Translation tables

[Russell Shaw]

Hi,
On P.257 of "X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual"
(Volume Four Motif Edition, OSF/Motif 1.2 Edition) it says
all <Key>b events not preceded by <Key>a events are discarded
with a translation table:

<Key>a,<Key>b : something()
<Key> : else()

Why? Was there a design decision to do that, or was it just
a quirk that a particular algorithm happen to have?

It says <Key>b events will work as expected with:

<Key>a,<Key>b : something()
<Key>b : else()
<Key> : else()

[KV-2]

Hi!
It looks meeningfuly to me - it says that translation " <Key>a,<Key>b
: something()" fires up something() only if you have pushed <Key>a and
then <Key> b. Remember that each line decribes one translation, its
simple...

Post by Russell Shaw
On P.257 of "X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual"
(Volume Four Motif Edition, OSF/Motif 1.2 Edition) it says
all <Key>b events not preceded by <Key>a events are discarded
<Key>a,<Key>b : something()
<Key> : else()
Why? Was there a design decision to do that, or was it just
a quirk that a particular algorithm happen to have?
<Key>a,<Key>b : something()
<Key>b : else()
<Key> : else()

[Russell Shaw]

Post by KV-2
Hi!
It looks meeningfuly to me - it says that translation " <Key>a,<Key>b
: something()" fires up something() only if you have pushed <Key>a and
then <Key> b. Remember that each line decribes one translation, its
simple...

Yes but for the sequence <Key>x, <Key>b, ...
then <Key>b is discarded instead of reaching the catch-all <Key>.

Post by KV-2

Post by Russell Shaw
On P.257 of "X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual"
(Volume Four Motif Edition, OSF/Motif 1.2 Edition) it says
all <Key>b events not preceded by <Key>a events are discarded
<Key>a,<Key>b : something()
<Key> : else()
Why? Was there a design decision to do that, or was it just
a quirk that a particular algorithm happen to have?
<Key>a,<Key>b : something()
<Key>b : else()
<Key> : else()