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NAMEXOpenDevice, XCloseDevice − open or close an extension input device

SYNOPSIS#include <X11/extensions/XInput​.h>XDevice *XOpenDevice( Display *display, XID device_id);XCloseDevice( Display *display, XDevice *device);display Specifies the connection to the X server​.device_id Specifies the id of the device to be openeddevice Specifies the device to be closed

DESCRIPTIONThe XOpenDevice request makes an input device accessible to a client through input extension protocol requests​. If successful, it returns a pointer to an XDevice structure​.The XCloseDevice request makes an input device inaccessible to a client through input extension protocol requests​. Before terminating, and client that has opened input devices through the input extension should close them via CloseDevice​.When a client makes an XCloseDevice request, any active grabs that the client has on the device are released​. Any event selections that the client has are deleted, as well as any passive grabs​. If the requesting client is the last client accessing the device, the server may disable all access by X to the device​.XOpenDevice and XCloseDevice can generate a BadDevice error​.Structures The XDevice structure returned by XOpenDevice contains: typedef struct { XID device_id; int num_classes; XInputClassInfo *classes; } XDevice;The classes field is a pointer to an array of XInputClassInfo structures​. Each element of this array contains an event type base for a class of input supported by the specified device​. The num_classes field indicates the number of elements in the classes array​.The XInputClassInfo structure contains:typedef struct { unsigned char input_class; unsigned char event_type_base; } XInputClassInfo;The input_class field identifies one class of input supported by the device​. Defined types include KeyClass, ButtonClass, ValuatorClass, ProximityClass, FeedbackClass, FocusClass, and OtherClass​. The event_type_base identifies the event type of the first event in that class​.The information contained in the XInputClassInfo structure is used by macros to obtain the event classes that clients use in making XSelectExtensionEvent requests​. Currently defined macros include DeviceKeyPress, DeviceKeyRelease, DeviceButtonPress, DeviceButtonRelease, DeviceMotionNotify, DeviceFocusIn, DeviceFocusOut, ProximityIn, ProximityOut, DeviceStateNotify, DeviceMappingNotify, ChangeDeviceNotify, DevicePointerMotionHint, DeviceButton1Motion, DeviceButton2Motion, DeviceButton3Motion, DeviceButton4Motion, DeviceButton5Motion, DeviceButtonMotion, DeviceOwnerGrabButton, DeviceButtonPressGrab, and NoExtensionEvent​.To obtain the proper event class for a particular device, one of the above macros is invoked using the XDevice structure for that device​. For example, DeviceKeyPress (*device, type, eventclass);returns the DeviceKeyPress event type and the eventclass for DeviceKeyPress events from the specified device​.This eventclass can then be used in an XSelectExtensionEvent request to ask the server to send DeviceKeyPress events from this device​. When a selected event is received via XNextEvent, the type can be used for comparison with the type in the event​.

DIAGNOSTICSBadDevice An invalid device was specified​. The specified device does not exist, or is the X keyboard or X pointer​. This error may also occur if some other client has caused the specified device to become the X keyboard or X pointer device via the XChangeKeyboardDevice or XChangePointerDevice requests​.
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