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XkbAllocKeyboard

Section: XKB FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: libX11 1.6.4
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NAME

XkbAllocKeyboard - Creates a keyboard description from scratch  

SYNOPSIS

XkbDescRec XkbAllocKeyboard (void);
     
 

DESCRIPTION

Applications seldom need to directly allocate a keyboard description; calling XkbGetKeyboard usually suffices. In the event you need to create a keyboard description from scratch, however, use XkbAllocKeyboard rather than directly calling malloc.

If XkbAllocKeyboard fails to allocate the keyboard description, it returns NULL. Otherwise, it returns a pointer to an empty keyboard description structure. The device_spec field will have been initialized to XkbUseCoreKbd. You may then either fill in the structure components or use Xkb functions to obtain values for the structure components from a keyboard device.  

SEE ALSO

malloc(3F), XkbUseCoreKbd(3), XkbGetKeyboard(3)

 

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