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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