Tk Library Procedures Tk_CreateEventHandler(3TK)
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NAME
Tk_CreateEventHandler, Tk_DeleteEventHandler - associate
procedure callback with an X eventSYNOPSIS
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Tk_CreateEventHandler(tkwin, mask, proc, clientData)
Tk_DeleteEventHandler(tkwin, mask, proc, clientData)
ARGUMENTSTk_Window tkwin (in) Token for window in
which events may occur.unsigned long mask (in) Bit-mask of events
(such as But-
tonPressMask) for which proc should be called.Tk_EventProc *proc (in) Procedure to invoke
whenever an event in mask occurs in the window given by tkwin.ClientData clientData (in) Arbitrary one-word
value to pass to proc._________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Tk_CreateEventHandler arranges for proc to be invoked in the
future whenever one of the event types specified by mask occurs in the window specified by tkwin. The callback toproc will be made by Tk_HandleEvent; this mechanism only
works in programs that dispatch events throughTk_HandleEvent (or through other Tk procedures that call
Tk_HandleEvent, such as Tk_DoOneEvent or Tk_MainLoop).
Proc should have arguments and result that match the typeTk_EventProc:
typedef void Tk_EventProc(
ClientData clientData, XEvent *eventPtr); The clientData parameter to proc is a copy of the clientDataargument given to Tk_CreateEventHandler when the callback
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was created. Typically, clientData points to a data struc-
ture containing application-specific information about the
window in which the event occurred. EventPtr is a pointer to the X event, which will be one of the ones specified inthe mask argument to Tk_CreateEventHandler.
Tk_DeleteEventHandler may be called to delete a previously-
created event handler: it deletes the first handler it finds that is associated with tkwin and matches the mask, proc, and clientData arguments. If no such handler exists,then Tk_HandleEvent returns without doing anything.
Although Tk supports it, it's probably a bad idea to havemore than one callback with the same mask, proc, and client-
Data arguments. When a window is deleted all of its handlers will be deleted automatically; in this case thereis no need to call Tk_DeleteEventHandler.
If multiple handlers are declared for the same type of X event on the same window, then the handlers will be invoked in the order they were created. KEYWORDS bind, callback, event, handlerATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:_______________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
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| Availability | runtime/tk-8 |
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| Interface Stability| Uncommitted ||____________________|_________________|
NOTES Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tk Last change: 2