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NAME

       XkbGetNamedIndicator  - Look up the indicator map and other information
       for an indicator by name

SYNOPSIS

       Bool XkbGetNamedIndicator (Display *dpy, unsigned  int  dev_spec,  Atom
              name,   int   *ndx_rtrn,  Bool  *state_rtrn,  XkbIndicatorMapPtr
              map_rtrn, Bool *real_rtrn);

ARGUMENTS

       - dpy  connection to the X server

       - dev_spec
              keyboard device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd

       - name name of the indicator to be retrieved

       - ndx_rtrn
              backfilled with the index of the retrieved indicator

       - state_rtrn
              backfilled with the current state of the retrieved indicator

       - map_rtrn
               backfilled with the mapping for the retrieved indicator

       - real_rtrn
              backfilled with True if the named indicator is real (physical)

DESCRIPTION

       Xkb also allows applications  to  refer  to  indicators  by  name.  Use
       XkbGetNames to get the indicator names. Using names eliminates the need
       for hard-coding bitmask values for particular keyboards.  For  example,
       instead  of  using vendor-specific constants such as WSKBLed_ScrollLock
       mask on Digital workstations or XLED_SCROLL_LOCK on  Sun  workstations,
       you  can instead use XkbGetNamedIndicator to look up information on the
       indicator named "Scroll Lock."

       If the device specified by device_spec has  an  indicator  named  name,
       XkbGetNamedIndicator  returns  True  and  populates  the  rest  of  the
       parameters   with   information   about   the   indicator.   Otherwise,
       XkbGetNamedIndicator returns False.

       The ndx_rtrn field returns the zero-based index of the named indicator.
       This index 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.   state_rtrn  returns
       the  current  state  of  the  named indicator (True = on, False = off).
       map_rtrn  returns  the  indicator  map  for  the  named  indicator.  In
       addition,  if  the indicator is mapped to a physical LED, the real_rtrn
       parameter is set to True.

       Each of the " _rtrn " arguments is optional; you can pass NULL for  any
       unneeded " _rtrn " arguments.

RETURN VALUES

       True           The  XkbGetNamedIndicator  function  returns True if the
                      device specified by device_spec has an  indicator  named
                      name.

       False          The  XkbGetNamedIndicator  function returns False if the
                      device  specified  by  device_spec  does  not  have   an
                      indicator named name.

SEE ALSO

       XkbGetNames(3)