XkbGetNamedGeometry(3)						   XKB FUNCTIONS					    XkbGetNamedGeometry(3)

NAME

       XkbGetNamedGeometry - Loads a keyboard geometry description from this database by name

SYNTAX

       Status XkbGetNamedGeometry (Display *dpy, XkbDescPtr xkb, Atom name);

ARGUMENTS

       - dpy  connection to the X server

       - xkb  keyboard description into which the geometry should be loaded

       - name name of the geometry to be loaded

DESCRIPTION

       It is also possible to load a keyboard geometry by name. The X server maintains a database of keyboard components (see below).

       XkbGetNamedGeometry can return BadName if the name cannot be found.

       The  X  server maintains a database of keyboard components, identified by component type.  The database contains all the information neces-
       sary to build a complete keyboard description for a particular device, as well as to assemble partial descriptions. Table 1 identifies  the
       component types and the type of information they contain.

		  Table 1 Server Database Keyboard Components
       ------------------------------------------------------------------
       Component       Component Primary Contents   May also contain
       Type
       ------------------------------------------------------------------
       Keymap	       Complete keyboard descrip-
		       tion
		       Normally assembled using a
		       complete   component  from
		       each of the other types

       Keycodes        Symbolic name for each key   Aliases   for   some
		       Minimum and maximum  legal   keys
		       keycodes 		    Symbolic  names  for
						    indicators
						    Description of indi-
						    cators    physically
						    present

       Types	       Key types		    Real  modifier bind-
						    ings  and	symbolic
						    names  for some vir-
						    tual modifiers

       Compatibility   Rules   used   to   assign   Maps  for some indi-
		       actions to keysyms	    cators
						    Real modifier  bind-
						    ings   and	symbolic
						    names for some  vir-
						    tual modifiers

       Symbols	       Symbol  mapping	for  key-   Explicit actions and
		       board keys		    behaviors  for  some
		       Modifier mapping 	    keys
		       Symbolic names for groups    Real modifier  bind-
						    ings   and	symbolic
						    names for some  vir-
						    tual modifiers

       Geometry        Layout of the keyboard	    Aliases   for   some
						    keys; overrides key-
						    codes      component
						    aliases
						    Symbolic  names  for
						    some indicators
						    Description of indi-
						    cators    physically
						    present

       While  a  keymap  is  a database entry for a complete keyboard description, and therefore logically different from the individual component
       database entries, the rules for processing keymap entries are identical to those for the individual components.	 In  the  discussion  that
       follows, the term component is used to refer to either individual components or a keymap.

       There may be multiple entries for each of the component types. An entry may be either complete or partial.  Partial entries describe only a
       piece of the corresponding keyboard component and are designed to be combined with other entries of the same type to form a complete entry.

       For example, a partial symbols map might describe the differences between a common ASCII keyboard and some national layout. Such a  partial
       map  is	not  useful on its own because it does not include those symbols that are the same on both the ASCII and national layouts (such as
       function keys). On the other hand, this partial map can be used to configure any ASCII keyboard to use a national layout.

       When a keyboard description is built, the components are processed in the order in which they appear in Table 1; later definitions override
       earlier ones.

DIAGNOSTICS

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

X Version 11							   libX11 1.5.0 					    XkbGetNamedGeometry(3)