Carbon Event Manager Preliminary API Reference
The Carbon Event Manager offers a simple yet flexible approach to event handling
that greatly reduces the amount of code needed to write a basic application. Morevover,
the Carbon Event Manager's streamlined event handling enhances system
performance on Mac OS X through more efficient allocation of processing time.
Applications that use the Carbon Event Manager not only run better on Mac OS X,
they help improve overall performance and responsiveness, creating a better
experience for our customers.
This is a preliminary document. Although it has been reviewed for technical accuracy, it is not
final. Apple Computer, Inc. is supplying this information to help you plan for the adoption of the
Carbon Event Manager programming interfaces. This information is subject to change,
and software implemented according to this document should be tested with final operating system
software and final documentation.