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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
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Subject: Re: text widget bug?
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Date: 12 Jun 89 18:18:52 GMT
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> So, my question is, how do I get the text widget to look at the string
> again, to determine its new length?

You're not supposed to directly modify the string once you pass it
to the Text widget; at this point, the widget owns it until you
destroy the widget.  Use XtTextReplace() instead.