XSetDeviceMode(X3xi) X Version 11 (Release 6.1)
XSetDeviceMode --
change the mode of a device
Synopsis
XSetDeviceMode(display, device, mode)
Display *display;
XDevice *device;
int _mode;
Arguments
- display
-
Specifies the connection to the X server.
- device
-
Specifies the device whose mode is to be changed.
- mode
-
Specifies the mode.
You can pass
Absolute ,
or
Relative.
Description
The
XSetDeviceMode
request changes the mode of an input device that is capable of reporting
either absolute positional information or relative motion information.
Not all input devices are capable of reporting motion data, and not
all are capable of changing modes from Absolute to Relative.
XSetDeviceMode
can generate a BadDevice or
BadMode
error.
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 XSetDeviceMode request is made
specifying a device that has no valuators and reports no axes of motion.
- BadMode
-
An invalid mode was specified. This error will also be returned if the
specified device is not capable of supporting the XSetDeviceMode
request.
References
Xlib - C Language X Interface
UnixWare 7 BL14 Release -- October 1997
© 1997 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.