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From: kit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: XtNx, XtNy for widgets
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Date: 12 Jan 89 00:09:13 GMT
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> 	Aren't XtNx, XtNy used as offset for a widget from the
> top-left corner of its parent widget?

Yes, but as with all communication between parent and child, everything
that the child says may be overridden by the parent.  This is what you
are probabally seeing.  The Viewport, for instance, insists that its children
be in the upper-left corner, and take up at least all the visable space on
the screen.

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium /
						Project Athena 

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