most efficient (in time) way of managing
> a tree of widgets.  My guess is that if I want to create, say, a motif
> bulletin board widget with 7 text field children, if I manage the 7
> children (with XtManageChildren), then manage the bulletin board, and
> then realize the top level, this would be most efficient.  Is this
> true?  

Apparently it used to be faster to do the XtManageChildren rather than
create managed, however it doesn't matter so much anymore.  So long
as the parent widget is not managed or realized there is no geometry
negotiation (which is what eats up the time) going on as you add new
children.  The parent only gets notified of new children just prior
to being realized.  So as long as you manage the toplevel last you should
be fine.  The Asente/Swick book covers this quite well btw.

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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.