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XSelectInput(3X11)	       XLIB FUNCTIONS		   XSelectInput(3X11)



NAME
  XSelectInput - select input events

SYNTAX
  XSelectInput(display, w, event_mask)
	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 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 propagates 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, ConfigureRe-
       quest, or MapRequest events, which are associated with the event mask
       SubstructureRedirectMask.

  +    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

  BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.



SEE ALSO
  Xlib - C Language X Interface




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