xmtabcreate(3) [redhat man page]

XmTabCreate(library call)												 XmTabCreate(library call)

NAME

       XmTabCreate -- A convenience function that creates a tab stop

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/Xm.h>
       XmTab XmTabCreate(
       float value,
       unsigned char units,
       XmOffsetModel offset_model,
       unsigned char alignment,
       char *decimal);

DESCRIPTION

       XmTabCreate creates a tab stop at a position defined by the value and units arguments.

       value	 Specifies  the  floating  point  value to be used in conjunction with units to calculate the location of the tab stop.  Note that
		 negative values are not permitted.

       units	 Specifies the unit type (for example, XmMILLIMETERS) to be used in conjunction with value to calculate the location  of  the  tab
		 stop.	You  can  specify any unit described by the XmConvertUnits reference page.  For resources of type, dimension, or position,
		 you can specify units as described in the XmNunitType resource of the XmGadget, XmManager, or XmPrimitive reference page.

       offset_model
		 Specifies whether the tab value represents an absolute position or a relative offset from the	previous  tab.	Valid  values  are
		 XmABSOLUTE and XmRELATIVE.

       alignment Specifies how the text should be aligned relative to this tab stop.  Valid values are XmALIGNMENT_BEGINNING.

       decimal	 Specifies  the  multibyte character in the current language environment to be used as the decimal point for a decimal aligned tab
		 stop. This is currently unused.

RETURN

       Returns a newly allocated XmTab.  The application is responsible for managing this allocated space.  The application can recover this allo-
       cated space by calling XmTabFree.

RELATED

       XmTab(3) and XmTabFree(3).

															 XmTabCreate(library call)

XmTabList(library call) 												   XmTabList(library call)

NAME

       XmTabList -- Data type for a tab list

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/Xm.h>
       XmTabList

DESCRIPTION

       XmTabList  is  the data type for a tab list. A tab list consists of tab stop list entries (XmTabs). Whenever a tab component is encountered
       while an XmString is being rendered, the origin of the next X draw depends on the next XmTab. If a tab stop would cause	text  to  overlap,
       the x position for the segment is reset to follow immediately after the end of the previous segment.

       Tab lists are specified in resource files with the following syntax:

       resource_spec: tab WHITESPACE [, WHITESPACE tab ]*

       The  resource  value  string consists of one or more tabs separated by commas. Each tab identifies the value of the tab, the unit type, and
       whether the offset is relative or absolute. For example:

       tab := float [ WHITESPACE units ]
       float := [ sign ] [[ DIGIT]*. ]DIGIT+
       sign := +

       where the presence or absence of sign indicates, respectively, a relative offset or an absolute offset. Note that negative tab  values  are
       not allowed. units indicates the unitType to use as described in the XmConvertUnits reference page.

       For example, the following specifies a tab list consisting of a one inch absolute tab followed by a one inch relative tab:

       *tabList: 1in, +1in

       For  resources  of type, dimension, or position, you can specify units as described in the XmNunitType resource of the XmGadget, XmManager,
       or XmPrimitive reference page.

RELATED

       Refer to the Motif Programmer's Guide for more information about tabs and tab  lists.   XmTabListCopy(3),  XmTabListFree(3),  XmTabListGet-
       Tab(3), XmTabListInsertTabs(3), XmTabListRemoveTabs(3), XmTabListReplacePositions(3), and XmTabListTabCount(3).

															   XmTabList(library call)