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From: peterf@ima.isc.com (Peter Fischman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: XmFileSelectionBoxes in 1.1 & 1.0
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Date: 29 Mar 91 14:53:18 GMT
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In article <9103251456.AA10679@lta.com> david@lta.lta.com (David B. Lewis) writes:
>> additionally, the FAQ says that file selection boxes don't work in 1.0.
>
>The current version of Jan Newmarch's FAQ for comp.windows.x.motif reads:
>
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>Subject: 42)+ What's wrong with the Motif 1.0 File Selection Box?  I can't set
>the directory, change the directory or get the file mask to work.
>
>Answer: The 1.0 File Selection Box is broken, and these don't work.  They
>weren't fixed until Motif 1.04.  Switch to Motif 1.1 where it changed a lot.
>
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I'm a tad confused.  I've been using File Selection Boxes with ISC X11R3
and Motif 1.0 for a while with all of the above functioning fine.

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