allow to optionally use vendor name component in standard paths (slightly modified...

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

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex b/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex
index 033020c84cc36cf0211032fe65e6ae0c6a935634..7468d45803e380c3dd43826aa1927c1f7a59126d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/tevent.tex
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ the user-generated events. The only {\bf exceptions} to this rule are:
 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl::Delete}{wxtreectrldelete}}{No event-free alternatives}
 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl::DeleteAllItems}{wxtreectrldeleteallitems}}{No event-free alternatives}
 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl::EditLabel}{wxtreectrleditlabel}}{No event-free alternatives}
-\twocolitem{All \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl} methods}
-{\helpref{wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue}{wxtextctrlchangevalue} can be used instead
+\twocolitem{All \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl} methods}{\helpref{wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue}{wxtextctrlchangevalue} can be used instead
 of \helpref{wxTextCtrl::SetValue}{wxtextctrlsetvalue} but the other functions,
 such as \helpref{Replace}{wxtextctrlreplace} or \helpref{WriteText}{wxtextctrlwritetext} 
 don't have event-free equivalents}
@@ -269,8 +268,9 @@ 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
-handle events from instances of different classes. If you ever have to call a window's event handler
+a lot of class derivation, and use instances of 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 widget 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
 unless an application has redirected event handling using SetEventHandler or PushEventHandler.
@@ -441,16 +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
@@ -509,9 +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}
 
@@ -522,9 +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}
@@ -547,7 +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&);