XMVACREATEMANAGEDDRAWINGAREA(3)

💖 XmVaCreateDrawingArea 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to the DrawingArea widget convenience creation functions — that's XmVaCreateDrawingArea and XmVaCreateManagedDrawingArea, straight out of the library call manual, section 3. yes we're doing X11/Motif lore today and honestly? iconic. sit down, grab a boba 🧋

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✨ NAME ✨

XmVaCreateDrawingArea, XmVaCreateManagedDrawingArea — A DrawingArea widget convenience creation functions.

like. they make a DrawingArea. conveniently. that's the whole vibe 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/DrawingA.h>

Widget XmVaCreateDrawingArea(
Widget parent,
String name,
...);

Widget XmVaCreateManagedDrawingArea(
Widget parent,
String name,
...);

yes the ... is doing a lot of heavy lifting there and honestly it's giving main character energy ✨

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea 🫖 — these functions create an instance of a DrawingArea widget and returns the associated widget ID. (yes, "returns" with an s, the grammar is lowkey not the point here, the widget ID is 💅)

these routines use the ANSI C variable-length argument list (varargs) calling convention. so like, you just keep tossing arguments at it and it eats them up. no cap.

XmVaCreateDrawingArea — this one is a convenience routine that calls XtCreateWidget. it's the chill, unmanaged one 🦋

XmVaCreateManagedDrawingArea — this one is a convenience routine that calls XtCreateManagedWidget. it manages the widget for you, so it's the responsible friend who actually makes the appointments 👑

now the args, one by one:

• parent — Specifies the parent widget ID. like who's your widget's parent. who's raising it. its mother, fr fr 💖
• name — Specifies the name of the created widget. give it a name bestie, it deserves one 🎀
• ... — Specifies the variable argument list to override the resource defaults. this is where you slide in all your custom settings and go feral 🌈

For a complete definition of DrawingArea and its associated resources, see XmDrawingArea(3).

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✨ RETURN ✨

Returns the DrawingArea widget ID. that's it. that's the whole return. take your widget ID and go be great 💅✨

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✨ RELATED ✨

the friend group, the squad, the ones who show up in the group chat:

• XmDrawingArea(3)
• XmCreateDrawingArea(3)
• XtCreateWidget(3)
• XtCreateManagedWidget(3)

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and that's the whole page bestie, no notes 🫶 this one's from the XmVaCreateDrawingArea(library call) manual page, footer and all, so you know it's the real deal. go forth and create widgets, you absolute icon 👑💖