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NAME

       XkbGetDeviceInfo  -  Determine  whether  the  X  server  allows  Xkb  access to particular
       capabilities of input devices other than the core X keyboard, or to determine  the  status
       of indicator maps, indicator names or button actions on a non-KeyClass extension device

SYNOPSIS

       XkbDeviceInfoPtr   XkbGetDeviceInfo  (Display  *dpy,  unsigned  int  which,  unsigned  int
              device_spec, unsigned int ind_class, unsigned int ind_id);

ARGUMENTS

       dpy    connection to X server

       which  mask indicating information to return

       device_spec
              device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

       ind_class
              feedback class for indicator requests

       ind_id feedback ID for indicator requests

DESCRIPTION

       To determine whether the X server allows Xkb access to particular  capabilities  of  input
       devices  other  than  the  core  X keyboard, or to determine the status of indicator maps,
       indicator  names  or  button   actions   on   a   non-KeyClass   extension   device,   use
       XkbGetDeviceInfo.

       XkbGetDeviceInfo  returns  information  about  the  input device specified by device_spec.
       Unlike the device_spec parameter of most Xkb functions, device_spec does not need to be  a
       keyboard  device.  It  must, however, indicate either the core keyboard or a valid X Input
       Extension device.

       The which parameter is a mask specifying optional information to be  returned.  It  is  an
       inclusive  OR  of  one  or  more  of  the  values  from  Table  1  and causes the returned
       XkbDeviceInfoRec to contain values for the corresponding fields specified in the table.

                                Table 1 XkbDeviceInfoRec Mask Bits
       ____________________________________________________________________________________
       Name                         XkbDeviceInfoRec Value     Capability If Set
                                    Fields Effected
       ____________________________________________________________________________________
       XkbXI_KeyboardsMask                           (1L <<0) Clients can use all
                                                              Xkb requests and events
                                                              with KeyClass devices
                                                              supported by the input
                                                              device extension.

       XkbXI_ButtonActionsMask       num_btns        (1L <<1) Clients can assign key
                                     btn_acts                 actions to buttons
                                                              non-KeyClass input
                                                              extension devices.

       XkbXI_IndicatorNamesMask      leds->names     (1L <<2) Clients can assign
                                                              names to indicators on
                                                              non-KeyClass input
                                                              extension devices.

       XkbXI_IndicatorMapsMask       leds->maps      (1L <<3) Clients can assign
                                                              indicator maps to
                                                              indicators on
                                                              non-KeyClass input
                                                              extension devices.

       XkbXI_IndicatorStateMask      leds->state     (1L <<4) Clients can request
                                                              the status of indicators
                                                              on non-KeyClass input
                                                              extension devices.

       XkbXI_IndicatorsMask          sz_leds         (0x1c)   XkbXI_IndicatorNamesMask |
                                     num_leds                 XkbXI_IndicatorMapsMask |
                                     leds->*                  XkbXI_IndicatorStateMask

       XkbXI_UnsupportedFeaturesMask unsupported     (1L <<15)

       XkbXI_AllDeviceFeaturesMask   Those selected  (0x1e)   XkbXI_IndicatorsMask |
                                     by Value Column          XkbSI_ButtonActionsMask
                                     masks

       XkbXI_AllFeaturesMask         Those selected  (0x1f)   XkbSI_AllDeviceFeaturesMask |
                                     by Value Column          XkbSI_KeyboardsMask
                                     masks

       XkbXI_AllDetailsMask          Those selected  (0x801f) XkbXI_AllFeaturesMask |
                                     by Value column          XkbXI_UnsupportedFeaturesMask
                                     masks

       The XkbDeviceInfoRec returned by XkbGetDeviceInfo always has values for  name  (may  be  a
       null   string,   ""),   type,  supported,  unsupported,  has_own_state,  dflt_kbd_fd,  and
       dflt_kbd_fb.  Other fields are filled in as specified by which.

       Upon return, the supported field will be set to the inclusive OR of zero or more bits from
       Table  1; each bit set indicates an optional Xkb extension device feature supported by the
       server implementation, and a client may modify the associated behavior.

       If the XkbButtonActionsMask bit is set in which, the XkbDeviceInfoRec returned  will  have
       the button actions (btn_acts field) filled in for all buttons.

       If  which  includes  one  of  the  bits in XkbXI_IndicatorsMask, the feedback class of the
       indicators must be specified in ind_class, and the feedback ID of the indicators  must  be
       specified   in   ind_id.    If   the   request  does  not  include  any  of  the  bits  in
       XkbXI_IndicatorsMask, the ind_class and ind_id parameters are ignored. The  class  and  ID
       can be obtained via the input device extension XListInputDevices request.

       If  any  of  the XkbXI_IndicatorsMask bits are set in which, the XkbDeviceInfoRec returned
       will have filled in the portions of the leds  structure  corresponding  to  the  indicator
       feedback  identified  by ind_class and ind_id.  The leds vector of the XkbDeviceInfoRec is
       allocated if necessary and sz_leds and num_leds  filled  in.  The  led_class,  led_id  and
       phys_indicators  fields of the leds entry corresponding to ind_class and ind_id are always
       filled in. If which contains XkbXI_IndicatorNamesMask, the names_present and names  fields
       of  the  leds  structure  corresponding  to  ind_class  and  ind_id are returned. If which
       contains XkbXI_IndicatorStateMask, the corresponding state  field  is  updated.  If  which
       contains XkbXI_IndicatorMapsMask, the maps_present and maps fields are updated.

       Xkb  provides  convenience  functions  to request subsets of the information available via
       XkbGetDeviceInfo.  These convenience functions mirror some of the mask bits. The functions
       all  take  an  XkbDeviceInfoPtr  as an input argument and operate on the X Input Extension
       device specified by the device_spec  field  of  the  structure.  Only  the  parts  of  the
       structure  indicated  in  the  function  description  are  updated.  The  XkbDeviceInfoRec
       structure used in the function call can be obtained by calling XkbGetDeviceInfo or can  be
       allocated by calling XkbAllocDeviceInfo.

STRUCTURES

       Information  about  X  Input Extension devices is transferred between a client program and
       the Xkb extension in an XkbDeviceInfoRec structure:

       typedef struct {
           char *               name;          /* name for device */
           Atom                 type;          /* name for class of devices */
           unsigned short       device_spec;   /* device of interest */
           Bool                 has_own_state; /* True=>this device has its own state */
           unsigned short       supported;     /* bits indicating supported capabilities */
           unsigned short       unsupported;   /* bits indicating unsupported capabilities */
           unsigned short       num_btns;      /* number of entries in btn_acts */
           XkbAction *          btn_acts;      /* button actions */
           unsigned short       sz_leds;       /* total number of entries in LEDs vector */
           unsigned short       num_leds;      /* number of valid entries in LEDs vector */
           unsigned short       dflt_kbd_fb;   /* input extension ID of default (core kbd) indicator */
           unsigned short       dflt_led_fb;   /* input extension ID of default indicator feedback */
           XkbDeviceLedInfoPtr  leds;          /* LED descriptions */
       } XkbDeviceInfoRec, *XkbDeviceInfoPtr;

SEE ALSO

       XkbAllocDeviceInfo(3), XListInputDevices(3)