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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Writing error messages to a text window
Message-ID: <8811011444.AA02208@LYRE.MIT.EDU>
Date: 1 Nov 88 14:44:51 GMT
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Here's a quick hack to examples/Xaw/xcommand.c;
embellish (or discard) as your heart desires :-)

*** /u1/X/src/examples/Xaw/xcommand.c	Fri Feb 26 00:28:01 1988
--- popup.c	Tue Nov  1 09:14:39 1988
***************
*** 1,6 ****
--- 1,9 ----
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
  #include <X11/Command.h>
+ #include <X11/Cardinals.h>
+ #include <X11/Shell.h>
+ #include <X11/StringDefs.h>
  
  static XrmOptionDescRec options[] = {
  {"-label",	"*label",	XrmoptionSepArg,	NULL}
***************
*** 12,18 ****
--- 15,42 ----
      fprintf( stderr, "Usage: %s\n", call );
  }
  
+ void ErrorPopup(parent, text)
+     Widget parent;
+     String text;
+ {
+     Arg args[4];
+     Position x, y;
+     Dimension w, h;
+     Widget popup;
  
+     XtSetArg( args[0], XtNwidth, &w );
+     XtSetArg( args[1], XtNheight, &h );
+     XtGetValues( parent, args, TWO );
+     XtTranslateCoords( parent, (Position)w/2, (Position)h/2, &x, &y );
+     XtSetArg( args[0], XtNx, x );
+     XtSetArg( args[1], XtNy, y );
+     popup = XtCreatePopupShell( "error", transientShellWidgetClass,
+ 			        parent, args, TWO );
+     XtSetArg( args[0], XtNlabel, text );
+     XtCreateManagedWidget( "text", labelWidgetClass, popup, args, ONE );
+     XtPopup(popup, XtGrabNone);
+ }
+ 
  /* ARGSUSED */
  void Activate(w, closure, call_data)
      Widget w;
***************
*** 19,27 ****
      caddr_t closure;
      caddr_t call_data;
  {
!     printf( "button was activated.\n" );
  }
- 
  
  void main(argc, argv)
      unsigned int argc;
--- 43,50 ----
      caddr_t closure;
      caddr_t call_data;
  {
!     ErrorPopup( w, "button was activated" );
  }
  
  void main(argc, argv)
      unsigned int argc;