Archive-name: motif-faq/part9
Last-modified: 1 FEB 2002
Posting-Frequency: irregular
Organization: Kenton Lee, X/Motif Consultant, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/
URL:  http://www.rahul.net/kenton/mfaq.html
Version: 8.1

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Section Contents

• News Headers
• 293) Why doesn't the Help callback work on some widgets?
• 294)* How can I implement "bubble help" or "tool tips" with Motif?
• 295) Can I specify a widget in a resource file?
• 296) Why are only some of my translations are being installed? I
• 297) Can I have separate translations for shifted and unshifted
• 298) What are these "non-existant passive grab" warnings? When I
• 299) How do I have more buttons than three in a MessageBox? I want
• 300) How do I create a "busy working cursor"?
• 301) Can I use the hourglass that mwm uses?
• 302) What order should the libraries be linked in?
• 303) How do I use xmkmf for Motif clients?
• 304) How do I use imake with Motif 2.0?
• 305) How do I make context sensitive help? The Motif Style Guide
• 306) How do I debug a modal interaction?
• 307) Why can't I install my own colormap using XInstallColormap?
• 308) How do I install a private colormap?
• 309) How do I get correct shadow colors to match other color
• 310) What color algorithm does Motif use? I am told that Motif uses
• 311) How can you access the superclass widget from which Motif
• 312) Can the Motif 2.0 Notebook widget display non-rectangular "file
• 313) How does the clipboard mechanism work?
• 314) Why does the xyz application core dump when I cut and paste?
• 315) Why is XtWindow(widget) == 0?
• 316) How do I debug X protocol errors (e.g., BadWindow, BadMatch) in
• 317) Why doesn't XtNameToWidget (widget, "MyName") work?
• 318) Why does my callback's client data structure contain incorrect
• 319) How can an application manage events on multiple displays?
• 320) Can a Motif application create windows on mutiple screens (on a
• 321) Why do I get "Error: attempt to add non-widget child "dsm" to
• 322) Why do I get link errors about "XShape" symbols?
• 323) Why do I get link errors about "ICE" and "SM" symbols?
• 324) Why does my X11R6 program crash with undefined symbol
• 325) How do I programatically control xwd to dump a specific window?
• 326) How can I display an xwd in a window (without using xwud)?
• 327) Can I write a multi-threaded Motif application?
• 328) How can I dump my widget instance tree in a way that reflects
• 329) How do I get the events for gadgets? Or the name of the gadget?
• 330) Can I set the foreground and background colors of gadgets
• 331) Can I use a gadget as the parent of a dialog shell?
• 332) Which other widget features do gadgets lack?
• 333) Where can I get the xmon or xscope programs to trace my X
• 334) What does the error "Couldn't find per display information"
• 335) Can I set widget fallback resources after I've called
• 336) Can I use the newline character in widget names?
• 337) Is anybody out there selling Windows95 look-alike widgets? Why
• 338) How can I convert my OLIT programs to the Motif look & feel?
• 339) What does this mean: Warning: Cannot find callback list in
• 340) If a single widget has multiple callback functions, are they
• 341) Why are some widgets still visible after I call
• 342) If I call XtGetValues on a resource that does not exist for a
• 343) Can I reparent a widget (change its parent)?
• 344) Are there any "year 2000" issues within Motif?
• 345) Can I suppress or customize Motif warning and error messages?
• 346) TOPIC: Motif FAQ HISTORY and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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