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From: kkirksey@eng.auburn.edu (Kenneth B. Kirksey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Colors, Fonts, & Vararrrrggggghhhhhs!!!!
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Date: 25 Mar 91 20:49:36 GMT
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
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	I know that I'm going to feel really stoopid when I find out the answer
to this one, but I'll ask anyway.  I'm having problems when I specify fonts
or colors in my XtVaCreateManagedWidget calls.  For example:

title_label	= XtVaCreateManagedWidget (
		"title_label",
		labelWidgetClass,
		base_win,
			XtNfont, "-*-helvetica-*-r-*-*-14-140-*-*-*-*-*-*",
			XtNlabel, "ASCII Chart",
			XtNwidth, 408,
			XtNbackground, "white",
		NULL);

makes the background black.  If I specify any other color, it still makes
it black.  If I specify a color for any of my widgets, it makes it black.
The colors work fine when I specify them in the app defaults file, as do
my font specifications.  The call above gives me a "bad font" error.
	I thought that when you specified values in the varargs list that they
would automatically be converted to the correct type.  Is this the case?
If not, how should I go about doing this.

			Thanx in advance,
				Ken


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