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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,ba.windows.x
Subject: Re: Help with passive keyboard grab under Motif
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Date: 9 Oct 90 16:19:36 GMT
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In article <21085@well.sf.ca.us>, sri@well.sf.ca.us (Software Research Inc) writes:
|> I'm trying to intercept a F1 key sequence, but I'm having problem
|> with the XGrabKey().  I've followed everything in the Xlib manuals,

In general, it is not a good idea to mix Xlib functions with X Toolkit
functions, except inside for widgets.  XGrabKey interferes with the X
Toolkit input manager.  Motif 1.1 and X11R4 include the function
XtGrabKey that you should use instead.

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Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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