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Preface


This is the reference manual for OSF/Motif commands and functions. It contains toolkit, window manager, and user interface language commands and functions.

Audience

This document is written for programmers who want to write applications using Motif interfaces to use as a reference.

Typographic Conventions

This volume uses the following typographic conventions:

Manual Page Format

The manual pages in this volume use the following format:

Purpose
This section gives a short description of the interface.
Synopsis
This section describes the appropriate syntax for using the interface.
Description
This section describes the behavior of the interface. On widget manual pages there are tables of resource values in the descriptions. Those tables have the following headers:
Name
Contains the name of the resource. Each new resource is described following the new resources table.
Class
Contains the class of the resource.
Type
Contains the type of the resource.
Default
Contains the default value of the resource.
Access
Contains the access permissions for the resource. A C in this column means the resource can be set at widget creation time. An S means the resource can be set anytime. A G means the resource's value can retrieved.
Examples
This sections gives practical examples for using the interface.
Return Value
This lists the values returned by function interfaces.
Errors
This section describes the error conditions associated with using this interface.
Related Information
This section provides cross-references to related interfaces and header files described within this document.