Xkb allows applications to obtain information about indicators using two different methods. The first
method, which is similar to the core X implementation, uses a mask to specify the indicators. The second
method, which is more suitable for applications concerned with interoperability, uses indicator names.
The correspondence between the indicator name and the bit position in masks is as follows: one of the
parameters returned from XkbGetNamedIndicators is an index that is the bit position to use in any
function call that requires a mask of indicator bits, as well as the indicator's index into the
XkbIndicatorRec array of indicator maps.
XkbGetIndicatorState queries the display for the state of the indicators on the device specified by the
device_spec. For each indicator that is "turned on" on the device, the associated bit is set in
state_return. If a compatible version of the Xkb extension is not available in the server,
XkbGetIndicatorState returns a BadMatch error. Otherwise, it sends the request to the X server, places
the state of the indicators into state_return, and returns Success. Thus the value reported by
XkbGetIndicatorState is identical to the value reported by the core protocol.