XkbGetGeometry(3)

NAME
XkbGetGeometry - Loads a keyboard geometry if you already have the keyboard description

SYNOPSIS

Status XkbGetGeometry (Display *dpy, XkbDescPtr xkb);

ARGUMENTS

dpy connection to the X server

xkb keyboard description that contains the ID for the keyboard and into which the geometry should be loaded

DESCRIPTION

You can load a keyboard geometry as part of the keyboard description returned by XkbGetKeyboard. However, if a keyboard description has been previously loaded, you can instead obtain the geometry by calling the XkbGetGeometry. In this case, the geometry returned is the one associated with the keyboard whose device ID is contained in the keyboard description. XkbGetGeometry can return BadValue, BadImplementation, BadName, BadAlloc, or BadLength errors or Success if it succeeds.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadAlloc
    Unable to allocate storage

BadImplementation
    Invalid reply from server

BadLength
    The length of a request is shorter or longer than that required to minimally contain the arguments

BadName
    A font or color of the specified name does not exist

BadValue
    An argument is out of range

SEE ALSO
XkbGetKeyboard(3)