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From: kit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: Deficiency in the translation mechanism
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Date: 26 Jan 89 18:48:24 GMT
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> You supply a translation table which binds

> 	<Key>Return	to	Bell()

> rather than

>	<Key>Return:	newline()

> This is not good enough to my thinking. It means that the application
> writer has to second guess the bindings which the user may or may not
> supply for all these actions.

There is no need to replace the entire translation table, just use 
XtOverrideTranslations() in your application to override only the
translation for Return.

This is what xman does for its "search" prompter, the code is publically
avaliable:

R3:		clients/xman/

Even better is to add a line it the AppDefaults file that overrides
the translations.

foo.bar.baz.text_widget:  #override \n\
	   		  <Key>Return:	newline()

						Chris D. Peterson     
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