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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

1790.0. "Spacing in List Boxes (like DECterm)" by GYPSC::BADE () Mon Nov 27 1989 10:11

    How is the narrow spacing of the lines obtained in DECterm ?
    We want to output text into a list box and fail to come down
    to the spacing that allows to display 80 lines on a screen.
    
    We use DECwindows V1 with VMS V5.1-1 and UIL with the font
     
    - DEC-Terminal-Bold-R-Normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
    
    and the maximum we get on a screen is about 40 lines, even if
    the spacing is reduced to 0.
    
    However, the solution should be at hand - as shown by every 
    DECterm list box. Who's skilled enough to help us ?
    
    Dirk Bade
      
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1790.1Even DECterm gets widely spaced list boxesHANNAH::MESSENGERBob MessengerMon Nov 27 1989 18:537
Re: .0

The only list box that DECterm uses is the one in the 7-Bit NRCS Selection
dialog box, and it has wide spacing.  The main text area in the DECterm
window is drawn using XDrawImageString calls.

				-- Bob
1790.2Narrow spacing with Toolkit ?GYPSC::BADETue Nov 28 1989 03:466
    Does this mean we cannot obtain narrow spacing - similar to DECterm -
    with the Toolkit ? Or is there a workaround ?
    
    Thanks for your prompt reply,
    
    Dirk
1790.3OED::BEYERHugh R. BeyerSun Dec 03 1989 08:414
    The VLIST widget from the examples notes file will give you closer
    spacing in a list-box-like widget.
    
    	HRB