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diff --git a/libX11/man/xkb/XkbSetDeviceInfo.man b/libX11/man/xkb/XkbSetDeviceInfo.man new file mode 100644 index 000000000..593defcc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/libX11/man/xkb/XkbSetDeviceInfo.man @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a +.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, +.\" distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons +.\" to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of +.\" the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this +.\" permission notice appear in supporting documentation. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT +.\" OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR +.\" HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL +.\" INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING +.\" FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, +.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION +.\" WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder +.\" shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use +.\" or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization +.\" of the copyright holder. +.\" +.TH XkbSetDeviceInfo __libmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ "XKB FUNCTIONS" +.SH NAME +XkbSetDeviceInfo \- Modify some or all of the characteristics of an X Input +Extension device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B Bool XkbSetDeviceInfo +( +.I dpy, +.I which, +.I device_info +) +.br + Display * \fIdpy\fP\^; +.br + unsigned int \fIwhich\fP\^; +.br + XkbDeviceInfoPtr \fIdevice_info\fP\^; +.if n .ti +5n +.if t .ti +.5i +.SH ARGUMENTS +.TP +.I \- dpy +connection to X server +.TP +.I \- which +mask indicating characteristics to modify +.TP +.I \- device_info +structure defining the device and modifications +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +To change characteristics of an X Input Extension device in the server, first +modify a local copy of the device structure and then use either +.I XkbSetDeviceInfo, +or, to save network traffic, use an XkbDeviceChangesRec structure and call +.I XkbChangeDeviceInfo +to download the changes to the server. + +.I XkbSetDeviceInfo +sends a request to the server to modify the characteristics of the device +specified in the +.I device_info +structure. The particular characteristics modified are identified by the bits +set in +.I which +and take their values from the relevant fields in +device_info (see Table 1). XkbSetDeviceInfo returns True if the request was +successfully sent to the server. If the X server implementation does not allow +interaction between the X input extension and the Xkb Extension, the function +does nothing and returns False. +.bp +.nf + 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 +.fi + +The +.I which +parameter specifies which aspects of the device should be changed and is a +bitmask composed of an inclusive OR or one or more of the following bits: +XkbXI_ButtonActionsMask, XkbXI_IndicatorNamesMask, XkbXI_IndicatorMapsMask. If +the features requested to be manipulated in +.I which +are valid for the device, but the server does not support assignment of one or +more of them, that particular portion of the request is ignored. + +If the device specified in +.I device_info->device_spec +does not contain buttons and a request affecting buttons is made, or the device +does not contain indicators and a request affecting indicators is made, a +BadMatch protocol error results. + +If the XkbXI_ButtonActionsMask bit is set in the +.I supported +mask returned by +.I XkbGetDeviceInfo, +the Xkb extension allows applications to assign key actions to buttons on input +extension devices other than the core keyboard device. If the +XkbXI_ButtonActionsMask is set in +.I which, +the actions for all buttons specified in +.I device_info +are set to the XkbActions specified in +.I device_info->btn_acts. +If the number of buttons requested to be updated is not valid for the device, +.I XkbSetDeviceInfo +returns False and a BadValue protocol error results. + +If the XkbXI_IndicatorMaps and / or XkbXI_IndicatorNamesMask bit is set in the +.I supported +mask returned by +.I XkbGetDeviceInfo, +the Xkb extension allows applications to assign maps and / or names to the +indicators of nonkeyboard extension devices. If supported, maps and / or names +can be assigned to all extension device indicators, whether they are part of a +keyboard feedback or part of an indicator feedback. + +If the XkbXI_IndicatorMapsMask and / or XkbXI_IndicatorNamesMask flag is set in +.I which, +the indicator maps and / or names for all +.I device_info->num_leds +indicator devices specified in +.I device_info->leds +are set to the maps and / or names specified in +.I device_info->leds. device_info->leds->led_class +and +.I led_id +specify the input extension class and device ID for each indicator device to +modify; if they have invalid values, a BadValue protocol error results and +.I XkbSetDeviceInfo +returns False. If they have legal values but do not specify a keyboard or +indicator class feedback for the device in question, a BadMatch error results. +If any of the values in +.I device_info->leds->names +are not a valid Atom or None, a BadAtom protocol error results. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.TP 15 +True +The +.I XkbSetDeviceInfo +function returns True if the request was successfully sent to the server. +.TP 15 +False +The +.I XkbSetDeviceInfo +function returns False if the X server implementation does not allow interaction +between the X input extension and the Xkb Extension. +.SH STRUCTURES +.LP +Changes to an Xkb extension device may be tracked by listening to +XkbDeviceExtensionNotify events and accumulating the changes in an +XkbDeviceChangesRec structure. The changes noted in the structure may then be +used in subsequent operations to update either a server configuration or a local +copy of an Xkb extension device configuration. The changes structure is defined +as follows: +.nf + +typedef struct _XkbDeviceChanges { + unsigned int changed; /\(** bits indicating what has changed */ + unsigned short first_btn; /\(** number of first button which changed, if any */ + unsigned short num_btns; /\(** number of buttons that have changed */ + XkbDeviceLedChangesRec leds; +} XkbDeviceChangesRec,*XkbDeviceChangesPtr; + +.fi +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.TP 15 +.B BadAtom +A name is neither a valid Atom or None +.TP 15 +.B BadMatch +A compatible version of Xkb was not available in the server or an argument has +correct type and range, but is otherwise invalid +.TP 15 +.B BadValue +An argument is out of range +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR XkbChangeDeviceInfo (__libmansuffix__), +.BR XkbGetDeviceInfo (__libmansuffix__) |