* @event_type: the type of event for which notification is requested
*
* Adds the specified function to the list of functions to be called
- * when an event of type event_type occurs.
+ * when an ATK event of type event_type occurs.
+ *
+ * The format of event_type is the following:
+ * "ATK:<atk_type>:<atk_event>
+ *
+ * Where "ATK" works as the namespace, <atk_interface> is the name of
+ * the ATK type (interface or object) and <atk_event> is the name of
+ * the signal defined on that interface.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ * ATK:AtkObject:state-change
+ * ATK:AtkText:text-selection-changed
*
* Returns: added event listener id, or 0 on failure.
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