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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: changing edit type of text widget
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Date: 26 Apr 89 16:20:39 GMT
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>    	I like to know how one can change the XteditType of a text
>    widget after realizing the text widget. 

You cannot change the edit type of the Athena text widget after it
has been realized.

>	Then, what can I use?

My office-mate suggests that you could dynamically change the 
translations to make it look like the edit type has changed.
Or, you could write your own text source for the text widget,
taking a look at EDiskSrc.c from xmh.