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XOPENDEVICE(libmansuffix)
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XOpenDevice, XCloseDevice - open or close an extension input
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#include <X11/extensions/XInput.h>
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XDevice *XOpenDevice( Display *display,
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XCloseDevice( Display *display,
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Specifies the connection to the X server.
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Specifies the id of the device to be opened
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Specifies the device to be closed
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The XOpenDevice request makes an input device accessible to a
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client through input extension protocol requests. If
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successful, it returns a pointer to an XDevice structure.
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The XCloseDevice request makes an input device inaccessible to
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a client through input extension protocol requests. Before
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terminating, and client that has opened input devices through
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the input extension should close them via CloseDevice.
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When a client makes an XCloseDevice request, any active grabs
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that the client has on the device are released. Any event
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selections that the client has are deleted, as well as any
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passive grabs. If the requesting client is the last client
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accessing the device, the server may disable all access by X to
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XOpenDevice and XCloseDevice can generate a BadDevice error.
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The XDevice structure returned by XOpenDevice contains:
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XInputClassInfo *classes;
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The classes field is a pointer to an array of XInputClassInfo
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structures. Each element of this array contains an event type
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base for a class of input supported by the specified device.
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The num_classes field indicates the number of elements in the
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The XInputClassInfo structure contains:
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unsigned char input_class;
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unsigned char event_type_base;
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The input_class field identifies one class of input supported
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by the device. Defined types include KeyClass, ButtonClass,
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ValuatorClass, ProximityClass, FeedbackClass, FocusClass, and
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OtherClass. The event_type_base identifies the event type of
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the first event in that class.
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The information contained in the XInputClassInfo structure is
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used by macros to obtain the event classes that clients use in
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making XSelectExtensionEvent requests. Currently defined macros
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include DeviceKeyPress, DeviceKeyRelease, DeviceButtonPress,
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DeviceButtonRelese, DeviceMotionNotify, DeviceFocusIn,
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DeviceFocusOut, ProximityIn, ProximityOut, DeviceStateNotify,
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DeviceMappingNotify, ChangeDeviceNotify,
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DevicePointerMotionHint, DeviceButton1Motion,
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DeviceButton2Motion, DeviceButton3Motion, DeviceButton4Motion,
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DeviceButton5Motion, DeviceButtonMotion, DeviceOwnerGrabButton,
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DeviceButtonPressGrab, and NoExtensionEvent.
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To obtain the proper event class for a particular device, one
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of the above macros is invoked using the XDevice structure for
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that device. For example,
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DeviceKeyPress (*device, type, eventclass);
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returns the DeviceKeyPress event type and the eventclass for
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DeviceKeyPress events from the specified device.
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This eventclass can then be used in an XSelectExtensionEvent
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request to ask the server to send DeviceKeyPress events from
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this device. When a selected event is received via XNextEvent,
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the type can be used for comparison with the type in the event.
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An invalid device was specified. The specified device
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does not exist, or is the X keyboard or X pointer. This
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error may also occur if some other client has caused the
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specified device to become the X keyboard or X pointer
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device via the XChangeKeyboardDevice or
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XChangePointerDevice requests.
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man/XOpenDevice.txt
