XkbChangeMap(3)                  XKB FUNCTIONS                 XkbChangeMap(3)

NAME
       XkbChangeMap - Update only partial components of a keyboard
       description, modify the appropriate fields in the server and map
       components of a local copy of the keyboard description

SYNOPSIS
       Bool XkbChangeMap (Display *dpy, XkbDescPtr xkb, XkbMapChangesPtr
              changes);

ARGUMENTS
       dpy    connection to X server

       xkb    description from which new values are taken

       changes
              identifies component parts to update

DESCRIPTION
       To update only partial components of a keyboard description, modify the
       appropriate fields in the server and map components of a local copy of
       the keyboard description, then call XkbChangeMap with an
       XkbMapChangesRec structure indicating which components have changed.

       XkbChangeMap copies any components specified by the changes structure
       from the keyboard description, xkb, to the X server specified by dpy.

       If any components specified by changes are not present in the xkb
       parameter, XkbChangeMap returns False. Otherwise, it sends a request to
       the server and returns True.

       XkbChangeMap can generate BadAlloc, BadLength, and BadValue protocol
       errors.

RETURN VALUES
       True           The XkbChangeMap function returns True if the components
                      specified by changes are present in the xkb parameter.

       False          The XkbChangeMap function returns False if the
                      components specified by changes are not present in the
                      xkb parameter.

STRUCTURES
       Use the XkbMapChangesRec structure to identify and track partial
       modifications to the mapping components and to reduce the amount of
       traffic between the server and clients.

       typedef struct _XkbMapChanges {
           unsigned short   changed;            /* identifies valid components in structure */
           KeyCode          min_key_code;       /* lowest numbered keycode for device */
           KeyCode          max_key_code;       /* highest numbered keycode for device */
           unsigned char    first_type;         /* index of first key type modified */
           unsigned char    num_types;          /* # types modified */
           KeyCode          first_key_sym;      /* first key whose key_sym_map changed */
           unsigned char    num_key_syms;       /* # key_sym_map entries changed */
           KeyCode          first_key_act;      /* first key whose key_acts entry changed */
           unsigned char    num_key_acts;       /* # key_acts entries changed */
           KeyCode          first_key_behavior; /* first key whose behaviors changed */
           unsigned char    num_key_behaviors;  /* # behaviors entries changed */
           KeyCode          first_key_explicit; /* first key whose explicit entry changed */
           unsigned char    num_key_explicit;   /* # explicit entries changed */
           KeyCode          first_modmap_key;   /* first key whose modmap entry changed */
           unsigned char    num_modmap_keys;    /* # modmap entries changed */
           KeyCode          first_vmodmap_key;  /* first key whose vmodmap changed */
           unsigned char    num_vmodmap_keys;   /* # vmodmap entries changed */
           unsigned char    pad1;               /* reserved */
           unsigned short   vmods;              /* mask indicating which vmods changed */
       } XkbMapChangesRec,*XkbMapChangesPtr;


DIAGNOSTICS
       BadAlloc       Unable to allocate storage

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

       BadValue       An argument is out of range

X Version 11                     libX11 1.8.9                  XkbChangeMap(3)