klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) (05/02/90)
In article <1990Apr26.122513.22794@cid.aes.doe.CA>, afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel) writes: > In SUNTOOLS there is a function notify_set_itimer_func. Is there something > equivalent in X Windows? I.E. we would like a function which would allow us > to block on an event of our choosing (other than keyboard, mouse etc.) > such as a timer event or "data available" event. The X Toolkit provides support for timers and input waiting events. Since X attempts to be operating system independent, the core X protocol does not support unusual events, but some vendors have added these as extensions. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee