NAME
XSelectInput - select input events
SYNTAX
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 .
DESCRIPTION
The
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 do_not_propagate mask prohibits it.
N Event propagation
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
or
events, which are associated with
the event mask
Only one client at a time can select
a
event, which is associated with
the event mask
Only one client at a time can select a
event, which is associated with
the event mask
The server reports the event to all interested clients.
can generate a
error.
DIAGNOSTICS
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSO