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- .HS Tk_DoOneEvent tkc
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- Tk_DoOneEvent, Tk_MainLoop, Tk_HandleEvent \- wait for events and
- invoke event handlers
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <tk.h>\fR
- .sp
- int
- .VS
- \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR(\fIflags\fR)
- .VE
- .sp
- \fBTk_MainLoop\fR()
- .sp
- \fBTk_HandleEvent\fR(\fIeventPtr\fR)
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AS XEvent *eventPtr
- .AP int flags in
- .VS
- 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.
- .VE
- .AP XEvent *eventPtr in
- Pointer to X event to dispatch to relevant handler(s).
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- These three procedures are responsible for waiting for events
- and dispatching to event handlers created with the procedures
- \fBTk_CreateEventHandler\fR, \fBTk_CreateFileHandler\fR,
- \fBTk_CreateTimerHandler\fR, and \fBTk_DoWhenIdle\fR.
- \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR 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. \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR 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 \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR
- checks to see if timer callbacks are ready; if so, it
- makes a single callback and returns. If no timer callbacks
- are ready, \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR checks for \fBTk_DoWhenIdle\fR
- callbacks; if any are found, it invokes all of them and returns.
- Finally, if events or work have been found found, \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR
- 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 event or callback
- was processed.
- .PP
- If the \fIflags\fR argument to \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR is non-zero then
- .VS
- it restricts the kinds of events that will be processed by
- \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR.
- \fIFlags\fR may be an OR-ed combination of any of the following bits:
- .TP 24
- \fBTK_X_EVENTS\fR \-
- Process X events.
- .TP 24
- \fBTK_FILE_EVENTS\fR \-
- Process file events.
- .TP 24
- \fBTK_TIMER_EVENTS\fR \-
- Process timer events.
- .TP 24
- \fBTK_IDLE_EVENTS\fR \-
- Process \fBTk_DoWhenIdle\fR callbacks.
- .TP 24
- \fBTK_ALL_EVENTS\fR \-
- Process all kinds of events: equivalent to OR-ing together all of the
- above flags or specifying none of them.
- .TP 24
- \fBTK_DONT_WAIT\fR \-
- Don't sleep: process only events that are ready at the time of the
- call.
- .LP
- If any of the flags \fBTK_X_EVENTS\fR, \fBTK_FILE_EVENTS\fR,
- \fBTK_TIMER_EVENTS\fR, or \fBTK_IDLE_EVENTS\fR 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
- \fBTK_ALL_EVENTS\fR, which causes all event types to be processed.
- .PP
- The \fBTK_DONT_WAIT\fR flag causes \fBTk_DoWhenIdle\fR 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.
- \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR will also return 0 without doing anything if
- \fIflags\fR is \fBTK_IDLE_EVENTS\fR and there are no
- \fBTk_DoWhenIdle\fR callbacks pending.
- .VE
- .PP
- \fBTk_MainLoop\fR is a procedure that loops repeatedly
- calling \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR. It returns only when there
- are no applications left in this process (i.e. no main windows
- exist anymore). Most X applications will
- call \fBTk_MainLoop\fR after initialization; the main
- execution of the application will consist entirely of
- callbacks invoked by \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR.
- .PP
- \fBTk_HandleEvent\fR is a lower-level procedure invoked
- by \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR. It makes callbacks to any event
- handlers (created by calls to \fBTk_CreateEventHandler\fR)
- that match \fIeventPtr\fR and then returns. In some cases
- it may be useful for an application to read events directly
- from X and dispatch them by calling \fBTk_HandleEvent\fR,
- without going through the additional mechanism provided
- by \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR.
- .PP
- These procedures may be invoked recursively. For example,
- it is possible to invoke \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR recursively
- from a handler called by \fBTk_DoOneEvent\fR. 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.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- callback, event, handler, idle, timer
-