XkbLatchGroup(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbLatchGroup(3)
NAME
XkbLatchGroup - Latches the keysym group
SYNOPSIS
Bool XkbLatchGroup (Display *display, unsigned int device_spec, unsigned
int group);
ARGUMENTS
display
connection to the X server
device_spec
device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd
group index of the keysym group to latch
DESCRIPTION
XkbLatchGroup sends a request to the server to latch the specified group
and does not wait for a reply. It returns True if the request was sent
and False otherwise.
Reference the keysym group indices with these symbolic constants:
Table 1 Symbolic Group Names
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Symbolic Name Value
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XkbGroup1Index 0
XkbGroup2Index 1
XkbGroup3Index 2
XkbGroup4Index 3
RETURN VALUES
True The XkbLatchGroup function returns True if a request was
sent to the server to latch the specified group.
False The XkbLatchGroup function returns False if the request
was not sent.
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XkbLatchGroup(3)
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