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From: tjhorton@vis.toronto.edu ("Timothy J. Horton")
Subject: Re: Multiline label wont work for me
Message-ID: <91Apr10.203249edt.8907@orasis.vis.toronto.edu>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: 11 Apr 91 00:33:15 GMT
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woodruff@addvax.llnl.gov writes:
Re: Multiline label wont work for me
>looks wrong.  Instead of new-line, the text of the label occupies a
>single line, with a punctuation that resembles a Yen (currency) symbol
>where \n was input.
>
>I have seen this same appearance regardless of whether text was in 
>the app-defaults file, or was bound to the (label or dialog) widgets
>messageString resource with XtSetValues at run time.

I think that's a "frequently asked question."  If you specify the newline
in an argument to XmStringCreate it gets converted properly, I think, but
not if you specify the string in a resource (defaults) file.  Right?
(Do I have it switched around?).  Seems the trick is in the processing of
the breaks in the string.  I suggest you read up on XmString formats.  You
may have to add your own resource convertor, to take care of newlines.
Again, I've seen this before here somewhere;  check the FAQs.