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authorMatthias Melcher <fltk@matthiasm.com>2007-10-06 17:54:25 +0000
committerMatthias Melcher <fltk@matthiasm.com>2007-10-06 17:54:25 +0000
commita9456e49f421460d8439b651e40953e0ed7ef5ed (patch)
tree7138765311179d4822bee13c0cec4b7f6d54d795 /documentation/basics.html
parentf6de9c9692cf13e8df8dc980c2a5e7c73773a432 (diff)
STR #1718: added short documentation to Basics that briefly explains automatic parenting.
git-svn-id: file:///fltk/svn/fltk/branches/branch-1.1@5944 ea41ed52-d2ee-0310-a9c1-e6b18d33e121
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@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
<!-- NEED 2in -->
<P>After including the required header files, the program then creates a
-window:</P>
+window. All following widgets will automatically be children of this window.</P>
<UL><PRE>
Fl_Window *window = new <A href="Fl_Window.html#Fl_Window">Fl_Window</A>(300,180);
</PRE></UL>
-<P>and a box with the &quot;Hello, World!&quot; string in it:</P>
+<P>Then we create a box with the &quot;Hello, World!&quot; string in it.</P>
<UL><PRE>
Fl_Box *box = new <A href="Fl_Box.html#Fl_Box">Fl_Box</A>(20,40,260,100,&quot;Hello, World!&quot;);
@@ -60,10 +60,15 @@ box-&gt;<A href=Fl_Widget.html#Fl_Widget.labelfont>labelfont</A>(FL_BOLD+FL_ITAL
box-&gt;<A href=Fl_Widget.html#Fl_Widget.labeltype>labeltype</A>(FL_SHADOW_LABEL);
</PRE></UL>
-<P>Finally, we show the window and enter the FLTK event loop:</P>
+<P>We tell FLTK that we will not add any more widgets to the window.</P>
<UL><PRE>
window-&gt;<A href=Fl_Group.html#Fl_Group.end>end</A>();
+</PRE></UL>
+
+<P>Finally, we show the window and enter the FLTK event loop:</P>
+
+<UL><PRE>
window-&gt;<A href=Fl_Window.html#Fl_Window.show>show</A>(argc, argv);
return <A href="Fl.html#Fl.run">Fl::run</A>();
</PRE></UL>