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XkbSelectEventDetails - Selects or deselects for a specific Xkb event and optionally places conditions on when events of that type are reported to your client SYNOPSIS Bool XkbSelectEventDetails (Display *display, unsigned int devicespec, unsigned int eventtype, unsigned long int bitstochange, unsigned long int valuesforbits); ARGUMENTS display connection to the X server devicespec device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd eventtype Xkb event type of interest bitstochange determines events to be selected / deselected valuesforbits
1=>select, 0->deselect; for events in bitstochange DESCRIPTION Xkb events are selected using an event mask, much the same as normal core X events are selected. However, unlike selecting core X events, where you must specify the selection status (on or off) for all possi‐ ble event types whenever you wish to change the selection criteria for any one event, Xkb allows you to restrict the specification to only the event types you wish to change. This means that you do not need to remember the event selection values for all possible types each time you want to change one of them. Many Xkb event types are generated under several different circum‐ stances. When selecting to receive an Xkb event, you may specify either that you want it delivered under all circumstances, or that you want it delivered only for a subset of the possible circumstances. You can also deselect an event type that was previously selected for, using the same granularity. Xkb provides two functions to select and deselect delivery of Xkb events. XkbSelectEvents allows you to select or deselect delivery of more than one Xkb event type at once. Events selected using XkbSe‐ lectEvents are delivered to your program under all circumstances that generate the events. To restrict delivery of an event to a subset of the conditions under which it occurs, use XkbSelectEventDetails. XkbSe‐ lectEventDetails only allows you to change the selection conditions for
a single event at a time, but it provides a means of fine-tuning the conditions under which the event is delivered. To select or deselect for a specific Xkb event and optionally place conditions on when events of that type are reported to your client, use XkbSelectEventDetails. This allows you to exercise a finer granularity of control over delivery of Xkb events with XkbSelectEvents. While XkbSelectEvents allows multiple events to be selected, XkbSe‐ lectEventDetails changes the selection criteria for a single type of Xkb event. The interpretation of the bitstochange and valuesforbits masks depends on the event type in question. XkbSelectEventDetails changes the Xkb event selection mask for the key‐ board specified by devicespec and the Xkb event specified by eventtype. To turn on event selection for an event detail, set the bit for the detail in the bitstochange parameter and set the corre‐ sponding bit in the valuesforbits parameter. To turn off event detail selection for a detail, set the bit for the detail in the bitstochange parameter and do not set the corresponding bit in the valuesforbits parameter. If an invalid event type is specified, a BadValue protocol error results. If a bit is not set in the bitstochange parameter, but the corresponding bit is set in the valuesforbits parameter, a BadMatch protocol error results. If an undefined bit is set in either the bitstochange or the valuesforbits parameter, a BadValue protocol error results. For each type of Xkb event, the legal event details that you can spec‐ ify in the XkbSelectEventDetails request are listed in the chapters that describe each event in detail. DIAGNOSTICS 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 SEE ALSO XkbSelectEvents(3), XkbUseCoreKbd(3) X Version 11 libX11 1.6.5 XkbSelectEventDetails(3)