121) Can I have items with different colors in a list?

[Last modified: Sep 97]

Answer:  Andrew Lister (lister@bain.oz.au) writes:  The XbaeMatrix widget can
have a different foreground and background in each cell, row or column.  (The
XbaeMatrix can be made to look and behave like a list widget.  The widget is
compatible with Motif 1.2 and Motif 2.0.)  You can get the latest version of
XbaeMatrix from the directory:
        ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/

Ken Lee wrote:  Not in Motif 1.x.  The list contains XmStrings, and these only
allow text in various character sets.

However, in Motif 2.0 you _can_ have multiple colors in the same list since
colored XmStrings are supported.

Thanks to Ken Lee, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/, for the update.

If you're using Motif 1.2, another possibility is to use SCO Premier Motif
(1.2) library has this extension built into the List widget, along with a few
others. See http://www.premier.sco.com/

Thanks to richardo@x.co.uk (Nhi Vanye)