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Table Widgets (answers, not questions)

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From: Mitchell Patterson
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 16:53
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I've seen a lot of posts asking where one might find a Table widget, as well
as a few asking what a Table widget is.

A Table widget allows one to specify the layout of a set of widgets in
array-like notation, i.e. rows & columns.

One may obtain a Table widget via anonymous FTP to export.lcs.mit.edu:
   ftp export.lcs.mit.edu
   ftp> cd contrib
   ftp> binary
   ftp> get Wcl.1.05.tar.Z
   ftp> quit
   zcat Wcl.1.05.tar.Z | tar xvf -

and after that, you're on your own.

Wcl is the Widget Creation Library; it is copyrighted by David Smyth of
JPL, but I believe a lot of work on it was done by Martin Brunecky (sp?),
who is a frequent poster to this group. Wcl allows one to specify an entire
interface in an X resource file, instead of ugly C or evil UIL. You don't
have to recompile or build a UID every time you change one line; just edit
the file with your favorite text editor (which, if you're a real stud, is
``cat'') and restart your application. The documentation is excellent, and
there are many examples.

Wcl includes Tables for both Motif and Athena.

I don't get paid to talk about Wcl. I get paid to write interface code, and
Wcl is the best tool I've used.

So QUIT READING AND GET WCL!
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From: patterso@cs.scarolina.edu (Mitchell Patterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Table Widgets (answers, not questions)
Summary: Get Wcl from export.lcs.mit.edu RIGHT NOW!!!
Keywords: Table Wcl BoB
Message-ID: <patterso.676832006@oak.cs.scarolina.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 91 16:53:26 GMT
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