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xkbnotenamechanges

XkbNoteNameChanges(3)						   XKB FUNCTIONS					     XkbNoteNameChanges(3)

NAME

       XkbNoteNameChanges - Note the changed names in a changes structure

SYNOPSIS

       void XkbNoteNameChanges ( old, new, wanted )
	     XkbNameChangesPtr old;
	     XkbNamesNotifyEvent * new;
	     unsigned int wanted;

ARGUMENTS

       - old  XkbNameChanges structure to be updated

       - new  event from which changes are to be copied

       - wanted
	      types of names for which changes are to be noted

DESCRIPTION

       When your application receives a XkbNamesNotify event, you can note the changed names in a changes structure using XkbNoteNameChanges.

       The wanted parameter is the bitwise inclusive OR of the valid names mask bits shown in Table 1.	XkbNoteNameChanges copies any changes that
       are reported in new and specified in wanted into the changes record specified by old.

				 Table 1 Symbolic Names Masks
       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Mask Bit 		Value	   Keyboard	Field
					   Component
       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       XkbKeycodesNameMask	(1<<0)	   Xkb->names	keycodes
       XkbGeometryNameMask	(1<<1)	   Xkb->names	geometry
       XkbSymbolsNameMask	(1<<2)	   Xkb->names	symbols
       XkbPhysSymbolsNameMask	(1<<3)	   Xkb->names	phys_symbols
       XkbTypesNameMask 	(1<<4)	   Xkb->names	type
       XkbCompatNameMask	(1<<5)	   Xkb->names	compat
       XkbKeyTypeNamesMask	(1<<6)	   Xkb->map	type[*].name
       XkbKTLevelNamesMask	(1<<7)	   Xkb->map	type[*].lvl_names[*]
       XkbIndicatorNamesMask	(1<<8)	   Xkb->names	indicators[*]
       XkbKeyNamesMask		(1<<9)	   Xkb->names	keys[*], num_keys
       XkbKeyAliasesMask	(1<<10)    Xkb->names	key_aliases[*], num_key_aliases
       XkbVirtualModNamesMask	(1<<11)    Xkb->names	vmods[*]
       XkbGroupNamesMask	(1<<12)    Xkb->names	groups[*]
       XkbRGNamesMask		(1<<13)    Xkb->names	radio_groups[*], num_rg
       XkbComponentNamesMask	(0x3f)	   Xkb->names	keycodes,
							geometry,
							symbols,
							physical symbols,
							types, and
							compatibility map
       XkbAllNamesMask		(0x3fff)   Xkb->names	all name components

X Version 11							   libX11 1.2.1 					     XkbNoteNameChanges(3)

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