'\" t .\" Title: xsetdevicemode .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 .\" Date: 09/07/2010 .\" Manual: [FIXME: manual] .\" Source: [FIXME: source] .\" Language: English .\" .TH "XSETDEVICEMODE" "libmansuffix" "09/07/2010" "[FIXME: source]" "[FIXME: manual]" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" XSetDeviceMode \- change the mode of a device .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf #include .fi .sp .nf XSetDeviceMode( Display *display, XDevice *device, int mode); .fi .sp .nf display Specifies the connection to the X server\&. .fi .sp .nf device Specifies the device whose mode is to be changed\&. .fi .sp .nf mode Specifies the mode\&.You can pass Absolute,or Relative\&. .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf The XSetDeviceMode request changes the mode of an input device that is capable of reporting either absolute positional information or relative motion information\&. Not all input devices are capable of reporting motion data, and not all are capable of changing modes from Absolute to Relative\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf XSetDeviceMode can generate a BadDevice or BadMode error\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "DIAGNOSTICS" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf BadDevice An invalid device was specified\&. The specified device does not exist or has not been opened by this client via XOpenInputDevice\&. 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\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf BadMatch This error may occur if an XSetDeviceMode request is made specifying a device that has no valuators and reports no axes of motion\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf BadMode An invalid mode was specified\&. This error will also be returned if the specified device is not capable of supporting the XSetDeviceMode request\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\}