NAME

       XkbGetNamedGeometry - Loads a keyboard geometry description from this database by name

SYNOPSIS

       Status XkbGetNamedGeometry (Display *dpy, XkbDescPtr xkb, Atom name);

ARGUMENTS

       - dpy  connection to the X server

       - xkb  keyboard description into which the geometry should be loaded

       - name name of the geometry to be loaded

DESCRIPTION

       It is also possible to load a keyboard geometry by name. The X server maintains a database
       of keyboard components (see below).

       XkbGetNamedGeometry can return BadName if the name cannot be found.

       The X server maintains a database of keyboard components, identified  by  component  type.
       The  database  contains  all  the  information  necessary  to  build  a  complete keyboard
       description for a particular device, as well as to assemble partial descriptions. Table  1
       identifies the component types and the type of information they contain.

                  Table 1 Server Database Keyboard Components
       ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       Component       Component Primary Contents   May also contain
       Type
       ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       Keymap          Complete          keyboard
                       description
                       Normally assembled using a
                       complete   component  from
                       each of the other types

       Keycodes        Symbolic name for each key   Aliases   for   some
                       Minimum and maximum  legal   keys
                       keycodes                     Symbolic  names  for
                                                    indicators
                                                    Description       of
                                                    indicators
                                                    physically present

       Types           Key types                    Real        modifier
                                                    bindings         and
                                                    symbolic  names  for
                                                    some         virtual
                                                    modifiers

       Compatibility   Rules   used   to   assign   Maps    for     some
                       actions to keysyms           indicators
                                                    Real        modifier
                                                    bindings         and
                                                    symbolic  names  for
                                                    some         virtual
                                                    modifiers

       Symbols         Symbol     mapping     for   Explicit actions and
                       keyboard keys                behaviors  for  some
                       Modifier mapping             keys
                       Symbolic names for groups    Real        modifier
                                                    bindings         and
                                                    symbolic  names  for
                                                    some         virtual
                                                    modifiers

       Geometry        Layout of the keyboard       Aliases   for   some
                                                    keys;      overrides
                                                    keycodes   component
                                                    aliases
                                                    Symbolic  names  for
                                                    some indicators
                                                    Description       of
                                                    indicators
                                                    physically present

       While a keymap is a database entry for a  complete  keyboard  description,  and  therefore
       logically  different  from  the  individual  component  database  entries,  the  rules for
       processing keymap entries are identical to those for the individual  components.   In  the
       discussion  that  follows,  the  term  component  is  used  to  refer to either individual
       components or a keymap.

       There may be multiple entries for each of the component types.  An  entry  may  be  either
       complete  or partial.  Partial entries describe only a piece of the corresponding keyboard
       component and are designed to be combined with other entries of the same type  to  form  a
       complete entry.

       For  example,  a partial symbols map might describe the differences between a common ASCII
       keyboard and some national layout. Such a partial map is not useful on its own because  it
       does  not  include  those symbols that are the same on both the ASCII and national layouts
       (such as function keys). On the other hand, this partial map can be used to configure  any
       ASCII keyboard to use a national layout.

       When  a  keyboard description is built, the components are processed in the order in which
       they appear in Table 1; later definitions override earlier ones.

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadName        A font or color of the specified name does not exist.