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problem understanding boxes and glue

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From: Jason Baietto
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 23:02
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(I'm currently using iv 2.6)

Here's the scenario:  I'm using a vbox as my top level interactor.  I put
two hboxes into that.  In the first hbox, I put some glue, a message, and
some more glue.  In the second hbox I put a bunch of buttons with glue in
between them.

Here's the problem:  I get "see through" gaps where the glue is.  As far
as I can tell, the glue doesn't do any drawing, but that shouldn't matter
because the box should be drawing the background (or so I think).

Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?  I don't have this problem
with trays because I can specify the background interactor, but a tray
just seems like overkill for this simple task.

BTW:  I've gotten all sorts of neat things working with iv, from scrolling
      graphs to subclassed scenes, but this glue stuff's got me stuck.

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Subject: problem understanding boxes and glue
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