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.TH XkbLatchGroup __libmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ "XKB FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
XkbLatchGroup \-  Latches the keysym group
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B Bool XkbLatchGroup
(
.I display,
.I device_spec,
.I group
)
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      Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^;
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      unsigned int \fIdevice_spec\fP\^;
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      unsigned int \fIgroup\fP\^;
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.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I display
connection to the X server 
.TP
.I device_spec
device ID, or XkbUseCoreKbd
.TP
.I group
index of the keysym group to latch
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP

.I XkbLatchGroup 
sends a request to the server to latch the specified 
.I group
and 
does not wait for a reply. It returns True if the request was sent and False 
otherwise.

Reference the keysym group indices with these symbolic constants:

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Table 1 Symbolic Group Names
_
Symbolic Name	Value
_
XkbGroup1Index	0
XkbGroup2Index	1
XkbGroup3Index	2
XkbGroup4Index	3
.TE
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.TP 15
True
The 
.I XkbLatchGroup 
function returns True if a request was sent to the server to latch the specified 
.I group.
.TP 15
False
The 
.I XkbLatchGroup 
function returns False if the request was not sent.