XkbChangeTypesOfKey(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbChangeTypesOfKey(3)
NAME
XkbChangeTypesOfKey - Change the number of groups and the types bound to
a key
SYNOPSIS
Status XkbChangeTypesOfKey (XkbDescPtr xkb, int key, int n_groups, un-
signed int groups, int *new_types_in, XkbMapChangesPtr
p_changes);
ARGUMENTS
xkb keyboard description to be changed
key keycode for key of interest
n_groups
new number of groups for key
groups mask indicating groups to change
new_types_in
indices for new groups specified in groups
p_changes
notes changes made to xkb
DESCRIPTION
XkbChangeTypesOfKey reallocates the symbols and actions bound to the
key, if necessary, and initializes any new symbols or actions to NoSym-
bol or NoAction, as appropriate. If the p_changes parameter is not NULL,
XkbChangeTypesOfKey adds the XkbKeySymsMask to the changes field of
p_changes and modifies the first_key_sym and num_key_syms fields of
p_changes to include the key that was changed. See STRUCTURE for more
information on the XkbMapChangesPtr structure. If successful, Xk-
bChangeTypesOfKey returns Success.
The n_groups parameter specifies the new number of groups for the key.
The groups parameter is a mask specifying the groups for which new types
are supplied and is a bitwise inclusive OR of the following masks: Xkb-
Group1Mask, XkbGroup2Mask, XkbGroup3Mask, and XkbGroup4Mask.
The new_types_in parameter is an integer array of length n_groups. Each
entry represents the type to use for the associated group and is an in-
dex into xkb->map->types. The new_types_in array is indexed by group
index; if n_groups is four and groups only has Group1Mask and Group3Mask
set, new_types_in looks like this:
new_types_in[0] = type for Group1
new_types_in[1] = ignored
new_types_in[2] = type for Group3
new_types_in[3] = ignored
For convenience, Xkb provides the following constants to use as indices
to the groups:
Table 1 Group Index Constants
──────────────────────────────
Constant Name Value
──────────────────────────────
XkbGroup1Index 0
XkbGroup2Index 1
XkbGroup3Index 2
XkbGroup4Index 3
If the Xkb extension has not been properly initialized, XkbChangeType-
sOfKey returns BadAccess. If the xkb parameter it not valid (that is, it
is NULL or it does not contain a valid client map), XkbChangeTypesOfKey
returns BadMatch. If the key is not a valid keycode, n_groups is greater
than XkbNumKbdGroups, or the groups mask does not contain any of the
valid group mask bits, XkbChangeTypesOfKey returns BadValue. If it is
necessary to resize the key symbols or key actions arrays and any allo-
cation errors occur, XkbChangeTypesOfKey returns BadAlloc.
STRUCTURES
Use the XkbMapChangesRec structure to identify and track partial modifi-
cations to the mapping components and to reduce the amount of traffic
between the server and clients.
typedef struct _XkbMapChanges {
unsigned short changed; /* identifies valid components in structure */
KeyCode min_key_code; /* lowest numbered keycode for device */
KeyCode max_key_code; /* highest numbered keycode for device */
unsigned char first_type; /* index of first key type modified */
unsigned char num_types; /* # types modified */
KeyCode first_key_sym; /* first key whose key_sym_map changed */
unsigned char num_key_syms; /* # key_sym_map entries changed */
KeyCode first_key_act; /* first key whose key_acts entry changed */
unsigned char num_key_acts; /* # key_acts entries changed */
KeyCode first_key_behavior; /* first key whose behaviors changed */
unsigned char num_key_behaviors; /* # behaviors entries changed */
KeyCode first_key_explicit; /* first key whose explicit entry changed */
unsigned char num_key_explicit; /* # explicit entries changed */
KeyCode first_modmap_key; /* first key whose modmap entry changed */
unsigned char num_modmap_keys; /* # modmap entries changed */
KeyCode first_vmodmap_key; /* first key whose vmodmap changed */
unsigned char num_vmodmap_keys; /* # vmodmap entries changed */
unsigned char pad1; /* reserved */
unsigned short vmods; /* mask indicating which vmods changed */
} XkbMapChangesRec,*XkbMapChangesPtr;
DIAGNOSTICS
BadAccess The Xkb extension has not been properly initialized
BadAlloc Unable to allocate storage
BadMatch A compatible version of Xkb was not available in the
server or an argument has correct type and range, but is
otherwise invalid
BadValue An argument is out of range
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XkbChangeTypesOfKey(3)
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