Gdk: how to remove a bit from an event mask in python?

Question

I want to remove POINTER_MOTION_MASK

from my window events. I tried:

win.set_events(win.get_events() & ~Gdk.EventMask.POINTER_MOTION_MASK)

however, I am getting this error:

TypeError: Expected a Gdk.EventMask, but got int

How to remove a bit from an event mask?

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Charles brunet Jan 30 13 at 14:49

1 answer

liberforce · Answer 1 · 2013-01-31T09:41:41+0000

The ~ operator changes the type of the result:

>>> type(Gdk.EventMask.POINTER_MOTION_MASK)
<class 'gi.repository.Gdk.GdkEventMask'>
>>> type(~Gdk.EventMask.POINTER_MOTION_MASK)
<type 'int'>

So, you need to specify the result. I think this should work:

win.set_events(win.get_events() & (Gdk.EventMask)~Gdk.EventMask.POINTER_MOTION_MASK))