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From: slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
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Subject: Re: adding an event handler for keypresses
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Date: 3 May 91 22:53:07 GMT
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In article <114159@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> frank@cis.ohio-state.edu (Frank Adelstein) writes:
|Hello.  I'm having problems trying to add an event handler for KeyPress
|events.  Basically, for debugging, I want to be able to quit my application
|whenever I hit a 'q' key.  I have the line:
|
|XtAddEventHandler (Frame, KeyPressMask, False, KeyQuit, NULL);
|
|where Frame is a form widget, and KeyQuit is the callback, which is never
|getting called (back).  I've been able to get the same thing to work under
|Athena.  Is there something obvious or subtle that I'm missing?  Any
|suggestion or help is appreciated.  Thanks.
|
	The problem probably isn't your event handler, but keyboard focus,
	the widget is never getting the keypress.