I think this (from comp.windows.x.motif) can be seen as an enhancement
request.
Danny
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos A M dos Santos) wrote in message
>news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> > file = fopen(filename, "r");
> > contents = XtMalloc(length + 1);
> > fread(contents, sizeof(char), length, file);
> > contents[length] = '\0';
> > XmTextSetString(text, contents);
> > XtFree(contents);
> > fclose(file);
>
> By the way, it would be nice if something like XmTextLoadFile(...) existed,
> allowing us to avoid to XtMalloc() the entire buffer. That would possibly
> require writing a function tu build a XmTextSource from a file contents.
>
> --- Casantos
Earlier article :
> XmText with file as input ?
> From: Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday 03 November 2002 01:36:01
> Groups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif
>
> Hi!
>
> ----
>
> Is it somehow possible to use a file as input for a XmText widget ?
>
> Athena's asciiTextWidgetClass supports this without problems (see
> example below) - but what about XmText ?
>
> -- snip --
> #include <X11/StringDefs.h>
> #include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
> #include <X11/Xaw/Form.h>
> #include <X11/Xaw/AsciiText.h>
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
> {
> XtAppContext app;
> Widget toplevel;
> Widget form;
> Widget text;
> int n;
> Arg args[8];
>
> toplevel = XtAppInitialize(&app, "XMore", NULL, 0, &argc, argv, NULL,
> NULL, 0);
>
> if (argc != 2)
> {
> printf("usage: %s [ x options ] filename\n", argv[0]);
> exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> }
>
> form = XtCreateManagedWidget("form", formWidgetClass, toplevel, NULL,
> 0);
>
> n = 0;
> XtSetArg(args[n], XtNtype, XawAsciiFile); n++;
> XtSetArg(args[n], XtNstring, argv[1]); n++;
> XtSetArg(args[n], XtNwidth, 500); n++;
> XtSetArg(args[n], XtNheight, 600); n++;
> XtSetArg(args[n], XtNscrollHorizontal, XawtextScrollWhenNeeded); n++;
> XtSetArg(args[n], XtNscrollVertical, XawtextScrollAlways); n++;
>
> text = XtCreateManagedWidget("text", asciiTextWidgetClass, form, args,
> n);
>
> XtRealizeWidget(toplevel);
>
> XtAppMainLoop(app);
>
> return EXIT_SUCCESS;
> }
> -- snip --
>
> ----
>
> Bye,
> Roland
>
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