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<H2><A NAME=0.1>0.1 About This Manual</H2>
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<p>This manual is the programmer's guide to the Tix library. It takes you
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though a step-by-step tutorial about the different widgets and
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functions available in the Tix library. It also covers how to write
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new widgets using the Tix Intrinsics objecr-oriented programming
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interface. The accompanying <i> Tix Reference Manual</i> is a collection
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of the Tix manual pages. It describes all the options and other
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details of the Tix widgets and functions.
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<H2><A NAME=0.2>0.2 About This HTML Document</H2>
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<p> This HTML document is converted from LaTeX source files to HTML by a
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home grown TeX to HTML converter. This converted is written solely
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in TCL and it can convert any LaTeX commands used in this document
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(and probably nothing else).
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<p><H2><A NAME=0.3>0.3 Other Formats Of This Document</H2>
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<p> This document is also available both postscript and HTML format. The
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postscript format is available at
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<a href=ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/tix-4.0.ps.gz>ftp://ftp.xpi.com/pub/tix-4.0.ps.gz</a>. The HTML format is
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available from <a href=http://www.xpi.com/tix/doc/tix-4.0/tix.book.html>http://www.xpi.com/tix/doc/tix-4.0/tix.book.html</a>
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<p><H2><A NAME=0.4>0.4 Organization of This Manual</H2>
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<p> Chapter <a href=intro.tex.html#1>1 </a>, <i> Introduction</i> gets you started with the
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Tix widgets by describing their basic options and
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operations. Chapter <a href=container.tex.html#2>2 </a>, <i> Container Widgets</i>,
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describes the Tix widgets that can be used to contain other widgets
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and maintain their geometry. Chapter <a href=tlist.tex.html#3>3 </a>, <i> TList
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Widget and Display Items</i>, describes the tabular listbox widget and
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the Tix display items, which are used by many Tix widgets. Chapter
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<a href=hlist.tex.html#4>4 </a>, <i> Hierarchical Listbox</i>, describes how to create
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a hierarchical list structure using the TixHList widget. Chapter
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<a href=filesel.tex.html#5>5 </a>, <i> Selection Files and Directories</i>, describes
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how to use the file and directory selection widgets in the Tix
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library. Finally, Chapter <a href=oop.tex.html#6>6 </a>, <i> Tix Object Oriented
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Programming</i>, describes how to use the Tix object oriented
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programming library to create new classes of Tix widgets.
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