NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

Tk_BindingTable
B<Tk_CreateBindingTable(>I<interp>B<)>

B<Tk_DeleteBindingTable(>I<bindingTable>B<)>

unsigned long
B<Tk_CreateBinding(>I<interp, bindingTable, object, eventString, script, append>B<)>

int
B<Tk_DeleteBinding(>I<interp, bindingTable, object, eventString>B<)>

char *
B<Tk_GetBinding(>I<interp, bindingTable, object, eventString>B<)>

B<Tk_GetAllBindings(>I<interp, bindingTable, object>B<)>

B<Tk_DeleteAllBindings(>I<bindingTable, object>B<)>

B<Tk_BindEvent(>I<bindingTable, eventPtr, tkwin, numObjects, objectPtr>B<)>

ARGUMENTS

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 B<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 I<script> to existing script for binding,
if any; zero means replace existing script with new one.

XEvent *eventPtr (in)

X event to match against bindings in I<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 I<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

These procedures provide a general-purpose mechanism for creating
and invoking bindings.
Bindings are organized in terms of I<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 I<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 B<bind> command.
For this table, objects are pointers to strings such as window names, class
names, or other binding tags such as B<all>.
Tk also keeps a separate binding table for each canvas widget, which manages
bindings created by the canvas's B<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 B<Tk_CreateBindingTable> creates a new binding
table and associates I<interp> with it (when bindings in the
table are invoked, the scripts will be evaluated in I<interp>).
B<Tk_CreateBindingTable> returns a token for the table, which
must be used in calls to other procedures such as B<Tk_CreateBinding>
or B<Tk_BindEvent>.

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

B<Tk_CreateBinding> adds a new binding to an existing table.
The I<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 I<eventString> argument identifies the event or sequence
of events for the binding;  
See the B<bind> manual entry for a description of its format.
I<script> is the Tcl script to be evaluated when the binding
triggers.
I<append> indicates what to do if there already
exists a binding for I<object> and I<eventString>:  if I<append>
is zero then I<script> replaces the old script;  if I<append>
is non-zero then the new script is appended to the old one.
B<Tk_CreateBinding> returns an X event mask for all the events
associated with the bindings.
This information may be useful to invoke B<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., I<eventString>
refers to a non-existent event), then 0 is returned and an error
message is left in I<interp-E<gt>result>.

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

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

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

B<Tk_DeleteAllBindings> deletes all of the bindings in
I<bindingTable> that are associated with I<object>.

B<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.
B<Tk_BindEvent> processes each of the objects pointed to
by I<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 B<bind>,
and invokes the script for that binding.
If there are no matching bindings for a particular object, then
the object is skipped.
B<Tk_BindEvent> continues through all of the objects, handling
exceptions such as errors, B<break>, and B<continue> as
described in the documentation for B<bind>.

KEYWORDS

binding, event, object, script