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Subject: Re: [On the new Install]
To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 19:13:46 -0500 (CDT)
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> Well, I _am_ constrained somewhat by the objects that libdialog gives
> me!  In this particular case, I have no other way of knowing when the
> user wants to leave the menu!  When you're selecting an item and
> hitting return, what you're REALLY doing is selecting the OK button

Ah-ha!

It's motif semantics. "Go to next entry" is "Tab" and return is "OK".

One of the many ways Motif sucks. You either have to live with it and tell
people not to hit RETURN until the screen is complete, or make RETURN act
like TAB and use some other key for RETURN.