Motif FAQ (Part 8 of 9)

• Introduction
• 251) TOPIC: KEYSYMS
• 252) What is causing the messages "unknown keysym osfDown..."? It
• 253) What happens if I can't install Motif Keysyms?
• 254) Why has OSF introduced Keysyms into Motif 1.1? They weren't
• 255) Why do accented characters not work with Motif applications
• 256) TOPIC: UIL
• 257) What is UIL and why is it so popular?
• 258) What is Mrm?
• 259) How do I specify a search path for ".uid" files? Answer: Use
• 260) Can I specify callback functions in resource files?
• 261) How can I set a multiline label in UIL?
• 262) Is there a program that can convert a UIL file to tclMotif? I
• 263) Why does my SCO UIL application fail to open 60 UID files?
• 264) TOPIC: ICONIFICATION and DE-ICONIFICATION
• 265) How can I keep track of changes to iconic/normal window state?
• 266) How can I check if my application has come up iconic? I want
• 267) How can I start my application in iconic state?
• 268) How can an application iconify itself?
• 269) How can an application de-iconify itself?
• 270) Why doesn't MWM display an iconify button on my dialog windows?
• 271) TOPIC: SPECIALIZED WIDGETS
• 272) Where can I get a Table widget? Matrix widget? Spreadsheet
• 273) Where can I get a bar graph widget?
• 274) Is there a graph widget in which you can add vertices and edges
• 275) Is there a help system or Motif hypertext system available?
• 276) Is there a canvas widget or drawing widget for graphical
• 277) How can I create a transparent widget?
• 278) TOPIC: CREATING WIDGETS
• 279) What are some good references for creating widgets (subclassing
• 280) How can I achieve binary compatibility using the
• 281) TOPIC: MISCELLANEOUS
• 282) How can an application be informed of signals?
• 283) How do I control the repeat rate on a SUN keyboard?
• 284) How can I identify the children of a manager widget?
• 285) What functions can an application use to change the size or
• 286) Can I use XtAddTimeOut, XtAddWorkProc, and XtAddInput with
• 287) Why does XtGetValues for XmNx and XmNwidth return extremely
• 288) Can I use XmGetPixmap() with widgets that have non-default
• 289) What is the matter with Frame in Motif 1.2?
• 290) What is IMUG and how do I join it?
• 291) How do I set the title of a top level window?
• 292) How can I disable the color scheme mechanism in CDE or HP VUE?
• 293) Can I use editres with Motif? Is there an editres tutorial?
• 294) Where is the editres protocol documented?
• 295) Why does an augment translation appear to act as replace for
• 296) How do you "grey" out a widget so that it cannot be activated?
• 297) Can I change the graphics drawn by insensitive widgets? Some