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XLIB FUNCTIONS                                 XSelectInput(3x11)



NAME
     XSelectInput - select input events

SYNTAX
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]

     int XSelectInput(Display *display, Window w, long
          event_mask);

ARGUMENTS
     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     event_mask
               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.  Ini-
     tially, 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
     do_not_propagate 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:

     +o    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.

     +o    Only one client at a time can select CirculateRequest,
          ConfigureRequest, or MapRequest events, which are asso-
          ciated with the event mask SubstructureRedirectMask.

     +o    Only one client at a time can select a ResizeRequest
          event, which is associated with the event mask Resiz-
          eRedirectMask.

     +o    Only one client at a time can select a ButtonPress
          event, which is associated with the event mask But-
          tonPressMask.

     The server reports the event to all interested clients.





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XLIB FUNCTIONS                                 XSelectInput(3x11)



     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


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/library/libx11          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | See XInitThreads(3X11)      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
































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