On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I notice that tk_strictMotif is set to 1 in vTcl:setup so that vtcl
> applications are strict motif. This setting is not saved in the project
> file so when you run the app stand alone it become non-strict motif
> (which i happen to prefer - because it tells the user what part of the
> GUI to try clicking on).
> What I have noticed, however, is that turning off strict motif causes the
> widgets to grow very slightly (only some of them, and that by only 1 pixel or
> so). This makes it necessary to make the toplevels slightly larger than needed
> in the strict (development) mode.
> To work around this, I put a statement in my main to turn strict motif
> off. This seems to cause vtcl itself display problems as some buttons
> are slightly cut off (i.e. the "height" button in the geo manager reads
> "eight").
> So I was about to recommend that strict motif should become a global
> preference (and should be saved in the project file) but it seems that
> the widget size problem (or is it the font size?) should be solved
> first. Any guesses?
good short-term solution. This is a problem caused by vtcl and the
application you are building operating in the same interpreter.
this will change in the future. it will also solve a lot of the problems
people have been having with error dialogs.
-stewart-
