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Tk_DoOneEvent(3) Tk Library Procedures
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NAME
Tk_DoOneEvent, Tk_MainLoop, Tk_HandleEvent - wait for events
and invoke event handlers
SYNOPSIS
#include <tk.h>
int
Tk_DoOneEvent(_f_l_a_g_s) |
Tk_MainLoop()
Tk_HandleEvent(_e_v_e_n_t_P_t_r)
ARGUMENTS
int _f_l_a_g_s (in) This parameter is normally |
zero. It may be an OR-ed |
combination of any of the |
following flag bits: |
TK_X_EVENTS, TK_FILE_EVENTS, |
TK_TIMER_EVENTS, |
TK_IDLE_EVENTS, |
TK_ALL_EVENTS, or |
TK_DONT_WAIT.
XEvent *_e_v_e_n_t_P_t_r (in) Pointer to X event to
dispatch to relevant
handler(s).
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DESCRIPTION
These three procedures are responsible for waiting for
events and dispatching to event handlers created with the
procedures Tk_CreateEventHandler, Tk_CreateFileHandler,
Tk_CreateTimerHandler, and Tk_DoWhenIdle. Tk_DoOneEvent is
the key procedure. It waits for a single event of any sort
to occur, invokes the handler(s) for that event, and then
returns. Tk_DoOneEvent first checks for X events and file-
related events; if one is found then it calls the
handler(s) for the event and returns. If there are no X or
file events pending, then Tk_DoOneEvent checks to see if
timer callbacks are ready; if so, it makes a single call-
back and returns. If no timer callbacks are ready,
Tk_DoOneEvent checks for Tk_DoWhenIdle callbacks; if any
are found, it invokes all of them and returns. Finally, if
events or work have been found found, Tk_DoOneEvent sleeps
until a timer, file, or X event occurs; then it processes
the first event found (in the order given above) and
returns. The normal return value is 1 to signify that some
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event or callback was processed.
If the _f_l_a_g_s argument to Tk_DoOneEvent is non-zero then it |
restricts the kinds of events that will be processed by |
Tk_DoOneEvent. _F_l_a_g_s may be an OR-ed combination of any of |
the following bits: |
TK_X_EVENTS - ||
Process X events. |
TK_FILE_EVENTS - ||
Process file events. |
TK_TIMER_EVENTS - ||
Process timer events. |
TK_IDLE_EVENTS - ||
Process Tk_DoWhenIdle callbacks. |
TK_ALL_EVENTS - ||
Process all kinds of events: |
equivalent to OR-ing together all of |
the above flags or specifying none |
of them. |
TK_DONT_WAIT - ||
Don't sleep: process only events |
that are ready at the time of the |
call. |
If any of the flags TK_X_EVENTS, TK_FILE_EVENTS, |
TK_TIMER_EVENTS, or TK_IDLE_EVENTS is set, then the only |
events that will be considered are those for which flags are |
set. Setting none of these flags is equivalent to the value |
TK_ALL_EVENTS, which causes all event types to be processed. |
The TK_DONT_WAIT flag causes Tk_DoWhenIdle not to put the |
process to sleep: it will check for events but if none are |
found then it returns immediately with a return value of 0 |
to indicate that no work was done. Tk_DoOneEvent will also |
return 0 without doing anything if _f_l_a_g_s is TK_IDLE_EVENTS |
and there are no Tk_DoWhenIdle callbacks pending.
Tk_MainLoop is a procedure that loops repeatedly calling
Tk_DoOneEvent. It returns only when there are no applica-
tions left in this process (i.e. no main windows exist
anymore). Most X applications will call Tk_MainLoop after
initialization; the main execution of the application will
consist entirely of callbacks invoked by Tk_DoOneEvent.
Tk_HandleEvent is a lower-level procedure invoked by
Tk_DoOneEvent. It makes callbacks to any event handlers
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(created by calls to Tk_CreateEventHandler) that match
_e_v_e_n_t_P_t_r and then returns. In some cases it may be useful
for an application to read events directly from X and
dispatch them by calling Tk_HandleEvent, without going
through the additional mechanism provided by Tk_DoOneEvent.
These procedures may be invoked recursively. For example,
it is possible to invoke Tk_DoOneEvent recursively from a
handler called by Tk_DoOneEvent. This sort of operation is
useful in some modal situations, such as when a notifier has
been popped up and an application wishes to wait for the
user to click a button in the notifier before doing anything
else.
KEYWORDS
callback, event, handler, idle, timer
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