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See also <a href="faq.htm">top-level FAQ page</a>
and <a href="faqunx.htm">Unix FAQ page</a>.
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<h3>List of questions in this category</a></h3>
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<li><a href="#versiob">What version of Motif do I need?</a></li>
<li><a href="#missing">What features are missing or partially implemented?</a></li>
<li><a href="#dialoged">Does Dialog Editor work with wxWidgets for Motif?</a></li>
<li><a href="#refresh">Why are windows are not refreshed properly until I resize them?</a></li>
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<h3><a name="versiob">What version of Motif do I need?</a></h3>

You will need version 1.2 or above. Version 2 should also be fine. Some people
have had a positive experience with <a href="www.lesstif.org" target=_top>Lesstif</a>,
a free Motif clone. (Note from Julian Smart - I use the Linux version of MetroLink Motif 1.2.4).

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<h3><a name="missing">What features are missing or partially implemented?</a></h3>

The following classes are not yet implemented: wxSpinButton, wxCheckListBox, wxJoyStick,
wxGLCanvas.<P>

The following classes are not likely to be implemented because there is no sensible
equivalent on Motif: wxMiniFrame, wxTaskBar.<P>

These features are not yet implemented:<P>

<ul>
<li>Clipboard and drag and drop support are currently under development.
<li>Support for selection of specific visuals.
<li>Wide character support (but when Unicode is supported under Windows, this support will
be relatively easy to add).
<li>Configurable colour/font settings (they are currently hard-wired in wxSystemSettings).
<li>A help system (please use wxHelpController and Netscape instead). An HTML widget and help
system is in preparation.
</ul>

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<h3><a name="dialoged">Does Dialog Editor work with wxWidgets for Motif?</a></h3>

Suport for Dialog Editor is almost there, but there are some wrinkles to iron
out. You may find it&#39;s useful though: compile it and see.
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<h3><a name="refresh">Why are windows are not refreshed properly until I resize them?</a></h3>

Very occasionally you can experience this glitch, probably because sometimes the
window tries to resize and repaint itself before the final size is known. The workaround
is to add code like this after window creation and initialization:<P>

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&#35;ifdef __WXMOTIF__
  wxNoOptimize noOptimize;
  window-&#62;SetSize(-1, -1, w, h);
&#35;endif
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d61c1a6f JS	24	See also <a href="faq.htm">top-level FAQ page</a>
d61c1a6f JS	25	and <a href="faqunx.htm">Unix FAQ page</a>.
ce3ed50d	26	<hr>
31523f51 GD	27	<h3>List of questions in this category</a></h3>
	28	<ul>
	29	<li><a href="#versiob">What version of Motif do I need?</a></li>
	30	<li><a href="#missing">What features are missing or partially implemented?</a></li>
c140b7e7	31	<li><a href="#dialoged">Does Dialog Editor work with wxWidgets for Motif?</a></li>
31523f51 GD	32	<li><a href="#refresh">Why are windows are not refreshed properly until I resize them?</a></li>
	33	</ul>
	34	<hr>
ce3ed50d	35
31523f51	36	<h3><a name="versiob">What version of Motif do I need?</a></h3>
ce3ed50d JS	37
	38	You will need version 1.2 or above. Version 2 should also be fine. Some people
	39	have had a positive experience with <a href="www.lesstif.org" target=_top>Lesstif</a>,
0bc9b25e	40	a free Motif clone. (Note from Julian Smart - I use the Linux version of MetroLink Motif 1.2.4).
ce3ed50d JS	41
	42	<P>
	43
31523f51	44	<h3><a name="missing">What features are missing or partially implemented?</a></h3>
ce3ed50d JS	45
	46	The following classes are not yet implemented: wxSpinButton, wxCheckListBox, wxJoyStick,
	47	wxGLCanvas.<P>
	48
	49	The following classes are not likely to be implemented because there is no sensible
	50	equivalent on Motif: wxMiniFrame, wxTaskBar.<P>
	51
ce3ed50d JS	52	These features are not yet implemented:<P>
	53
	54	<ul>
0bc9b25e	55	<li>Clipboard and drag and drop support are currently under development.
ce3ed50d JS	56	<li>Support for selection of specific visuals.
	57	<li>Wide character support (but when Unicode is supported under Windows, this support will
	58	be relatively easy to add).
	59	<li>Configurable colour/font settings (they are currently hard-wired in wxSystemSettings).
0bc9b25e JS	60	<li>A help system (please use wxHelpController and Netscape instead). An HTML widget and help
0bc9b25e JS	61	system is in preparation.
ce3ed50d JS	62	</ul>
	63
	64	<p>
	65
c140b7e7	66	<h3><a name="dialoged">Does Dialog Editor work with wxWidgets for Motif?</a></h3>
ce3ed50d	67
cd508246	68	Suport for Dialog Editor is almost there, but there are some wrinkles to iron
31523f51	69	out. You may find it's useful though: compile it and see.
ce3ed50d JS	70	<P>
ce3ed50d JS	71
31523f51	72	<h3><a name="refresh">Why are windows are not refreshed properly until I resize them?</a></h3>
ce3ed50d JS	73
	74	Very occasionally you can experience this glitch, probably because sometimes the
	75	window tries to resize and repaint itself before the final size is known. The workaround
	76	is to add code like this after window creation and initialization:<P>
	77
	78	<PRE>
31523f51	79	#ifdef __WXMOTIF__
ce3ed50d	80	wxNoOptimize noOptimize;
31523f51 GD	81	window->SetSize(-1, -1, w, h);
31523f51 GD	82	#endif
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