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Tk_CreateBindingTable(3Tk)			    Tk_CreateBindingTable(3Tk)


NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     Tk_CreateBindingTable, Tk_DeleteBindingTable, Tk_CreateBinding,
     Tk_DeleteBinding, Tk_GetBinding, Tk_GetAllBindings, Tk_DeleteAllBindings,
     Tk_BindEvent - invoke scripts in response to X events

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <tk.h>

     Tk_BindingTable
     Tk_CreateBindingTable(interp)

     Tk_DeleteBindingTable(bindingTable)

     unsigned long
     Tk_CreateBinding(interp, bindingTable, object, eventString, script, append)

     int
     Tk_DeleteBinding(interp, bindingTable, object, eventString)

     char *
     Tk_GetBinding(interp, bindingTable, object, eventString)

     Tk_GetAllBindings(interp, bindingTable, object)

     Tk_DeleteAllBindings(bindingTable,	object)

     Tk_BindEvent(bindingTable,	eventPtr, tkwin, numObjects, objectPtr)

ARGUMENTS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Tcl_Interp	       *interp	      (in)	Interpreter to use when
						invoking bindings in binding
						table.	Also used for
						returning results and errors
						from binding procedures.

     Tk_BindingTable   bindingTable   (in)	Token for binding table;  must
						have been returned by some
						previous call to
						Tk_CreateBindingTable.

     ClientData	       object	      (in)	Identifies object with which
						binding	is associated.

     char	       *eventString   (in)	String describing event
						sequence.

     char	       *script	      (in)	Tcl script to invoke when
						binding	triggers.

     int	       append	      (in)	Non-zero means append script
						to existing script for
						binding, if any; zero means



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Tk_CreateBindingTable(3Tk)			    Tk_CreateBindingTable(3Tk)



						replace	existing script	with
						new one.

     XEvent	       *eventPtr      (in)	X event	to match against
						bindings in bindingTable.

     Tk_Window	       tkwin	      (in)	Identifier for any window on
						the display where the event
						occurred.  Used	to find
						display-related	information
						such as	key maps.

     int	       numObjects     (in)	Number of object identifiers
						pointed	to by objectPtr.

     ClientData	       *objectPtr     (in)	Points to an array of object
						identifiers:  bindings will be
						considered for each of these
						objects	in order from first to
						last.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     These procedures provide a	general-purpose	mechanism for creating and
     invoking bindings.	 Bindings are organized	in terms of binding tables.  A
     binding table consists of a collection of bindings	plus a history of
     recent events.  Within a binding table, bindings are associated with
     objects.  The meaning of an object	is defined by clients of the binding
     package.  For example, Tk keeps uses one binding table to hold all	of the
     bindings created by the bind command.  For	this table, objects are
     pointers to strings such as window	names, class names, or other binding
     tags such as all.	Tk also	keeps a	separate binding table for each	canvas
     widget, which manages bindings created by the canvas's bind widget
     command;  within this table, an object is either a	pointer	to the
     internal structure	for a canvas item or a Tk_Uid identifying a tag.

     The procedure Tk_CreateBindingTable creates a new binding table and
     associates	interp with it (when bindings in the table are invoked,	the
     scripts will be evaluated in interp).  Tk_CreateBindingTable returns a
     token for the table, which	must be	used in	calls to other procedures such
     as	Tk_CreateBinding or Tk_BindEvent.

     Tk_DeleteBindingTable frees all of	the state associated with a binding
     table.  Once it returns the caller	should not use the bindingTable	token
     again.

     Tk_CreateBinding adds a new binding to an existing	table.	The object
     argument identifies the object with which the binding is to be
     associated, and it	may be any one-word value.  Typically it is a pointer
     to	a string or data structure.  The eventString argument identifies the
     event or sequence of events for the binding;  see the documentation for
     the bind command for a description	of its format.	script is the Tcl



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Tk_CreateBindingTable(3Tk)			    Tk_CreateBindingTable(3Tk)



     script to be evaluated when the binding triggers.	append indicates what
     to	do if there already exists a binding for object	and eventString:  if
     append is zero then script	replaces the old script;  if append is nonzero
 then the new script is appended to the old one.  Tk_CreateBinding
     returns an	X event	mask for all the events	associated with	the bindings.
     This information may be useful to invoke XSelectInput to select relevant
     events, or	to disallow the	use of certain events in bindings.  If an
     error occurred while creating the binding (e.g., eventString refers to a
     non-existent event), then 0 is returned and an error message is left in
     interp->result.

     Tk_DeleteBinding removes from bindingTable	the binding given by object
     and eventString, if such a	binding	exists.	 Tk_DeleteBinding always
     returns TCL_OK.  In some cases it may reset interp->result	to the default
     empty value.

     Tk_GetBinding returns a pointer to	the script associated with eventString
     and object	in bindingTable.  If no	such binding exists then NULL is
     returned and an error message is left in interp->result.

     Tk_GetAllBindings returns in interp->result a list	of all the event
     strings for which there are bindings in bindingTable associated with
     object.  If there are no bindings for object then an empty	string is
     returned in interp->result.

     Tk_DeleteAllBindings deletes all of the bindings in bindingTable that are
     associated	with object.

     Tk_BindEvent is called to process an event.  It makes a copy of the event
     in	an internal history list associated with the binding table, then it
     checks for	bindings that match the	event.	Tk_BindEvent processes each of
     the objects pointed to by objectPtr in turn.  For each object, it finds
     all the bindings that match the current event history, selects the	most
     specific binding using the	priority mechanism described in	the
     documentation for bind, and invokes the script for	that binding.  If
     there are no matching bindings for	a particular object, then the object
     is	skipped.  Tk_BindEvent continues through all of	the objects, handling
     exceptions	such as	errors,	break, and continue as described in the
     documentation for bind.

KEYWORDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     binding, event, object, script


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