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NAME

       XkbGetIndicatorState  -  Obtains  the  current  state  of  the keyboard
       indicators

SYNOPSIS

       Status   XkbGetIndicatorState   (Display   *display,    unsigned    int
              device_spec, unsigned int state_return);

ARGUMENTS

       - display
              connection to the X server

       - device_spec
              device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

       - state_return
              backfilled with a mask of the indicator state

DESCRIPTION

       Xkb  allows  applications  to obtain information about indicators using
       two different methods. The first method, which is similar to the core X
       implementation,  uses  a  mask  to  specify  the indicators. The second
       method,  which  is  more  suitable  for  applications  concerned   with
       interoperability,  uses indicator names. The correspondence between the
       indicator name and the bit position in masks is as follows: one of  the
       parameters  returned from XkbGetNamedIndicators is an index that is the
       bit position to use in any  function  call  that  requires  a  mask  of
       indicator   bits,   as   well   as   the  indicator’s  index  into  the
       XkbIndicatorRec array of indicator maps.

       XkbGetIndicatorState  queries  the  display  for  the  state   of   the
       indicators  on  the  device  specified  by  the  device_spec.  For each
       indicator that is "turned on" on the device, the associated bit is  set
       in  state_return.   If a compatible version of the Xkb extension is not
       available in the server, XkbGetIndicatorState returns a BadMatch error.
       Otherwise,  it  sends  the request to the X server, places the state of
       the indicators into state_return, and returns Success. Thus  the  value
       reported  by XkbGetIndicatorState is identical to the value reported by
       the core protocol.

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadMatch       A compatible version of Xkb was  not  available  in  the
                      server or an argument has correct type and range, but is
                      otherwise invalid

SEE ALSO

       XkbGetNamedIndicators(3)