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From: connolly@convex.com (Dan Connolly)
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Subject: Tabs and X Selection in IV 3.0
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Date: 21 Jun 91 20:59:51 GMT
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Another query re: formatted text using InterViews Compositors.

Tabs: is there any support for them in any of the available classes?
I've managed to do all the per-character formatting I need to, and I'm working
on margins and indents and leading etc., but I don't see any way
to work tabs into the architecture.

I need something like a glue or a strut except that I need to be able to
pin one of its (horizontal) ends to a specific Coord. Any ideas?

Also, the doc application can cut and paste within itself, but there's no
support for the X Selection mechanism. Does interviews have anything akin
to XtOwnSelection? or do I have to write all that race-condition nastiness
myself?

Thanks,

Dan