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XkbBellEvent(3)			 XKB FUNCTIONS		       XkbBellEvent(3)

NAME
       XkbBellEvent  - Provides a function that initiates a bell event for the
       keyboard without ringing the bell

SYNOPSIS
       Bool XkbBellEvent ( display, window, percent, name )
	     Display * display ;
	     Window  window ;
	     int  percent ;
	     Atom  name ;

ARGUMENTS
       - display
	      connection to the X server

       - window
	      the event window, or None

       - percent,
	      relative volume, which can range from -100 to 100 inclusive

       - name a bell name, or NULL

DESCRIPTION
       The core X protocol allows only applications to	explicitly  sound  the
       system  bell with a given duration, pitch, and volume. Xkb extends this
       capability by allowing clients to attach symbolic names to bells,  dis‐
       able  audible bells, and receive an event whenever the keyboard bell is
       rung. For the purposes of this document, the audible bell is defined to
       be  the	system	bell,  or the default keyboard bell, as opposed to any
       other audible sound generated elsewhere in the system.  You can ask  to
       receive	XkbBellNotify events when any client rings any one of the fol‐
       lowing:

       ·    The default bell

       ·    Any bell on an input device that can be specified by a  bell_class
	    and bell_id pair

       ·    Any	 bell  specified only by an arbitrary name. (This is, from the
	    server's point of view, merely a name, and not connected with  any
	    physical  sound-generating	device.	 Some  client application must
	    generate the sound, or visual feedback, if any, that is associated
	    with the name.)

	    You	 can  also ask to receive XkbBellNotify events when the server
	    rings the default bell or if any client has requested events  only
	    (without  the  bell sounding) for any of the bell types previously
	    listed.

	    You can disable audible bells on a global basis.  For  example,  a
	    client that replaces the keyboard bell with some other audible cue
	    might want to turn off the	AudibleBell  control  to  prevent  the
	    server  from  also	generating a sound and avoid cacophony. If you
	    disable audible bells and request to receive XkbBellNotify events,
	    you can generate feedback different from the default bell.

	    You	 can, however, override the AudibleBell control by calling one
	    of the functions that force the ringing of a bell in spite of  the
	    setting  of	 the  AudibleBell control - XkbForceDeviceBell or Xkb‐
	    ForceBell.	In this case the  server  does	not  generate  a  bell
	    event.

	    Just  as  some  keyboards can produce keyclicks to indicate when a
	    key is pressed or repeating, Xkb can provide feedback for the con‐
	    trols  by using special beep codes. The AccessXFeedback control is
	    used to configure the specific types of operations	that  generate
	    feedback.

	    Bell Names

	    You can associate a name to an act of ringing a bell by converting
	    the name to an Atom and then using this name  when	you  call  the
	    functions  listed  in  this chapter. If an event is generated as a
	    result, the name is then passed to all other clients interested in
	    receiving  XkbBellNotify  events.  Note  that  these are arbitrary
	    names and that there is no binding to any sounds.  Any  sounds  or
	    other  effects (such as visual bells on the screen) must be gener‐
	    ated by a client application upon receipt of the bell  event  con‐
	    taining  the  name.	 There is no default name for the default key‐
	    board bell. The server does generate some predefined bells for the
	    AccessX controls. These named bells are shown in Table 1; the name
	    is included in any bell event sent to clients that have  requested
	    to receive XkbBellNotify events.

			      Table 1 Predefined Bells
	    ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
	    Action				       Named Bell
	    ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
	    Indicator turned on			       AX_IndicatorOn
	    Indicator turned off		       AX_IndicatorOff
	    More than one indicator changed state      AX_IndicatorChange
	    Control turned on			       AX_FeatureOn
	    Control turned off			       AX_FeatureOff
	    More than one control changed state	       AX_FeatureChange
	    SlowKeys  and  BounceKeys  about  to  be   AX_SlowKeysWarning
	    turned on or off
	    SlowKeys key pressed		       AX_SlowKeyPress
	    SlowKeys key accepted		       AX_SlowKeyAccept
	    SlowKeys key rejected		       AX_SlowKeyReject
	    Accepted SlowKeys key released	       AX_SlowKeyRelease
	    BounceKeys key rejected		       AX_BounceKeyReject
	    StickyKeys key latched		       AX_StickyLatch
	    StickyKeys key locked		       AX_StickyLock
	    StickyKeys key unlocked		       AX_StickyUnlock

	    Audible Bells

	    Using Xkb you can generate bell events  that  do  not  necessarily
	    ring  the  system bell. This is useful if you need to use an audio
	    server instead of the system beep.	For  example,  when  an	 audio
	    client starts, it could disable the audible bell (the system bell)
	    and then listen for	 XkbBellNotify	events.	 When  it  receives  a
	    XkbBellNotify event, the audio client could then send a request to
	    an audio server to play a sound.

	    You can control the audible bells feature by passing the  XkbAudi‐
	    bleBellMask	 to  XkbChangeEnabledControls.	If you set XkbAudible‐
	    BellMask on, the server rings the system bell when	a  bell	 event
	    occurs. This is the default. If you set XkbAudibleBellMask off and
	    a bell event occurs, the server does  not  ring  the  system  bell
	    unless you call XkbForceDeviceBell or XkbForceBell.

	    Audible bells are also part of the per-client auto-reset controls.

	    Bell Functions

	    Use	 the  functions described in this section to ring bells and to
	    generate bell events.

	    The input extension has two types of feedbacks that	 can  generate
	    bells - bell feedback and keyboard feedback. Some of the functions
	    in this section have bell_class and bell_id parameters;  set  them
	    as	follows:  Set  bell_class to BellFeedbackClass or KbdFeedback‐
	    Class. A device can have more than one feedback of each type;  set
	    bell_id to the particular bell feedback of bell_class type.

	    Table  2  shows  the  conditions  that cause a bell to sound or an
	    XkbBellNotifyEvent to be generated when a bell function is called.

			 Table 2 Bell Sounding and Bell Event Generating
	    ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
	    Function called	 AudibleBell   Server sounds a bell   Server sends an
	    XkbBellNotifyEvent
	    ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
	    XkbDeviceBell	 On	       Yes		      Yes
	    XkbDeviceBell	 Off	       No		      Yes
	    XkbBell		 On	       Yes		      Yes
	    XkbBell		 Off	       No		      Yes
	    XkbDeviceBellEvent	 On or Off     No		      Yes
	    XkbBellEvent	 On or Off     No		      Yes
	    XkbDeviceForceBell	 On or Off     Yes		      No
	    XkbForceBell	 On or Off     Yes		      No

	    If a compatible keyboard extension isn't present in the X  server,
	    XkbBellEvent  immediately  returns	False. Otherwise, XkbBellEvent
	    calls XkbDeviceBellEvent with the specified display, window,  per‐
	    cent,  and	name,  a device_spec of XkbUseCoreKbd, a bell_class of
	    XkbDfltXIClass, and a bell_id of  XkbDfltXIId,  and	 returns  what
	    XkbDeviceBellEvent returns.

	    XkbBellEvent generates a XkbBellNotify event.

	    You	 can call XkbBellEvent without first initializing the keyboard
	    extension.

RETURN VALUES
       False	      The XkbBellEvent immediately returns False, if a compat‐
		      ible keyboard extension isn't present in the X server.

STRUCTURES
       Xkb  generates  XkbBellNotify  events  for  all	bells except for those
       resulting  from	calls  to  XkbForceDeviceBell  and  XkbForceBell.   To
       receive	XkbBellNotify  events  under  all  possible  conditions,  pass
       XkbBellNotifyMask in both the bits_to_change and values_for_bits param‐
       eters to XkbSelectEvents.

       The  XkbBellNotify event has no event details. It is either selected or
       it is not.  However, you can call XkbSelectEventDetails using  XkbBell‐
       Notify	as  the	 event_type  and  specifying  XkbAllBellNotifyMask  in
       bits_to_change and values_for_bits.  This has the same effect as a call
       to XkbSelectEvents.

       The structure for the XkbBellNotify event type contains:

	  typedef struct _XkbBellNotify {
	      int	     type;	  /∗ Xkb extension base event code */
	      unsigned long  serial;	  /∗ X server serial number for event */
	      Bool	     send_event;  /∗ True => synthetically generated */
	      Display *	     display;	  /∗ server connection where event generated */
	      Time	     time;	  /∗ server time when event generated */
	      int	     xkb_type;	  /∗ XkbBellNotify */
	      unsigned int   device;	  /∗ Xkb device ID, will not be XkbUseCoreKbd
       */
	      int	     percent;	  /∗ requested volume as % of max */
	      int	     pitch;	  /∗ requested pitch in Hz */
	      int	     duration;	  /∗ requested duration in microseconds */
	      unsigned int   bell_class;  /∗ X input extension feedback class */
	      unsigned int   bell_id;	  /∗ X input extension feedback ID */
	      Atom	     name;	  /∗ "name" of requested bell */
	      Window	     window;	  /∗ window associated with event */
	      Bool	     event_only;  /∗ False -> the server did not produce a beep
       */
	  } XkbBellNotifyEvent;

       If  your	 application  needs  to	 generate  visual bell feedback on the
       screen when it receives a bell event, use the window ID in the XkbBell‐
       NotifyEvent, if present.

SEE ALSO
       XkbChangeEnabledControls(3),   XkbDeviceBellEvent(3),  XkbForceBell(3),
       XkbForceDeviceBell(3), XkbSelectEventDetails(3), XkbSelectEvents(3)

X Version 11			  libX11 1.2		       XkbBellEvent(3)
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