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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / tevent.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex b/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex
index b86612c155e023a5e861ef56adcf2dd469f3d03b..282cde947f9b79ab8bcf8cff5cf2641471db55d8 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ defining the appropriate event table, and then call
 \rtfsp\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler} (or, preferably,
 \rtfsp\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler}) to make this
 event handler the object that responds to events. This way, you can avoid
-a lot of class derivation, and use the same event handler object to
+a lot of class derivation, and use the same event handler class (but different
+objects as the same event handler object shouldn't be used more than once) to
 handle events from instances of different classes. If you ever have to call a window's event handler
 manually, use the GetEventHandler function to retrieve the window's event handler and use that
 to call the member function. By default, GetEventHandler returns a pointer to the window itself
@@ -440,16 +441,21 @@ and this is done using the following macros:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 // in the header of the source file
+BEGIN_DECLARE_EVENT_TYPES()
 DECLARE_EVENT_TYPE(name, value)
+END_DECLARE_EVENT_TYPES()
 
 // in the implementation
 DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(name)
 \end{verbatim}
 
 You can ignore the {\it value} parameter of the DECLARE\_EVENT\_TYPE macro
-since it used only for backwards compatibility with wxWidgets 2.0.x based
+since it is used only for backwards compatibility with wxWidgets 2.0.x based
 applications where you have to give the event type ID an explicit value.
 
+See also the \helpref{event sample}{sampleevent} for an example of code
+defining and working with the custom event types.
+
 \wxheading{Using existing event classes}
 
 If you just want to use a \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent} with
@@ -508,9 +514,9 @@ but responds to a range of window identifiers.}
 expects a member function with a wxCommandEvent argument.}
 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE(id1, id2, event, func)}}{The same as EVT\_CUSTOM\_RANGE, but
 expects a member function with a wxCommandEvent argument.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{EVT\_NOTIFY(id, event, func)}}{The same as EVT\_CUSTOM, but
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{EVT\_NOTIFY(event, id, func)}}{The same as EVT\_CUSTOM, but
 expects a member function with a wxNotifyEvent argument.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{EVT\_NOTIFY\_RANGE(id1, id2, event, func)}}{The same as EVT\_CUSTOM\_RANGE, but
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{EVT\_NOTIFY\_RANGE(event, id1, id2, func)}}{The same as EVT\_CUSTOM\_RANGE, but
 expects a member function with a wxNotifyEvent argument.}
 \end{twocollist}
 
@@ -521,9 +527,7 @@ Under certain circumstances, it will be required to define your own event
 class e.g. for sending more complex data from one place to another. Apart
 from defining your event class, you will also need to define your own
 event table macro (which is quite long). Watch out to put in enough
-casts to the inherited event function. Here is an example, taken mostly
-from the {\it wxPlot} library, which is in the {\it contrib} section of
-the wxWidgets sources.
+casts to the inherited event function. Here is an example:
 
 {\small%
 \begin{verbatim}
@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ private:
     wxPlotCurve   *m_curve;
 };
 
-DECLARE_EVENT_MACRO( wxEVT_PLOT_ACTION, -1 )
+DECLARE_EVENT_TYPE( wxEVT_PLOT_ACTION, -1 )
 
 typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*wxPlotEventFunction)(wxPlotEvent&);