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NAME

       XkbSetNames - Change the symbolic names in the server

SYNOPSIS

       Bool  XkbSetNames (Display *dpy, unsigned int which, unsigned int first_type, unsigned int
              num_types, XkbDescPtr xkb);

ARGUMENTS

       dpy    connection to the X server

       which  mask of names or map components to be changed

       first_type
              first type whose name is to be changed

       num_types
              number of types for which names are to be changed

       xkb    keyboard description from which names are to be taken

DESCRIPTION

       To change the symbolic names in the server, first modify a  local  copy  of  the  keyboard
       description  and  then  use  either  XkbSetNames,  or,  to  save  network  traffic,  use a
       XkbNameChangesRecstructure and call XkbChangeNames to download the changes to the  server.
       XkbSetNames  and  XkbChangeNames  can generate BadAlloc, BadAtom, BadLength, BadMatch, and
       BadImplementation errors.

       Use XkbSetNames to change many names at  the  same  time.  For  each  bit  set  in  which,
       XkbSetNames  takes  the  corresponding  value  (or  values in the case of arrays) from the
       keyboard description xkb and sends it to the server.

       The  first_type  and  num_types  arguments  are  used  only  if   XkbKeyTypeNamesMask   or
       XkbKTLevelNamesMask  is  set  in  which  and  specify  a subset of the types for which the
       corresponding names are to be changed. If either or both of these mask bits  are  set  but
       the  specified types are illegal, XkbSetNames returns False and does not update any of the
       names specified in which.  The specified types are illegal if xkb does not include  a  map
       component  or  if  first_type  and  num_types  specify  types  that are not defined in the
       keyboard description.

STRUCTURES

       The XkbNameChangesRec allows applications to identify small modifications to the  symbolic
       names and effectively reduces the amount of traffic sent to the server:

           typedef struct _XkbNameChanges {
               unsigned int   changed;          /* name components that have changed */
               unsigned char  first_type;       /* first key type with a new name */
               unsigned char  num_types;        /* number of types with new names */
               unsigned char  first_lvl;        /* first key type with new level names */
               unsigned char  num_lvls;         /* number of key types with new level names */
               unsigned char  num_aliases;      /* if key aliases changed, total number of key aliases */
               unsigned char  num_rg;           /* if radio groups changed, total number of radio groups */
               unsigned char  first_key;        /* first key with a new name */
               unsigned char  num_keys;         /* number of keys with new names */
               unsigned short changed_vmods;    /* mask of virtual modifiers for which names have changed */
               unsigned long  changed_indicators; /* mask of indicators for which names were changed */
               unsigned char  changed_groups;     /* mask of groups for which names were changed */
           } XkbNameChangesRec, *XkbNameChangesPtr

       The  changed  field  specifies  the  name  components that have changed and is the bitwise
       inclusive OR of the valid names mask bits defined in Table 1. The rest of  the  fields  in
       the  structure  specify  the  ranges  that  have changed for the various kinds of symbolic
       names, as shown in Table 2.

       Xkb provides several functions that work with symbolic names. Each of these functions uses
       a  mask  to  specify  individual fields of the structures described above. These masks and
       their relationships to the fields in a keyboard description are shown in Table 1.

                                 Table 1 Symbolic Names Masks
       ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       Mask Bit                 Value      Keyboard     Field
                                           Component
       ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       XkbKeycodesNameMask      (1<<0)     Xkb->names   keycodes
       XkbGeometryNameMask      (1<<1)     Xkb->names   geometry
       XkbSymbolsNameMask       (1<<2)     Xkb->names   symbols
       XkbPhysSymbolsNameMask   (1<<3)     Xkb->names   phys_symbols
       XkbTypesNameMask         (1<<4)     Xkb->names   type
       XkbCompatNameMask        (1<<5)     Xkb->names   compat
       XkbKeyTypeNamesMask      (1<<6)     Xkb->map     type[*].name
       XkbKTLevelNamesMask      (1<<7)     Xkb->map     type[*].lvl_names[*]
       XkbIndicatorNamesMask    (1<<8)     Xkb->names   indicators[*]
       XkbKeyNamesMask          (1<<9)     Xkb->names   keys[*], num_keys
       XkbKeyAliasesMask        (1<<10)    Xkb->names   key_aliases[*], num_key_aliases
       XkbVirtualModNamesMask   (1<<11)    Xkb->names   vmods[*]
       XkbGroupNamesMask        (1<<12)    Xkb->names   groups[*]
       XkbRGNamesMask           (1<<13)    Xkb->names   radio_groups[*], num_rg
       XkbComponentNamesMask    (0x3f)     Xkb->names   keycodes,
                                                        geometry,
                                                        symbols,
                                                        physical symbols,
                                                        types, and
                                                        compatibility map
       XkbAllNamesMask          (0x3fff)   Xkb->names   all name components

                                Table 2 XkbNameChanges Fields
       ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       Mask                     Fields               Component    Field
       ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       XkbKeyTypeNamesMask      first_type,          Xkb->map     type[*].name
                                num_types
       XkbKTLevelNamesMask      first_lvl,           Xkb->map     type[*].lvl_names[*]
                                num_lvls
       XkbKeyAliasesMask        num_aliases          Xkb->names   key_aliases[*]
       XkbRGNamesMask           num_rg               Xkb->names   radio_groups[*]
       XkbKeyNamesMask          first_key,           Xkb->names   keys[*]
                                num_keys
       XkbVirtualModNamesMask   changed_vmods        Xkb->names   vmods[*]
       XkbIndicatorNamesMask    changed_indicators   Xkb->names   indicators[*]
       XkbGroupNamesMask        changed_groups       Xkb->names   groups[*]

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadAlloc       Unable to allocate storage

       BadAtom        A name is neither a valid Atom or None

       BadImplementation
                      Invalid reply from server

       BadLength      The length of a  request  is  shorter  or  longer  than  that  required  to
                      minimally contain the arguments

       BadMatch       A  compatible version of Xkb was not available in the server or an argument
                      has correct type and range, but is otherwise invalid

SEE ALSO

       XkbChangeNames(3)