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From: mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Getting Events in GetNextEvent patch
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Date: 13 Nov 90 11:36:21 GMT
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In article <998@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> robinson@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (John Robinson) writes:
>I am working on an init that pops up a dialog window when you hit a
>user-definable key sequence.  I accomplish this by patching GetNextEvent
>and looking for the appropiate event in the Event Queue.  If it is there,
>I pop-up my window.  How should I go about getting subsquent events for
>my dialog should I manually look throught the event queue for mouse-down
>events and the like.

Why do you search the Event Queue for your event in the first place. IMHO, it is
better to 
 
 - patch SystemEvent
 - wait for it to be called with your Hot Key
 - Do The Right Thing
 - return from SystemEvent indication the Hot Key had been handled.

During your popup dialog, you just can call GetNextEvent.
 
>Do I also need to patch WaitNextEvent or does it call GetNextEvent?

I think it currently does. I'd like to know myself, though, how long 
things will stay that way.

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher                                   mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch
   "These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can 
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