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XkbGetKeyboard

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

XkbGetKeyboard - 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 Bit	XkbDescRec Field	Value

XkbControlsMask	ctrls	(1L<<0)
XkbServerMapMask	server	(1L<<1)
XkbIClientMapMask	map	(1L<<2)
XkbIndicatorMapMask	indicators	(1L<<3)
XkbNamesMask	names	(1L<<4)
XkbCompatMapMask	compat	(1L<<5)
XkbGeometryMask	geom	(1L<<6)
XkbAllComponentsMask	All Fields	(1L<<7)

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

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

DIAGNOSTICS

BadAlloc

Unable to allocate storage