osf1 man page for xselectinput

Query: xselectinput

OS: osf1

Section: 3x11

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XSelectInput(3X11)														XSelectInput(3X11)

NAME
XSelectInput - select input events
SYNOPSIS
XSelectInput(display, w, event_mask) Display *display; Window w; long event_mask;
ARGUMENTS
Specifies the connection to the X server. Specifies the event mask. Specifies the window whose events you are interested in.
DESCRIPTION
The XSelectInput 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 propa- gates to the closest ancestor that is interested, unless the do_not_propagate mask prohibits it. 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 CirculateRequest, ConfigureRequest, or MapRequest events, which are associated with the event mask SubstructureRedirect- Mask. Only one client at a time can select a ResizeRequest event, which is associated with the event mask ResizeRedirectMask. Only one client at a time can select a ButtonPress event, which is associated with the event mask ButtonPressMask. The server reports the event to all interested clients. XSelectInput can generate a BadWindow error.
DIAGNOSTICS
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSO
Xlib -- C Language X Interface XSelectInput(3X11)
Related Man Pages
xgetselectedextensionevents(3x11) - redhat
xselectinput(3x11) - xfree86
xselectinput(3) - x11r4
xselectinput(3) - hpux
xselectextensionevent(3x11) - osf1
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