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Shell(3)							  LessTif Manuals							  Shell(3)

NAME

       Shell - Shell widget from X Toolkit

SYNOPSIS

       #include <X11/Shell.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Shell is a widget which is defined in the X Toolkit.  We document its existence here for completeness.  Please refer to the X Window System
       documentation for the real information regarding this widget.

X RESOURCES

       Name			 Class			   Type       Default	Access
       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       XtNx			 XtCPosition		   Position   NULL	CSG
       XtNy			 XtCPosition		   Position   NULL	CSG
       XtNdepth 		 XtCDepth		   Int	      NULL	CSG
       XtNcolormap		 XtCColormap		   Colormap   NULL	CSG
       XtNancestorSensitive	 XtCSensitive		   Boolean    NULL	CSG
       XtNallowShellResize	 XtCAllowShellResize	   Boolean    NULL	CSG
       XtNgeometry		 XtCGeometry		   String     (null)	CSG
       XtNcreatePopupChildProc	 XtCCreatePopupChildProc   Function   NULL	CSG
       XtNsaveUnder		 XtCSaveUnder		   Boolean    NULL	CSG
       XtNpopupCallback 	 XtCCallback		   Callback   NULL	CSG
       XtNpopdownCallback	 XtCCallback		   Callback   NULL	CSG
       XtNoverrideRedirect	 XtCOverrideRedirect	   Boolean    NULL	CSG
       XtNvisual		 XtCVisual		   Visual     NULL	CSG

       XtNx

       XtNy

       XtNdepth

       XtNcolormap

       XtNancestorSensitive

       XtNallowShellResize

       XtNgeometry

       XtNcreatePopupChildProc

       XtNsaveUnder

       XtNpopupCallback

       XtNpopdownCallback

       XtNoverrideRedirect

       XtNvisual

CLASS HIERARCHY

       Object(3) Rect(3) UnNamedObj(3) Core(3) Composite(3) Shell(3)

CALLBACKS

CONVENIENCE FUNCTIONS

SEE ALSO

LessTif Project 						   October 1998 							  Shell(3)

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