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NAME
XListInputDevices, XFreeDeviceList - list available input devices
SYNTAX
XDeviceInfo *XListInputDevices(display, ndevices_return)
Display *display;
int *ndevices_return;
XFreeDeviceList(list)
XDeviceInfo *list;
ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
ndevices_return
Specifies a pointer to a variable where the number of
available devices can be returned.
list Specifies the list of devices to free. The XFreeDeviceList
function frees the list of available extension input devices.
DESCRIPTION
The XListInputDevices request lists the available extension input
devices. This list includes the X pointer and X keyboard, any other
input devices that are currently accessible through the X server, and any
input devices that are not currently accessible through the X server but
could be accessed if requested.
Some server implementations may make all input devices available at the
time the server is initialized. Others may wait until requested by a
client to access an input device. In the latter case, it is possible
that an input device will be listed as available at one time but not at
another.
For each input device available to the server, the XListInputDevices
request returns an XDeviceInfo structure. That structure contains a
pointer to a list of structures, each of which contains information about
one class of input supported by the device.
The XDeviceInfo structure is defined as follows:
typedef struct _XDeviceInfo
{
XID id;
Atom type;
char *name;
int num_classes;
int use;
XAnyClassPtr inputclassinfo;
} XDeviceInfo;
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The id is a number in the range 0-128 that uniquely identifies the
device. It is assigned to the device when it is initialized by the
server.
The type field is of type Atom and indicates the nature of the device.
The name field contains a pointer to a null-terminated string that
corresponds to one of the defined device types. The name will correspond
to one of the following strings (defined in the header file XI.h:
XI_MOUSE XI_TABLET XI_KEYBOARD XI_TOUCHSCREEN XI_TOUCHPAD XI_BUTTONBOX
XI_BARCODE XI_TRACKBALL XI_QUADRATURE XI_ID_MODULE XI_ONE_KNOB
XI_NINE_KNOB XI_KNOB_BOX XI_SPACEBALL XI_DATAGLOVE XI_EYETRACKER
XI_CURSORKEYS XI_FOOTMOUSE
These names may be directly compared with the name field of the
XDeviceInfo structure, or used in an XInternAtom request to return an
atom that can be compared with the type field of the XDeviceInfo
structure.
The num_classes field is a number in the range 0-255 that specifies the
number of input classes supported by the device for which information is
returned by ListInputDevices. Some input classes, such as class Focus
and class Proximity do not have any information to be returned by
ListInputDevices.
The use field specifies how the device is currently being used. If the
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The inputclassinfo field contains a pointer to the first input-class
specific data. The first two fields are common to all classes.
The class field is a number in the range 0-255. It uniquely identifies
the class of input for which information is returned. Currently defined
classes are KeyClass, ButtonClass, and ValuatorClass.
The length field is a number in the range 0- 255. It specifies the number
of bytes of data that are contained in this input class. The length
includes the class and length fields.
The XKeyInfo structure describes the characteristics of the keys on the
device. It is defined as follows:
typedef struct _XKeyInfo {
XID class;
int length;
unsigned short min_keycode;
unsigned short max_keycode;
unsigned short num_keys;
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} XKeyInfo;
min_keycode is of type KEYCODE. It specifies the minimum keycode that
the device will report. The minimum keycode will not be smaller than 8.
max_keycode is of type KEYCODE. It specifies the maximum keycode that
the device will report. The maximum keycode will not be larger than 255.
num_keys specifies the number of keys that the device has.
The XButtonInfo structure defines the characteristics of the buttons on
the device. It is defined as follows:
typedef struct _XButtonInfo {
XID class;
int length;
short num_buttons;
} XButtonInfo;
num_buttons specifies the number of buttons that the device has.
The XValuatorInfo structure defines the characteristics of the valuators
on the device. It is defined as follows:
typedef struct _XValuatorInfo {
XID class;
int length;
unsigned char num_axes;
unsigned char mode;
unsigned long motion_buffer;
XAxisInfoPtr axes;
} XValuatorInfo;
num_axes contains the number of axes the device supports.
mode is a constant that has one of the following values: Absolute or
Relative. Some devices allow the mode to be changed dynamically via the
SetDeviceMode request.
motion_buffer_size is a cardinal number that specifies the number of
elements that can be contained in the motion history buffer for the
device.
The axes field contains a pointer to an XAxisInfo structure.
The XAxisInfo structure is defined as follows:
typedef struct _XAxisInfo {
int resolution;
int min_value;
int max_value;
} XAxisInfo;
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The resolution contains a number in counts/meter.
The min_val field contains a number that specifies the minimum value the
device reports for this axis. For devices whose mode is Relative, the
min_val field will contain 0.
The max_val field contains a number that specifies the maximum value the
device reports for this axis. For devices whose mode is Relative, the
max_val field will contain 0.
To free the XDeviceInfo array created by XListInputDevices, use
XFreeDeviceList.
DIAGNOSTICS
none.
SEE ALSO
Programming with Xlib
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