Re: gtk_event_put() and foreign GDK windows

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 16:02, Dave Menendez wrote:
> I apologize for the typo in the thread title:  the subject should be
> "gdk_event_put() and foreign GDK windows".
>
> ===========
>
> I have a GdkWindow which I created with gdk_window_foreign_new(),
> wrapping a GdkWindow around an nedit X window.  I'm able to select for
> and handle GDK events on it just fine.
>
> However, when I want to send a synthetic key press event, for example,
> to nedit using gdk_event_put() and specifying its GdkWindow, the nedit
> application itself doesn't seem to see the key press (i.e., no new
> character appears in the edit window).  Interestingly, though, the event
> is successfully placed in the GDK event queue and my application can see
> it fine.
>
> So it seems as if gdk_event_put() when used on a foreign GDK window will
> place the event in my local application's gdk event queue but will not
> send an actual X event to the foreign X window.  I'm able to get Nedit
> to see a key press only by sending an XEvent myself at the Xlib level. 
> Is this the intended behavior of gdk_event_put()?

Yes, you have it exactly. (Using Xlib directly is generally the right
thing to do when you are doing something specific to X.)

Regards,
                                                Owen