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mouse_waitforupdate

mouse_waitforupdate(3)						Svgalib User Manual					    mouse_waitforupdate(3)

NAME

       mouse_waitforupdate - wait for an mouse update

SYNOPSIS

       #include <vgamouse.h>

       void mouse_waitforupdate(void);

DESCRIPTION

       This reads in mouse events from the mouse buffer and updates the internal svgalib variables which store the current mouse position and but-
       ton states. If there are no events the function does not return until one occurs.

SEE ALSO

       svgalib(7),  vgagl(7),  libvga.config(5),  eventtest(6),  mouse_close(3),  mouse_init(3),  mouse_getposition_6d(3),   mouse_setposition(3),
       mouse_setscale(3),  mouse_setwrap(3),  mouse_setxrange(3),  mouse_getx(3),  mouse_waitforupdate(3),  vga_setmousesupport(3), mouse_seteven-
       thandler(3), vga_waitevent(3)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced function as well as of the
       original documentation is unknown.

       It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally  this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections
       to this first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>;= 1.2.11)						   27 July 1997 					    mouse_waitforupdate(3)

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