XKB FUNCTIONS XkbSetIndicatorMap(3x11)
NAME
XkbSetIndicatorMap - Downloads the changes to the server
based on modifications to a local copy of the keyboarddescription which will update the maps for one or more indi-
catorsSYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]
Bool XkbSetIndicatorMap (Display *dpy, unsigned int which,
XkbDescPtr desc); ARGUMENTS- dpy
connection to the X server- which
mask of indicators to change- desc
keyboard description from which the maps are takenDESCRIPTION
This section discusses the effects of explicitly changingindicators depending upon different settings in the indica-
tor map. See Tables 1 and Table 2 for information on the effects of the indicator map fields when explicit changes are made.Table 1 XkbIndicatorMapRec which_groups and groups,
Indicator Drives Keyboard_______________________________________________________________
which_groups New State Effect on Keyboard Group State
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XkbIM_UseNone On or Off No effect
XkbIM_UseBase On or Off No effect
XkbIM_UseLatched On The groups field is treated as
a group mask. The keyboard group latch is changed to thelowest numbered group speci-
fied in groups; if groups is empty, the keyboard group latch is changed to zero. X Version 11 Last change: libX11 1.3.5 1XKB FUNCTIONS XkbSetIndicatorMap(3x11)
XkbIM_UseLatched Off The groups field is treated as
a group mask. If the indicator is explicitly extinguished, keyboard group latch is changed to the lowest numbered group not specified in groups;if groups is zero, the key-
board group latch is set to the index of the highest legal keyboard group.XkbIM_UseLocked or
XkbIM_UseEffective On If the groups mask is empty,
group is not changed; other-
wise, the locked keyboard group is changed to the lowest numbered group specified in groups.XkbIM_UseLocked or
XkbIM_UseEffective Off Locked keyboard group is
changed to the lowest numbered group that is not specified in the groups mask, or to Group1 if the groups mask contains all keyboard groups.Table 2 XkbIndicatorMapRec which_mods and mods,
Indicator Drives Keyboard____________________________________________________________________________________________________
which_mods New State Effect on Keyboard Modifiers
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
XkbIM_UseNone or XkbIM_UseBase On or Off No Effect
XkbIM_UseLatched On Any modifiers specified in the
mask field of mods are added to the latched modifiers.XkbIM_UseLatched Off Any modifiers specified in the
mask field of mods are removed from the latched modifiers.XkbIM_UseLocked, XkbIM_UseCompat, or XkbIM_UseEffective On Any modifiers specified in the
mask field of mods are added to the locked modifiers.XkbIM_UseLocked Off Any modifiers specified in the
mask field of mods are removed from the locked modifiers.XkbIM_UseCompat or XkbIM_UseEffective Off Any modifiers specified in the
mask field of mods are removed from both the locked and latched modifiers.If XkbIM_LEDDrivesKB is set and XkbIM_NoExplicit is not, and
if you call a function that updates the server's image ofthe indicator map (such as XkbSetIndicatorMap or
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XkbSetNamedIndicator), Xkb changes the keyboard state and controls to reflect theother fields of the indicator map. If you attempt to expli-
citly change the value of an indicator for whichXkbIM_LEDDrivesKB is absent or for which XkbIM_NoExplicit is
present, keyboard state or controls are unaffected.If neither XkbIM_NoAutomatic nor XkbIM_NoExplicit is set in
an indicator map, Xkb honors any request to change the state of the indicator, but the new state might be immediately superseded by automatic changes to the indicator state if the keyboard state or controls change.The effects of changing an indicator that drives the key-
board are cumulative; it is possible for a single change toaffect keyboard group, modifiers, and controls simultane-
ously. If you change an indicator for which both theXkbIM_LEDDrivesKB and XkbIM_NoAutomatic flags are specified,
Xkb applies the keyboard changes specified in the other indicator map fields and changes the indicator to reflect the state that was explicitly requested. The indicator remains in the new state until it is explicitly changed again.If the XkbIM_NoAutomatic flag is not set and
XkbIM_LEDDrivesKB is set, Xkb applies the changes specified
in the other indicator map fields and sets the state of the indicator to the values specified by the indicator map. Note that it is possible in this case for the indicator to end up in a different state than the one that was explicitly requested. For example, Xkb does not extinguish an indicatorwith which_mods of XkbIM_UseBase and mods of Shift if, at
the time Xkb processes the request to extinguish the indica-
tor, one of the Shift keys is physically depressed. If you explicitly light an indicator for whichXkbIM_LEDDrivesKB is set, Xkb enables all of the boolean
controls specified in the ctrls field of its indicator map. Explicitly extinguishing such an indicator causes Xkb to disable all of the boolean controls specified in ctrls.For each bit set in the which parameter, XkbSetIndicatorMap
sends the corresponding indicator map from the desc parame-
ter to the server.SEE ALSO
XkbSetNamedIndicator(3x11) X Version 11 Last change: libX11 1.3.5 3XKB FUNCTIONS XkbSetIndicatorMap(3x11)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | x11/library/libx11 ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Interface Stability | Committed ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
| MT-Level | See XInitThreads(3X11) |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
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