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XGetFeedbackControl(3)                           X FUNCTIONS                          XGetFeedbackControl(3)



NAME
       XGetFeedbackControl, XChangeFeedbackControl - query and change input device feedbacks

SYNTAX
       XFeedbackState *XGetFeedbackControl(Display *display, XDevice *device, int *num_feedbacks);

       int XChangeFeedbackControl(Display *display, XDevice *device, Mask mask, XFeedbackControl *control);

ARGUMENTS
       display        Specifies the connection to the X server.

       device         Specifies the device whose feedbacks are to be queried or modified.

       num_feedbacks  Specifies  an address into which the number of feedbacks supported by the device is to
                      be returned.

       mask           Specifies a mask specific to each type of feedback that describes how the feedback  is
                      to be modified.

       control        Specifies  the  address  of an XFeedbackControl structure that contains the new values
                      for the feedback.

DESCRIPTION
       These requests are provided to manipulate those input devices that  support  feedbacks.   A  BadMatch
       error  will  be generated if the requested device does not support feedbacks.  Whether or not a given
       device supports feedbacks can be determined by examining the information returned by the  XOpenDevice
       request.  For those devices that support feedbacks, XOpenDevice will return an XInputClassInfo struc-ture structure
       ture with the input_class field equal to the constant FeedbackClass (defined in the file XI.h).

       The XGetFeedbackControl request returns a pointer to a list of XFeedbackState structures.  Each  item
       in  this list describes one of the feedbacks supported by the device.  The items are variable length,
       so each contains its length to allow traversal to the next item in the list.

       The feedback classes that are currently defined are:  KbdFeedbackClass, PtrFeedbackClass, StringFeed-backClass, StringFeedbackClass,
       backClass,  IntegerFeedbackClass,  LedFeedbackClass,  and  BellFeedbackClass.   These  constants  are
       defined in the file XI.h.  An input device may support zero or more classes of feedback, and may sup-port support
       port  multiple feedbacks of the same class.  Each feedback contains a class identifier and an id that
       is unique within that class for that input device.  The id is used to identify the feedback when mak-ing making
       ing an XChangeFeedbackControl request.

       XGetFeedbackControl can generate a BadDevice or BadMatch error.

       The  XChangeFeedbackControl request modifies the values of one feedback on the specified device.  The
       feedback is identified by the id field of the XFeedbackControl structure  that  is  passed  with  the
       request.   The  fields of the feedback that are to be modified are identified by the bits of the mask
       that is passed with the request.

       XChangeFeedbackControl can generate a BadDevice, BadMatch, or BadValue  error.

STRUCTURES
       Each class of feedback is described by a structure specific to  that  class.   These  structures  are
       defined  in  the file XInput.h.  XFeedbackState and XFeedbackControl are generic structures that con-tain contain
       tain three fields that are at the beginning of each class of feedback:

       typedef struct {
            XID class;
            int length;
            XID id;
       } XFeedbackState, XFeedbackControl;

       The XKbdFeedbackState structure defines the attributes that are returned for feedbacks equivalent  to
       those on the X keyboard.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     click;
            int     percent;
            int     pitch;
            int     duration;
            int     led_mask;
            int     global_auto_repeat;
            char    auto_repeats[32];
       } XKbdFeedbackState;

       The  XPtrFeedbackState structure defines the attributes that are returned for feedbacks equivalent to
       those on the the X pointer.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     accelNum;
            int     accelDenom;
            int     threshold;
       } XPtrFeedbackState;

       The XIntegerFeedbackState structure defines attributes that are returned for integer feedbacks.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     resolution;
            int     minVal;
            int     maxVal;
       } XIntegerFeedbackState;

       The XStringFeedbackState structure defines the attributes that are returned for string feedbacks.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     max_symbols;
            int     num_syms_supported;
            KeySym  *syms_supported;
       } XStringFeedbackState;

       The XBellFeedbackState structure defines the attributes that are returned for bell feedbacks.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     percent;
            int     pitch;
            int     duration;
       } XBellFeedbackState;

       The XLedFeedbackState structure defines the attributes that are returned for LED feedbacks.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     led_values;
       } XLedFeedbackState;

       The XPrtFeedbackControl structure defines the attributes that can be  controlled  for  pointer  feed-backs. feedbacks.
       backs.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     accelNum;
            int     accelDenom;
            int     threshold;
       } XPtrFeedbackControl;

       The  XKbdFeedbackControl  structure  defines the attributes that can be controlled for keyboard feed-backs. feedbacks.
       backs.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     click;
            int     percent;
            int     pitch;
            int     duration;
            int     led_mask;
            int     led_value;
            int     key;
            int     auto_repeat_mode;
       } XKbdFeedbackControl;

       The XStringFeedbackControl structure defines the attributes that can be controlled for  string  feed-backs. feedbacks.
       backs.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     num_keysyms;
            KeySym  *syms_to_display;
       } XStringFeedbackControl;

       The XIntegerFeedbackControl structure defines the attributes that can be controlled for integer feed-backs. feedbacks.
       backs.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     int_to_display;
       } XIntegerFeedbackControl;

       The XBellFeedbackControl structure defines the attributes that can be controlled for bell  feedbacks.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     percent;
            int     pitch;
            int     duration;
       } XBellFeedbackControl;

       The XLedFeedbackControl structure defines the attributes that can be controlled for LED feedbacks.

       typedef struct {
            XID     class;
            int     length;
            XID     id;
            int     led_mask;
            int     led_values;
       } XLedFeedbackControl;

DIAGNOSTICS
       BadDevice   An  invalid  device  was  specified.  The specified device does not exist or has not been
                   opened by this client via XOpenInputDevice.  This error may  also  occur  if  some  other
                   client  has  caused the specified device to become the X keyboard or X pointer device via
                   the XChangeKeyboardDevice or XChangePointerDevice requests.

       BadMatch    This error may occur if an XGetFeedbackControl request was made specifying a device  that
                   has  no feedbacks, or an XChangeFeedbackControl request was made with an XFeedbackControl
                   structure that contains an invalid feedback type.  It may also occur if an invalid combi-nation combination
                   nation  of mask bits is specified (DvKey but no DvAutoRepeatMode for keyboard feedbacks),
                   or if an invalid KeySym is specified for a string feedback.

       BadValue    Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the  XChangeFeedbackCon-trol XChangeFeedbackControl
                   trol  request.   Unless  a  specific  range  is specified for an argument, the full range
                   defined by the argument's type is accepted.  Any argument defined as a  set  of  alterna-tives alternatives
                   tives can generate this error.

SEE ALSO
       Programming With Xlib



X Version 11                                     libXi 1.2.1                          XGetFeedbackControl(3)

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