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=head1 NAME

Tk_CreateEventHandler, Tk_DeleteEventHandler - associate procedure callback with an X event

=for category C Programming

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<#include E<lt>tk.hE<gt>>

B<Tk_CreateEventHandler>(I<tkwin, mask, proc, clientData>)

B<Tk_DeleteEventHandler>(I<tkwin, mask, proc, clientData>)

=head1 ARGUMENTS

=over 4

=item Tk_Window tkwin (in)

Token for window in which events may occur.

=item "unsigned long" mask (in)

Bit-mask of events (such as B<ButtonPressMask>)
for which I<proc> should be called.

=item Tk_EventProc *proc (in)

Procedure to invoke whenever an event in I<mask> occurs
in the window given by I<tkwin>.

=item ClientData clientData (in)

Arbitrary one-word value to pass to I<proc>.

=back

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<Tk_CreateEventHandler> arranges for I<proc> to be
invoked in the future whenever one of the event types specified
by I<mask> occurs in the window specified by I<tkwin>.
The callback to I<proc> will be made by B<Tk_HandleEvent>;
this mechanism only works in programs that dispatch events
through B<Tk_HandleEvent> (or through other Tk procedures that
call B<Tk_HandleEvent>, such as B<Tk_DoOneEvent> or
B<Tk_MainLoop>).

I<Proc> should have arguments and result that match the
type B<Tk_EventProc>:

 typedef void Tk_EventProc(
 	ClientData clientData,
 	XEvent *eventPtr);

The I<clientData> parameter to I<proc> is a copy of the I<clientData>
argument given to B<Tk_CreateEventHandler> when the callback
was created.  Typically, I<clientData> points to a data
structure containing application-specific information about
the window in which the event occurred.  I<EventPtr> is
a pointer to the X event, which will be one of the ones
specified in the I<mask> argument to B<Tk_CreateEventHandler>.

B<Tk_DeleteEventHandler> may be called to delete a
previously-created event handler:  it deletes the first handler
it finds that is associated with I<tkwin> and matches the
I<mask>, I<proc>, and I<clientData> arguments.  If
no such handler exists, then B<Tk_EventHandler> returns
without doing anything.  Although Tk supports it, it's probably
a bad idea to have more than one callback with the same I<mask>,
I<proc>, and I<clientData> arguments.
When a window is deleted all of its handlers will be deleted
automatically;  in this case there is no need to call
B<Tk_DeleteEventHandler>.

If multiple handlers are declared for the same type of X event
on the same window, then the handlers will be invoked in the
order they were created.

=head1 KEYWORDS

bind, callback, event, handler