Chapter 10: Events

A client application communicates with the X server through the connection you establish with the XOpenDisplay() function. A client application sends requests to the X server over this connection. These requests are made by the Xlib functions that are called in the client application. Many Xlib functions cause the X server to generate events, and the user's typing or moving the pointer can generate events asynchronously. The X server returns events to the client on the same connection.

This chapter discusses the following topics associated with events:

Event types
Event structures
Event mask
Event processing

Functions for handling events are dealt with in the next chapter.

Next: Event Types

Christophe Tronche, ch.tronche@computer.org