XkbGetKeyboard - Man Page

Retrieves one or more components of a keyboard device description

Synopsis

XkbDescPtr XkbGetKeyboard (Display *display, unsigned int which, unsigned int device_spec);

Arguments

display

connection to the X server

device_spec

device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

bits_to_change

determines events to be selected / deselected

values_for_bits

1=>select, 0->deselect; for events in bits_to_change

Description

XkbGetKeyboard allocates and returns a pointer to a keyboard description. It queries the server for those  components specified in the which parameter for device device_spec and copies the results to the XkbDescRec it allocated. The remaining fields in the keyboard  description are set to NULL. The valid masks for which are those listed in Table 1.

Table 1 Mask Bits for XkbDescRec
Mask BitXkbDescRec FieldValue
XkbControlsMaskctrls(1L<<0)
XkbServerMapMaskserver(1L<<1)
XkbIClientMapMaskmap(1L<<2)
XkbIndicatorMapMaskindicators(1L<<3)
XkbNamesMasknames(1L<<4)
XkbCompatMapMaskcompat(1L<<5)
XkbGeometryMaskgeom(1L<<6)
XkbAllComponentsMaskAll Fields(1L<<7)

XkbGetKeyboard is used to read the current description for one or more components of a keyboard device. It calls XkbGetKeyboardByName(3) as follows:

XkbGetKeyboardByName(dpy, device_spec, NULL, which, which, False).

If successful, XkbGetKeyboard returns a pointer to a newly allocated XkbDescRec structure, which is described in XkbGetKeyboardByName(3), and which should be freed with XkbFreeKeyboard(3). If XkbGetKeyboard does not succeed, it returns NULL.

Diagnostics

BadAlloc

Unable to allocate storage

See Also

XkbGetKeyboardByName(3)

Referenced By

XkbAllocGeometry(3), XkbAllocKeyboard(3), XkbGetGeometry(3), XkbGetMap(3).

libX11 1.8.10 X Version 11 XKB FUNCTIONS