bobm@ee.rochester.edu (Bob Molyneaux) (01/03/90)
Hi all; I can't seem to master the "niceties?" of NeWS beyond basic window creation, drawing, menues etc. I could use a quick tip. Problem: The default status of the left mouse button *in* the canvas region is null. I have an application which is menue driven. Upon selection of a certain menue entry I would like to activate interest in the left mouse button. I wish to cause the clicking (Down and or Up Transition) of the left button to return the currentcursorlocation to my C client in order that the object which is being pointed to in the display may be identified. I am using C and .CPS files to implement the application. The cursorlocation could be stored in cps variables and passed to the client easily. I just don't know how to cause the left button (or any event) do what I want. I would like to be able to alter the action taken by the left button at a later time according to some other menue selection as well as return the button to its default state. Should blockinputqueue be used to halt other input which may occur between the time of the left button click to the time the process is ready for more input?? Yes I have a NeWS manual. No I don't understand more than 50% of it. Email me at bobm@ee.rochester.edu or reply via this newsgroup. Thanks in advance for any help. ******************************************************************************** bobm@ee.rochester.edu ********************************************************************************