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.TH XkbGetGeometry __libmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ "XKB FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
XkbGetGeometry \- Loads a keyboard geometry if you already have the keyboard 
description
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP
.B Status XkbGetGeometry
.BI "(\^Display *" "dpy" "\^,"
.BI "XkbDescPtr " "xkb" "\^);"
.if n .ti +5n
.if t .ti +.5i
.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I \- dpy
connection to the X server
.TP
.I \- xkb
keyboard description that contains the ID for the keyboard and into which the 
geometry should be loaded
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
You can load a keyboard geometry as part of the keyboard description returned by
.I XkbGetKeyboard. 
However, if a keyboard description has been previously loaded, you can instead 
obtain the geometry by calling the 
.I XkbGetGeometry. 
In this case, the geometry returned is the one associated with the keyboard 
whose device ID is contained in the keyboard description.

.I XkbGetGeometry 
can return BadValue, BadImplementation, BadName, BadAlloc, or BadLength errors 
or Success if it succeeds.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.TP 15
.B BadAlloc
Unable to allocate storage
.TP 15
.B BadImplementation
Invalid reply from server
.TP 15
.B BadLength
The length of a request is shorter or longer than that required to minimally 
contain the arguments
.TP 15
.B BadName
A font or color of the specified name does not exist
.TP 15
.B BadValue
An argument is out of range
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR XkbGetKeyboard (__libmansuffix__)