XkbAllocGeometry(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbAllocGeometry(3)
NAME
XkbAllocGeometry - Allocate an entire geometry
SYNOPSIS
Status XkbAllocGeometry (XkbDescPtr xkb, XkbGeometrySizesPtr sizes);
ARGUMENTS
xkb keyboard description for which geometry is to be allocated
sizes initial sizes for all geometry components
DESCRIPTION
Xkb provides a number of functions to allocate and free subcomponents of
a keyboard geometry. Use these functions to create or modify keyboard
geometries. Note that these functions merely allocate space for the new
element(s), and it is up to you to fill in the values explicitly in your
code. These allocation functions increase sz_* but never touch num_*
(unless there is an allocation failure, in which case they reset both
sz_* and num_* to zero). These functions return Success if they succeed,
BadAlloc if they are not able to allocate space, or BadValue if a para-
meter is not as expected.
XkbAllocGeometry allocates a keyboard geometry and adds it to the key-
board description specified by xkb. The keyboard description should be
obtained via the XkbGetKeyboard or XkbAllocKeyboard functions. The sizes
parameter specifies the number of elements to be reserved for the sub-
components of the keyboard geometry and can be zero or more. These sub-
components include the properties, colors, shapes, sections, and doo-
dads.
To free an entire geometry, use XkbFreeGeometry.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadAlloc Unable to allocate storage
BadValue An argument is out of range
SEE ALSO
XkbAllocKeyboard(3), XkbFreeGeometry(3), XkbGetKeyboard(3)
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