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From: kit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: TextWidget Problem
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Date: 7 Feb 89 01:12:27 GMT
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> I got the following message when the textWidget is realized:

> 	X Toolkit Warning: No type converter registered for 'String'
> 	to 'EditMode' conversion.

This is a known bug in Xt that occures when you use XtCreateAppContext()
rather than XtInitialize() when starting up the toolkit.  We are currently
working on a slight redesign of Xt that is required to fix this particular
bug.  I bet this is causing the problems that you are noticing later in your
program.

Solutions:

1) Sit tight.  The fix will be made and posted for public distribution one of
   these days, but it could take awhile.

2) Use XtInitialize() to start up the toolkit.  The AppContext can be 
   retrieved by a call to XtWidgetToAppContext() on any widget in your 
   program.  This will cause problems if you are using multiple displays,
   however.

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium /
						Project Athena 

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