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+/*
+ * xfce4    - (c) 2002-2004 Olivier Fourdan
+ * 
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GTKTOXEVENT_H__
+#define __GTKTOXEVENT_H__
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <gdk/gdk.h>
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* this formatting is needed by glib-mkenums */
+typedef enum /*< prefix=XEV_FILTER_ >*/ {
+    XEV_FILTER_STOP = TRUE,
+    XEV_FILTER_CONTINUE = FALSE
+}
+XfceFilterStatus;
+
+typedef XfceFilterStatus (*XfceFilter) (XEvent * xevent, gpointer data);
+
+typedef struct XfceFilterStack
+{
+    XfceFilter filter;
+    gpointer data;
+    struct XfceFilterStack *next;
+}
+XfceFilterStack;
+
+typedef struct XfceFilterSetup
+{
+    XfceFilterStack *filterstack;
+}
+XfceFilterSetup;
+
+XfceFilterStack *xfce_push_event_filter  (XfceFilterSetup *setup,
+                                          XfceFilter filter,
+                                          gpointer data);
+XfceFilterStack * xfce_pop_event_filter  (XfceFilterSetup *setup);
+GdkWindow * xfce_add_event_win           (GdkScreen *gscr, 
+                                          long event_mask);
+XfceFilterSetup * xfce_init_event_filter (gpointer data);
+void xfce_close_event_filter             (XfceFilterSetup *setup);
+
+#ifndef XFCE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
+#define GtkToXEventFilterStatus XfceFilterStatus
+#define GtkToXEventFilterStack  XfceFilterStack
+
+typedef GtkToXEventFilterStatus (*GtkToXEventFilter) (XEvent * xevent,
+                                                      gpointer data);
+
+GtkToXEventFilterStack *pushEventFilter (GtkToXEventFilter filter,
+                                         gpointer data);
+GtkToXEventFilterStack *popEventFilter  (void);
+GtkToXEventFilterStack *initEventFilter (long event_mask, 
+                                         gpointer data,
+                                         const gchar * widget_name);
+void closeEventFilter                   (void);
+GtkWidget *getDefaultGtkWidget          (void);
+Window getDefaultXWindow                (void);
+GdkWindow *getGdkEventWindow            (void);
+GdkWindow *getDefaultGdkWindow          (void);
+
+#endif /* XFCE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GTKTOXEVENT_H__ */