XkbSetAutoRepeatRate(3) XKB FUNCTIONS XkbSetAutoRepeatRate(3)

NAME

XkbSetAutoRepeatRate - Sets the attributes of the RepeatKeys control
for a keyboard device

SYNOPSIS

Bool XkbSetAutoRepeatRate (Display *display, unsigned int
device_spec, unsigned int timeout, unsigned int interval);

ARGUMENTS

display
connection to X server

device_spec
device to configure, or XkbUseCoreKbd

timeout
initial delay, ms

interval
delay between repeats, ms

DESCRIPTION

The core protocol allows only control over whether or not the entire
keyboard or individual keys should auto-repeat when held down.
RepeatKeys is a boolean control that extends this capability by
adding control over the delay until a key begins to repeat and the
rate at which it repeats. RepeatKeys is coupled with the core auto-
repeat control: when RepeatKeys is enabled or disabled, the core
auto-repeat is enabled or disabled and vice versa.

Auto-repeating keys are controlled by two attributes. The first,
timeout, is the delay after the initial press of an auto-repeating
key and the first generated repeat event. The second, interval, is
the delay between all subsequent generated repeat events. As with all
boolean controls, configuring the attributes that determine how the
control operates does not automatically enable the control as a
whole.

XkbSetAutoRepeatRate sends a request to the X server to configure the
AutoRepeat control attributes to the values specified in timeout and
interval.

XkbSetAutoRepeatRate does not wait for a reply; it normally returns
True. Specifying a zero value for either timeout or interval causes
the server to generate a BadValue protocol error. If a compatible
version of the Xkb extension is not available in the server,
XkbSetAutoRepeatRate returns False.

RETURN VALUES

True The XkbSetAutoRepeatRate function returns True
normally.

False The XkbSetAutoRepeatRate function returns False if a
compatible version of the Xkb extension is not
available in the server.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadValue An argument is out of range

X Version 11 libX11 1.8.10 XkbSetAutoRepeatRate(3)