How to block user input?

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From: Huub Bakker
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 06:34

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Hello world,

In our system the Epoch text editor is part of the user-interface. When the
user invokes a command (by Epoch or by pushing a button somewhere) and the
system starts computing the answer, I do not want this computation to be
interrupted by new user commands. 

So I want to disable the possibility for user-input to Epoch; neither keyboard
nor mouse-input should be seen by Epoch. How can I do this? Is there a global
switch? Do I have to disable mappings? Do I have to catch all the X-Events
myself?

Is there anybody who has an idea?

Thanks for all the help in advance,

Greetings, Huub.

-- 
CWI, P.O. Box 4079 			Huub Bakker (huub@cwi.nl)
1009 AB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. 31 20 5924080

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