xcb_input_xi_query_version(3)

💖 xcb_input_xi_query_version 💖

okay bestie, so this page lives in the XCB Requests manual section, and it's all about asking the X server "hey girl, what version of XInput are you running?" ✨ It's xcb_input_xi_query_version, and yes, the name is a mouthful, but she's iconic and she knows it. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

xcb_input_xi_query_version —

(yeah, the original literally leaves this blank, no cap, so we're all just vibing with the function name itself 🫶)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

First things first, you gotta pull in the header:

#include <xcb/xinput.h>

🦋 Request function

xcb_input_xi_query_version_cookie_t
       xcb_input_xi_query_version(xcb_connection_t *conn,
       uint16_t major_version, uint16_t minor_version);

🦋 Reply datastructure

typedef struct xcb_input_xi_query_version_reply_t {
    uint8_t  response_type;
    uint8_t  pad0;
    uint16_t sequence;
    uint32_t length;
    uint16_t major_version;
    uint16_t minor_version;
    uint8_t  pad1[20];
} xcb_input_xi_query_version_reply_t;

🦋 Reply function

xcb_input_xi_query_version_reply_t
       *xcb_input_xi_query_version_reply(xcb_connection_t *conn,
       xcb_input_xi_query_version_cookie_t cookie,
       xcb_generic_error_t **e);

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💅 REQUEST ARGUMENTS 💅

• conn — the XCB connection to X11. your lil hotline to the server, she's the main character here 🔥
• major_version — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. (the docs really said "we'll get to it" 😭)
• minor_version — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. (same energy, same void 💀)

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👑 REPLY FIELDS 👑

• response_type — the type of this reply, in this case XCB_INPUT_XI_QUERY_VERSION. This field is also present in the xcb_generic_reply_t and can be used to tell replies apart from each other. it's giving name tag at a party 🎀
• sequence — the sequence number of the last request processed by the X11 server. keeping receipts, literally 🧾
• length — the length of the reply, in words (a word is 4 bytes). yes bestie, a word is 4 bytes, write that down 📝
• major_version — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. 🙈
• minor_version — TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED. 🙈

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

nothing here, bestie. the original page has this section totally empty. no notes, no description, just vibes. ✨

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns an xcb_input_xi_query_version_cookie_t. 🍪 (a cookie!! cute!!)

Errors have to be handled when calling the reply function xcb_input_xi_query_version_reply.

If you want to handle errors in the event loop instead, use xcb_input_xi_query_version_unchecked. See xcb-requests(3) for details. 🫶

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💀 ERRORS 💀

This request does never generate any errors. periodt. zero drama, she's not messy, we love that for her 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the original page lists absolutely nothing here. an empty SEE ALSO section. iconic of her honestly, she doesn't need anyone else 💅

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Generated from xinput.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for corrections and improvements. 📧

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okay and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from X Version 11, libxcb 1.17.0, and it's filed under xcb_input_xi_query_version(3). go forth and query those versions, you absolute legend 🦋✨💖