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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: Widget Client data (info request)
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Date: 20 Feb 90 23:14:54 GMT
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In article <9002202051.AA24345@expo.lcs.mit.edu>, kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
(Chris D. Peterson) writes:
>   > 	I was under the impression that one could associate a client data
>   > field with a widget (ala Suntools). Is there such a thing? 
> There is no way to do this directly.  You can, however, use the X Context
> Manager to associated data with a widget id.

I think you mean that there is no way to do this with widgets that
don't support it.  You can, however, include a client data in widgets
you write.  I think all Motif widgets include a client data resource.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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