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Random man page:  DtDndVaDragStart(3) -- initiate a drag
The DtDndDragStart and DtDndVaDragStart functions initiate a Motif drag, with drag visuals appropriate to the type of data being dragged, and updates the translation table of the drag context. Either of the functions is called from the application's event handler, which interprets mouse events to determine when a drag should begin. The only difference between DtDndDragStart and DtDndVaDragStart i...
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Man pages are divided into section depending on topic.  There are 9 different
sections numbered from 1 (General Commands) to 9 (Kernel Developer's Manual).
You can get an introduction to each topic by typing

	man  intro

In other words, to get the intro to general commands, type

	man 1 intro
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[06/07/2005]: Added man pages for IRIX
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