From: marilyn (Marilyn Bunzo)

Subject: CLIM 2.0 questons -- select-file & layout problems

Date: 1994-7-6 18:04

ACL 4.2 & CLIM 2.0 on an SGI

1. Color on select-file
   Does anyone know of a way to control the colors on the select-file window?
I am using an associated-window which has a black foreground and white
background.  I would be satisfied if the select-file matched the
associated-window colors.  Right now, my select-file pane comes up in
black foreground and cornflower-blue background (as my nearest guess).  It
isn't a completely horrible combination but it certainly wouldn't be my
first choice.
  I notice that Symbolics supports :foreground and :background keywords for
select-file.  That would be ideal but I would settle for it picking up a
foreground and background color from the associated window.  Is the only
control on this through .Xdefaults or the like?  If so, this seems a little
less than ideal.

2. General layout problems
  Is anyone else experiencing problems with the layout algorithms for CLIM
2.0?  I have an application which has a control menu, main application area
and a pointer doc pane.  I have an undocumented workaround whereby the
pointer-documentation can be forced to be just one line.  All other attempts
at definition result in the area being divided roughly in half between the
work area and the pointer-documentation.  If the window is opened without
specifying a size at either make-application-frame or at
define-application-frame time, the window will _initially_ open with the
pointer-documentation at one line.  If the window is resized at any time: at
make-application-frame call, at define-application-frame time or by user
interaction, the single line aspect is lost.  Although I have a workaround
for the pointer-documentation pane, I still have the problem for other panes
that we define.  Are users experiencing these problems on Suns as well or is
this a SGI problem?  If anyone is interested, I have a simple test file that
can be used for this problem.  

Thanks in advance for your help.

Marilyn
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