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qvaluator(3)  —  Unix Programmer’s Manual

NAME

qvaluator - enable queueing of valuator state changes

SYNOPSIS

C
qvaluator(v)
Device v;

FORTRAN
subroutine qvalua(v)
integer∗2 v

Pascal
procedure qvaluator(v: Device);

DESCRIPTION

Qvaluator designates a valuator as a queued device.  Its argument is a valuator device number.  Current valuators are the horizontal or vertical motion of a mouse or a dial on a control panel.  By default, no devices are queued.  Once the user decides to queue a valuator, entries are made in the event queue each time the valuator position changes by more than a a value set by the noise  command. 

The queue entry has two parts, the device number and the data. 

SEE ALSO

noise, qbutton, qkeyboard, setvaluator, unqvaluator

NOTE

This command can only be used in immediate mode. 

Silicon Graphics  —  R1c

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