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XSelectInput - select input events SYNTAX int XSelectInput(Display *display, Window w, long eventmask); ARGUMENTS display Specifies the connection to the X server. eventmask Specifies the event mask. w Specifies the window whose events you are interested in. DESCRIPTION The XSelectInput function requests that the X server report the events associated with the specified event mask. Initially, X will not report any of these events. Events are reported relative to a window. If a window is not interested in a device event, it usually propagates to the closest ancestor that is interested, unless the donotpropagate mask prohibits it.
Setting the event-mask attribute of a window overrides any previous call for the same window but not for other clients. Multiple clients can select for the same events on the same window with the following restrictions: · Multiple clients can select events on the same window because their event masks are disjoint. When the X server generates an event, it reports it to all interested clients. · Only one client at a time can select CirculateRequest, Configur‐ eRequest, or MapRequest events, which are associated with the event mask SubstructureRedirectMask. · Only one client at a time can select a ResizeRequest event, which is associated with the event mask ResizeRedirectMask. · Only one client at a time can select a ButtonPress event, which is associated with the event mask ButtonPressMask. The server reports the event to all interested clients. XSelectInput can generate a BadWindow error. DIAGNOSTICS BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window. SEE ALSO
Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11 libX11 1.6.5 XSelectInput(3)