Call
XkbQueryExtension
to check for the presence and compatibility of the
extension in the server and to initialize the extension. Because of potential
version mismatches, you cannot use the generic extension mechanism functions
(
XQueryExtension
and
XInitExtension
) for checking for the presence of, and
initializing the Xkb extension.
You must call
XkbQueryExtension
or
XkbOpenDisplay
before using any other Xkb
library interfaces, unless such usage is explicitly allowed in the interface
description in this document. The exceptions are:
XkbIgnoreExtension, XkbLibraryVersion,
and a handful of audible-bell functions. You should not use
any other Xkb functions if the extension is not present or is uninitialized. In
general, calls to Xkb library functions made prior to initializing the Xkb
extension cause BadAccess protocol errors.
XkbQueryExtension both determines whether a compatible Xkb extension is present in the X server and initializes the extension when it is present.
The XkbQueryExtension function determines whether a compatible version of the X Keyboard Extension is present in the server. If a compatible extension is present, XkbQueryExtension returns True; otherwise, it returns False.
If a compatible version of Xkb is present, XkbQueryExtension initializes the extension. It backfills the major opcode for the keyboard extension in opcode_rtrn, the base event code in event_rtrn, the base error code in error_rtrn, and the major and minor version numbers of the extension in major_in_out and minor_in_out. The major opcode is reported in the req_major fields of some Xkb events. For a discussion of the base event code.