XkbLookupKeySym
Section: XKB FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: libX11 1.7.0
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NAME
XkbLookupKeySym - Find the symbol associated with a key for a particular state
SYNOPSIS
-
Bool XkbLookupKeySym
(Display *dpy,
KeyCode key,
unsigned int state,
unsigned int *mods_rtrn,
KeySym *sym_rtrn);
ARGUMENTS
- - dpy
-
- connection to X server
- - key
-
key for which symbols are to be found
- - state
-
state for which symbol should be found
- - mods_rtrn
-
backfilled with consumed modifiers
- - sym_rtrn
-
backfilled with symbol associated with key + state
DESCRIPTION
XkbLookupKeySym
is the equivalent of the core
XLookupKeySym
function. For the core keyboard, given a keycode
key
and an Xkb state
state, XkbLookupKeySym
returns the symbol associated with the key in
sym_rtrn
and the list of modifiers that should still be applied in
mods_rtrn.
The
state
parameter is the state from a KeyPress or KeyRelease event.
XkbLookupKeySym
returns True if it succeeds.
SEE ALSO
XLookupKeySym(3)