Re: Non-character input events

[Kevin Rodgers]

Joe Fineman wrote:

> Which Elisp manual is that?  I have downloaded both the version 21.2
> manual and the version 20.3 manual from the Gnu Web site, and each
> contains only one bare mention of input events. 

Even the venerable 19.34 elisp manual contains this:


File: elisp,  Node: Input Events,  Next: Reading Input,  Prev: Command Loop 
Info,  Up: Command Loop

Input Events
============

   The Emacs command loop reads a sequence of "input events" that
represent keyboard or mouse activity.  The events for keyboard activity
are characters or symbols; mouse events are always lists.  This section
describes the representation and meaning of input events in detail.

 - Function: eventp OBJECT
     This function returns non-`nil' if OBJECT is an input event.

* Menu:

* Keyboard Events::             Ordinary characters-keys with symbols on them.
* Function Keys::               Function keys-keys with names, not symbols.
* Mouse Events::                Overview of mouse events.
* Click Events::                Pushing and releasing a mouse button.
* Drag Events::                 Moving the mouse before releasing the button.
* Button-Down Events::          A button was pushed and not yet released.
* Repeat Events::               Double and triple click (or drag, or down).
* Motion Events::               Just moving the mouse, not pushing a button.
* Focus Events::                Moving the mouse between frames.
* Misc Events::                 Other events window systems can generate.
* Event Examples::              Examples of the lists for mouse events.
* Classifying Events::          Finding the modifier keys in an event symbol.
                                Event types.
* Accessing Events::            Functions to extract info from events.
* Strings of Events::           Special considerations for putting
                                  keyboard character events in a string.

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