XkbLockGroup

Section: XKB FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: libX11 1.3
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NAME

XkbLockGroup - Locks the keysym group  

SYNOPSIS

Bool XkbLockGroup (Display *display, unsigned int device_spec, unsigned int group);
     
 

ARGUMENTS

display
connection to the X server
device_spec
device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd
group
index of the keysym group to lock
 

DESCRIPTION

XkbLockGroup sends a request to the server to lock the specified group and does not wait for a reply. It returns True if the request was sent and False otherwise.

Reference the keysym group indices with these symbolic constants:

Table 1 Symbolic Group Names
Symbolic NameValue
XkbGroup1Index0
XkbGroup2Index1
XkbGroup3Index2
XkbGroup4Index3
 

RETURN VALUES

True
The XkbLockGroup function returns True when a request was sent to the server to lock the specified group and does not wait for a reply.
False
The XkbLockGroup function returns False if the request was not sent.