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Re: What does HANDLE-EVENT do?

  Date:     Thu, 26 May 94 18:16:02 EDT
  From: Nichael Cramer <ncramer@BBN.COM>
  To: clim@BBN.COM
  Subject:  What does HANDLE-EVENT do?
  
  [Allegro/Sparc/CLIM2]
  
  I can't seem to get the method HANDLE-EVENT to be called.  (Described, for
  example, in Section 20.4.1 of the CLIM2 manual as one of the methods that I
  "need to be cognizant of to write [my] own classes of gadget".)
  
  I have a class MY-GADGET which I display in the standard way:
  
    (clim:with-output-as-gadget (STREAM)
       (clim:make-pane 'my-gadget
                       :client *MY-CLIENT*
                         ....)
  
  This gets displayed properly, however nothing I do (e.g. pointer-clicks,
  keyboard input, waving the pointer around, etc) will cause the HANDLE-EVENT
  to be called on my gadget.
  
  In point of fact, the only time the method seems to be called _anywhere_ on
  _anything_ is for a few POINTER-ENTER/EXIT-EVENTs on some viewports.
  
  (I've tried mixing-in everything I can think of into my gadget-class, still
  no luck.)
  
  What am I doing wrong?  If this is not the way to get my hands on these
  kinds of events, then what should I be doing?
  
  Thanks
  Nichael

There is a file, custom-gadget.lisp, that I put some time ago on
cambridge.apple.com.  It contains a working push-button and a working
slider.  The test code displays them on an accept-values pane and they
seem to work.  The button is displayed using with-output-as-gadget.
The slider is displayed by defining a "view" and invoking ACCEPT.

Perhaps by comparing your code with that code, you may see the problem.

jeff
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