XkbSetAutoRepeatRate(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbSetAutoRepeatRate(3)
NAME
XkbSetAutoRepeatRate - Sets the attributes of the RepeatKeys control for
a keyboard device
SYNOPSIS
Bool XkbSetAutoRepeatRate (Display *display, unsigned int device_spec,
unsigned int timeout, unsigned int interval);
ARGUMENTS
display
connection to X server
device_spec
device to configure, or XkbUseCoreKbd
timeout
initial delay, ms
interval
delay between repeats, ms
DESCRIPTION
The core protocol allows only control over whether or not the entire
keyboard or individual keys should auto-repeat when held down. Re-
peatKeys is a boolean control that extends this capability by adding
control over the delay until a key begins to repeat and the rate at
which it repeats. RepeatKeys is coupled with the core auto-repeat con-
trol: when RepeatKeys is enabled or disabled, the core auto-repeat is
enabled or disabled and vice versa.
Auto-repeating keys are controlled by two attributes. The first, time-
out, is the delay after the initial press of an auto-repeating key and
the first generated repeat event. The second, interval, is the delay be-
tween all subsequent generated repeat events. As with all boolean con-
trols, configuring the attributes that determine how the control oper-
ates does not automatically enable the control as a whole.
XkbSetAutoRepeatRate sends a request to the X server to configure the
AutoRepeat control attributes to the values specified in timeout and in-
terval.
XkbSetAutoRepeatRate does not wait for a reply; it normally returns
True. Specifying a zero value for either timeout or interval causes the
server to generate a BadValue protocol error. If a compatible version of
the Xkb extension is not available in the server, XkbSetAutoRepeatRate
returns False.
RETURN VALUES
True The XkbSetAutoRepeatRate function returns True normally.
False The XkbSetAutoRepeatRate function returns False if a com-
patible version of the Xkb extension is not available in
the server.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadValue An argument is out of range
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XkbSetAutoRepeatRate(3)
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