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XGetFeedbackControl(3X11)     SDK X11 R4.11MU05    XGetFeedbackControl(3X11)


NAME
       XGetFeedbackControl, XChangeFeedbackControl - query and change input
       device feedbacks

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

       int XChangeFeedbackControl(display, device, mask, control)
             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.

       numfeedbacks  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
       structure 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, StringFeedbackClass,
       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 support 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 making 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
       contain 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 feedbacks.

       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 feedbacks.

       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 feedbacks.

       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 feedbacks.

       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
                   combination 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 XChangeFeedbackControl 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 alternatives can generate
                   this error.

SEE ALSO
       Programming With Xlib


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