01-29-2009
sed - how to insert chars into a line
Hi I'm new to sed, and need to add characters into a specific location of a file, the fileds are tab seperated.
text <tab> <tab> text <tab> text EOL
I need to add more characters to the line to look like this:
text <tab> <tab> newtext <tab> text <tab> text EOL
Any ideas?
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xmtextsetsource
XmTextSetSource(3X) XmTextSetSource(3X)
NAME
XmTextSetSource - A Text function that sets the source of the widget
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Text.h>
void XmTextSetSource (widget, source, top_character, cursor_position)
Widget widget;
XmTextSource source;
XmTextPosition top_character;
XmTextPosition cursor_position;
DESCRIPTION
XmTextSetSource sets the source of the Text widget. Text widgets can share sources of text so that editing in one widget is reflected in
another. This function sets the source of one widget so that it can share the source of another widget.
Setting a new text source destroys the old text source if no other Text widgets are using that source. To replace a text source but keep it
for later use, create an unmanaged Text widget and set its source to the text source you want to keep. Specifies the Text widget ID Speci-
fies the source with which the widget displays text. This can be a value returned by the XmTextGetSource(3X) function. If no source is
specified, the widget creates a default string source. Specifies the position in the text to display at the top of the widget. This is an
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XmTextSetSource(3X)