EDITRES(1)
EDITRES(1)
NAME
editres − a dynamic resource editor for X Toolkit applications
SYNTAX
editres [ −toolkitoption ... ]
OPTIONS
Editres accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options (see X(7)). The order of the command
line options is not important.
DESCRIPTION
Editres is a tool that allows users and application developers to view the full widget hierarchy of any X
Toolkit application that speaks the Editres protocol.
In addition, editres will help the user construct
resource specifications, allow the user to apply the resource to the application and view the results dynami-
cally. Once the user is happy with a resource specification editres will append the resource string to the
user’s X Resources file.
USING EDITRES
Editres provides a window consisting of the following four areas:
Menu Bar
A set of popup menus that allow you full access to editres’s features.
Panner
The panner allows a more intuitive way to scroll the application tree display.
Message Area
Displays information to the user about the action that editres expects of her.
Application Widget Tree
This area will be used to display the selected application’s widget tree.
To begin an editres session select the Get Widget Tree menu item from the command menu. This will
change the pointer cursor to cross hair. You should now select the application you wish look at by clicking
on any of its windows. If this application understands the editres protocol then editres will display the
application’s widget tree in its tree window. If the application does not understand the editres protocol
editres will inform you of this fact in the message area after a few seconds delay.
Once you have a widget tree you may now select any of the other menu options. The effect of each of these
is described below.
COMMANDS
Get Widget Tree
Allows the user to click on any application that speaks the editres protocol and receive its widget
tree.
Refresh Current Widget Tree
Editres only knows about the widgets that exist at the present time. Many applications cr