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.\" Title: xgetdevicemotionevents
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.3 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 10/02/2009
.\" Manual: [FIXME: manual]
.\" Source: [FIXME: source]
.\" Language: English
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.TH "XGETDEVICEMOTIONEVEN" "libmansuffix" "10/02/2009" "[FIXME: source]" "[FIXME: manual]"
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.SH "NAME"
XGetDeviceMotionEvents, XDeviceTimeCoord \- get device motion history
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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#include <X11/extensions/XInput\&.h>
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XDeviceTimeCoord *XGetDeviceMotionEvents( Display *display,
XDevice *device,
Time start,
Time stop,
int *nevents_return,
int *mode_return,
int *axis_count_return);
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display
Specifies the connection to the X server\&.
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device
Specifies the device whose motion history is to be
queried\&.
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start, stop
Specify the time interval in which the events are
returned from the motionhistory buffer\&.You can pass a
timestamp or CurrentTime\&.
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nevents_return
Returns the number of events from the motion history
buffer\&.
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mode_return
Returns the mode of the device (Absolute or Relative)\&.
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axis_count_return
Returns the count of axes being reported\&.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The server may retain the recent history of the device motion
and do so to a finer granularity than is reported by
DeviceMotionNotify events\&. The XGetDeviceMotionEvents request
makes this history available\&.
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The XGetDeviceMotionEvents request returns all events in the
motion history buffer that fall between the specified start and
stop times, inclusive\&. If the start time is later than the stop
time or if the start time is in the future, no events are
returned\&. If the stop time is in the future, it is equivalent
to specifying CurrentTime\&.
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The mode indicates whether the device is reporting absolute
positional data (mode = Absolute ) or relative motion data
(mode = Relative )\&. Some devices allow their mode to be changed
via the XSetDeviceMode request\&. These constants are defined in
the file XI\&.h\&. The axis_count returns the number of axes or
valuators being reported by the device\&.
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XGetDeviceMotionEvents can generate a BadDevice, or BadMatch
error\&.
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Structures
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The XDeviceTimeCoord structure contains:
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typedef struct {
Time time;
int *data;
} XDeviceTimeCoord;
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The time member is set to the time, in milliseconds\&. The data
member is a pointer to an array of integers\&. These integers are
set to the values of each valuator or axis reported by the
device\&. There is one element in the array per axis of motion
reported by the device\&. The value of the array elements depends
on the mode of the device\&. If the mode is Absolute, the values
are the raw values generated by the device\&. These may be scaled
by client programs using the maximum values that the device can
generate\&. The maximum value for each axis of the device is
reported in the max_val field of the XAxisInfo returned by the
XListInputDevices request\&. If the mode is Relative, the data
values are the relative values generated by the device\&.
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You should use XFreeDeviceMotionEvents to free the data
returned by this request\&.
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Errors returned by this request: BadDevice, BadMatch\&.
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.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
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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 the
specified device is the X keyboard or X pointer device\&.
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BadMatch
This error may occur if an XGetDeviceMotionEvents
request is made specifying a device that has no
valuators and reports no axes of motion\&.
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