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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
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Subject: Re: text in label widgets appears too late
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Date: 12 Jun 89 14:36:38 GMT
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> All works well, except that the labels each appear as
> empty windows until the routine ends and control returns to
> XtMainLoop.

Xaw/Label will not paint anything until it receives an Expose
event.  You could cons one yourself and dispatch it to the
widget if you really want to block event processing for a while.