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+.\"
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+.\" $Xorg: XListDev.man,v 1.4 2001/03/16 17:51:13 pookie Exp $
+.ds xL Programming with Xlib
+.TH XListInputDevices 3X11 "Release 6.6" "X Version 11" "X FUNCTIONS"
+.SH NAME
+XListInputDevices, XFreeDeviceList \- list available input devices
+.SH SYNTAX
+XDeviceInfo *XListInputDevices\^(\^\fIdisplay\fP, \fIndevices_return\fP\^)
+.br
+ Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^;
+.br
+ int *\fIndevices_return\fP\^;
+.sp
+XFreeDeviceList\^(\^\fIlist\fP\^)
+.br
+ XDeviceInfo *\fIlist\fP\^;
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.TP 12
+.I display
+Specifies the connection to the X server.
+.TP 12
+.I ndevices_return
+Specifies a pointer to a variable where the number of available devices can
+be returned.
+.TP 12
+.I list
+Specifies the list of devices to free. The \fIXFreeDeviceList\fP function
+frees the list of available extension input devices.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The \fIXListInputDevices\fP
+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.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+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:
+
+.DS
+.nf
+typedef struct _XDeviceInfo
+{
+ XID id;
+ Atom type;
+ char *name;
+ int num_classes;
+ int use;
+ XAnyClassPtr inputclassinfo;
+} XDeviceInfo;
+.fi
+.DE
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+The type field is of type Atom and indicates the nature
+of the device.
+.LP
+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 \fIXI.h\fP:
+.LP
+.DS
+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
+.DE
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+The use field specifies how the device is currently
+being used. If the value is \fIIsXKeyboard\fP, the device is
+currently being used as the X keyboard. If the value
+is \fIIsXPointer\fP, the device is currently being used as
+the X pointer. If the value is \fIIsXExtensionDevice\fP, the
+device is available for use as an extension device.
+.LP
+The inputclassinfo field contains a pointer to the first input-class
+specific data. The first two fields are common to all
+classes.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+The XKeyInfo structure describes the characteristics of the keys on the
+device. It is defined as follows:
+.LP
+.DS
+.nf
+typedef struct _XKeyInfo {
+ XID class;
+ int length;
+ unsigned short min_keycode;
+ unsigned short max_keycode;
+ unsigned short num_keys;
+} XKeyInfo;
+.fi
+.DE
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+num_keys specifies the number of keys that the device has.
+.LP
+The XButtonInfo structure defines the characteristics of the buttons
+on the device. It is defined as follows:
+.LP
+.DS
+.nf
+typedef struct _XButtonInfo {
+ XID class;
+ int length;
+ short num_buttons;
+} XButtonInfo;
+.fi
+.DE
+.LP
+num_buttons specifies the number of buttons that the device has.
+.LP
+The XValuatorInfo structure defines the characteristics of the valuators
+on the device. It is defined as follows:
+.LP
+.DE
+.nf
+typedef struct _XValuatorInfo {
+ XID class;
+ int length;
+ unsigned char num_axes;
+ unsigned char mode;
+ unsigned long motion_buffer;
+ XAxisInfoPtr axes;
+} XValuatorInfo;
+.fi
+.DS
+num_axes contains the number of axes the device supports.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+The axes field contains a pointer to an XAxisInfo structure.
+.LP
+The XAxisInfo structure is defined as follows:
+.LP
+.DS
+.nf
+typedef struct _XAxisInfo {
+ int resolution;
+ int min_value;
+ int max_value;
+} XAxisInfo;
+.fi
+.DE
+.LP
+The resolution contains a number in counts/meter.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+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.
+.LP
+To free the \fIXDeviceInfo\fP array created by \fIXListInputDevices\fP,
+use \fIXFreeDeviceList\fP.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+none.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.br
+\fI\*(xL\fP