Re: how to enable new signal for a widget

[Tim Müller <zen18864 zen co uk>]

On Thursday 11 March 2004 14:45, manu aradhya wrote:

> I a defined a new signal using gtk_signal_new()
> then i am emiting it by
> gtk_signal_emit_by_name(GTK_OBJECT(drawingarea1),
> "my_signal", NULL);
>
> before that i think i need to call
>
> gtk_widget_set_events(drawingarea1, GDK_EXPOSURE_MASK
>
> | GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY_MASK |
>
>            GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK |
> GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK);
>
> how to set the mask for my own defined signal so that
> widget receives the signal.any ideas.

I think you might want to have a look at the difference between events and 
signals (see for example: http://www.gtk.org/faq/#AEN556 ).

Also, you should be using GObject functions instead of the deprecated 
GtkObject functions (g_signal_new instead of gtk_signal_new etc.) if you're 
using Gtk+-2.x.

You'll probably get better responses if you give some more details of what are 
you trying to do exactly.

Cheers
 -Tim