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From: cflatter@zia.AOC.NRAO.EDU (Chris Flatters)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re:  xview and xv_key_data
Message-ID: <al8vn7x@openlook.Unify.Com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 16:52:06 GMT
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Frank Greco writes:
> The XVPM says (pg 170) that when you use XV_KEY_DATA, a *unique*
> key is required.  How *unique* must this be?   Obviously,
> keys must be at least unique when you attach more than one
> key to a particular XView object.  But it seems like this is the only
> restriction.
> ...
> Must all keys, regardless of the type of object it is attached to,
> be unique?

I'm sure that the key need only be unique within a particular XView object.
XView itself occasionally attaches data to an XV_KEY_DATA tag of 1 so that
disjoint parts of the package can find the data at a specific location.

		Chris Flatters